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UH-60 Blackhawk helicopters of the 1st Battalion, 135th Aviation Regiment, Missouri Army National Guard, conduct helocast training over Lake Margrethe during Exercise Northern Strike 26-2, at Camp Grayling, Mich., Aug. 3, 2026. A helocast is a military insertion technique used to rapidly deploy forces from a low-flying helicopter directly into a body of water.
Northern Strike is an Army sponsored, multi-component, multinational exercise designed to build readiness and enhance interoperability with allied forces to fight and win. Northern Strike 26-2, Michigan’s largest and longest exercise designed to validate readiness of the joint reserve force, is held Aug. 1 to 15, 2026 at the National All-Domain Warfighting Center. This year's exercise will feature 9,000 participants. (U.S. Army photo by 2nd Lt. Charlie Finstrom)
| Date Taken: | 08.03.2026 |
| Date Posted: | 08.05.2026 18:23 |
| Photo ID: | 9852795 |
| VIRIN: | 260803-Z-XY123-1261 |
| Resolution: | 6281x4187 |
| Size: | 2.05 MB |
| Location: | GRAYLING, MICHIGAN, US |
| Web Views: | 2 |
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