U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers assigned to the 365th Combat Engineer Company - Infantry (CEC-I), 412th Theater Engineer Command, and 428th CEC-I, 416th Theater Engineer Command, prepare the M18A1 Claymore, an anti-personnel mine for live demolition training during Northern Strike 26-2, at Camp Grayling, Mich., Aug. 4, 2026. Cpt. Brandon LaLonde, Commander, 428th CEC-I, instructed Soldiers proper claymore employment procedures.
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 around 9,000 participants. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Spc. Dana Vermilye)
| Date Taken: | 08.04.2026 |
| Date Posted: | 08.05.2026 18:21 |
| Photo ID: | 9852865 |
| VIRIN: | 260804-Z-NO280-1187 |
| Resolution: | 6518x4480 |
| Size: | 5.8 MB |
| Location: | GRAYLING, MICHIGAN, US |
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