(e.g. yourname@email.com)

Forgot Password?

    Digital Visual Information Distribution System Logo

    Helocast Training during Northern Strike 26-2 at Camp Grayling [Image 5 of 6]

    Issued by: on

    VIRIN:
    Date Created:
    City:
    State:
    Country:
    Helocast Training during Northern Strike 26-2 at Camp Grayling

    GRAYLING, MICHIGAN, UNITED STATES

    08.03.2026

    Photo by 2nd Lt. Charlie Finstrom 

    Michigan National Guard

    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)

    IMAGE INFO

    Date Taken: 08.03.2026
    Date Posted: 08.05.2026 18:30
    Photo ID: 9852796
    VIRIN: 260803-Z-XY123-1278
    Resolution: 6720x4480
    Size: 2.82 MB
    Location: GRAYLING, MICHIGAN, US

    Web Views: 1
    Downloads: 0

    PUBLIC DOMAIN