Story by Lance Cpl. Niles Lee | Marine Forces Reserve (MARFORRES) | 08.14.2017
Sitting calmly and collectively on a U.S. Army Boeing CH-47 Chinook in flight, Capt. John Howarth the company operations liaison officer with Echo Company, 4th Reconnaissance Battalion, 4th Marine Division, watches as Reconnaissance Marines jump out of the helicopter during exercise Northern Strike 17. Worn proudly above his left breast pocket are his Combatant Diver and Naval Parachutist......
Story by 2nd Lt. Andrew Layton | 110th Wing | 08.11.2017
ALPENA, Mich. – For the first two weeks of August, exercise Northern Strike 17 storms through – and above – the woods of northern Michigan. As a joint-accredited, multinational, live-fire readiness event, Northern Strike brings more than 5,000 participants to an area of operations that stretches from Grayling to Alpena. There are helicopters buzzing, fighter jets zooming overhead, and......
Story by 1st Lt. Joe Legros | 126th Theater Public Affairs Support Element | 08.10.2017
The Michigan Army National Guard and the Latvian Ministry of Defense mutually benefit from the State Partnership Program that began in 1993 after Latvian's independence from Russia. Shared ideas, software, and operational planning are enhanced through the experiences gained from operations such as Northern Strike and Saber Strike....
Story by Lance Cpl. Imari Dubose | Marine Forces Reserve (MARFORRES) | 08.09.2017
Standing confidently with the smell of expended mortar rounds still lingering around him, U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Tyler Farias, a mortar man with Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve, out of Fort Devens, Massachusetts, looks out over a mortar range at Camp Grayling Joint Maneuver Training Center, Michigan, during exercise Northern......
Story by Spc. Savannah Baldwin | 126th Theater Public Affairs Support Element | 08.09.2017
From being one of the first three women in the state of Michigan to complete the Soldier of the Year competition in its entirety, to running marathons in her spare time, it seems there’s nothing Spc. Anna Shutes can’t do....
Story by Staff Sgt. Tegan Kucera | 126th Theater Public Affairs Support Element | 08.09.2017
Around the world there is a group of fighters who are acknowledged as some of the most elite and deadly in the world, the Gurkhas....
Story by Staff Sgt. Thomas Vega | 126th Theater Public Affairs Support Element | 08.07.2017
Pfc. Ramon Baskerville of Detroit, Michigan, has been awarded the Michigan National Guard State Command Sergeant Major’s Coin of Excellence for outstanding performance during Exercise Northern Strike 2017....
Story by 2nd Lt. Andrew Layton | 110th Wing | 08.06.2017
ALPENA, Mich. – From July 29 through Aug. 11, northern Michigan is host to Northern Strike 17, the U.S. military’s largest reserve component exercise with over 5,000 participants from the Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force, Coast Guard, as well as seven partner countries. The result is an influx of military aircraft flying over communities, lakes, and military installations throughout the......
