Story by Lance Cpl. Devan Barnett | Marine Forces Reserve (MARFORRES) | 08.23.2016
Reserve Marines with 4th Reconnaissance Battalion, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve, supported exercise Northern Strike 16, Aug. 6-20, 2016 at Camp Grayling Joint Maneuver Training Center and the Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center, Michigan....
Story by Lance Cpl. Devan Barnett | Marine Forces Reserve (MARFORRES) | 08.23.2016
Reserve Marines from across the United States participated in exercise Northern Strike 16, Aug. 6-20, 2016 at the Camp Grayling Joint Maneuver Training Center and the Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center, Michigan....
Story by Staff Sgt. Jason Boyd | Michigan National Guard | 08.18.2016
By Technical Sgt. Jason Boyd GRAYLING, Mich. – Joint Terminal Attack Controllers with the 148th Air Support Operations Squadron and the Lithuanian Special Operations Force linked up for the 3rd time to gain more experience and hone their skills during Exercise Northern Strike. The Lithuanians often perform JTAC training at the Camp Grayling Joint Maneuver Training Center because it......
Story by Sgt. Seth LaCount | Michigan National Guard | 08.17.2016
Every summer in Northern Michigan, servicemembers from all over the nation converge on the National Guard’s largest training facility, Camp Grayling Joint Maneuver Training Center. The base has a landmass of over 147,000 acres that contains vast ranges and firing lanes. This year, the fifth installment of the Michigan National Guard’s exercise Northern Strike, a large-scale training......
Story by Staff Sgt. Jason Boyd | Michigan National Guard | 08.15.2016
Tech Sgt Jason A. Boyd ALPENA COMBAT READINESS TRAINING CENTER, Mich. - Many checks have to be completed in order to get a C-130 Hercules aircraft ready to leave the flight line and take to the sky....
Story by Sgt. Nicholas Oposnow | Michigan National Guard | 08.14.2016
By Staff Sgt. Nicholas Oposnow CAMP GRAYLING JOINT MANEUVER TRAINING CENTER, Mich. -- Staff Sgt. Nathan Cushman, raft commander with the 1437th Multi-Role Bridge Company, Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, directs the pilots of two Mk IV Bridge Erection Boats to guide an Improvised Ribbon Bridge around Howe’s Lake, Michigan during training at Northern Strike 2016. The two boats push and pull......
Story by Tech. Sgt. Dan Heaton | Michigan National Guard | 08.13.2016
Tech. Sgt. Dan Heaton A Tennessee Air National Guard unit is gaining relevant, diversified training, beyond that which is available at home station, said the unit’s senior enlisted leader....
Courtesy Story | Michigan National Guard | 08.13.2016
By Staff Sgt. Tegan Kucera, Public Affairs Specialist No matter the year, no matter the location, the 1st Battalion, 119th Field Artillery Regiment, Michigan Army National Guard, comes to annual training with the intent of doing their jobs, blowing things up....
