Aug. 2, 2019

Master Sgt. Billy Fields: flexibility key to keeping the force healthy at Northern Strike 19

Master Sgt. Billy Fields gives instructions during a medical mass casualty response exercise during Northern Strike 19 at Alpena Combat Readiness Center, Mich., July 26, 2019. Northern Strike 19 is a National Guard Bureau-sponsored exercise uniti...

Aug. 1, 2019

“Like family:” Michigan-Latvia Joint Terminal Attack Controller cooperation continues at Northern Strike 19

A joint terminal attack controller from Latvia reacts to enemy fire while on a training mission with Airmen from the Georgia Air National Guard’s 116th Security Forces Squadron during Northern Strike 19 in Rogers City, Mich., July 30, 2019. Northern ...

July 31, 2019

Working together for peace: Polish partners integrate at Battle Creek Air National Guard’s Air Operations Center

For the first time in the Michigan Air National Guard history, foreign partners are working in the 217th Air Operations Group Air Operations Center. Three members of the Polish military are in Battle Creek as part of Northern Strike 19 during the las...

July 30, 2019

Coalition firefighters forge relationships, interoperability at Northern Strike 19

Firefighters from the Michigan Air National Guard and Estonian, Latvian and Bulgarian air forces battle a controlled burn aircraft fire at the Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center in Alpena, Mich., July 22, 2019. JP-8, a fuel used in U.S. military...

July 29, 2019

Northern Strike 19 advanced storytelling workshop develops multinational public affairs professionals

Photographer Pete Souza, former presidential photographer for Ronald Reagan and Barack Obama gives a presentation during the Northern Strike 19 Advanced Storytelling Workshop at the Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center in Alpena, Mich., July 19, 2...

July 27, 2019

All good things must come to an end

Cadet Emily Cummings, a shadowing platoon leader with the 313th Medical Company Ground Ambulance, from Lincoln, Nebraska applies moulage to the hand of Pfc. Dwight Loperena an infantrymen with the 1/296th Infantry Battalion, based out of Mayaguez, Pu...

July 27, 2019

C-130 aircrew tests mettle during combat air drop training at Northern Strike 19

A C-130H Hercules crew assigned to the 182d Airlift Wing, Peoria Air National Guard Base, Illinois, flies over Rogers City, Michigan, July 25, 2019 on an integrated air drop training mission during exercise Northern Strike 19. Northern Strike 19 ...

July 23, 2019

Casualty training integrates joint, multinational relations at Northern Strike 19

Members of the Joint Military Medical Team (Colorado National Guard, Michigan Air National Guard, and Latvian National Armed Forces) simulate close-quarters casualty training at Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center, Mich., July 23, 2019. North...

July 22, 2019

Historic MQ-9 flight in Michigan sets stage for integrated, joint fires training at Northern Strike 19

MQ-9 Reaper maintenance personnel assigned to the 214th Attack Group, Fort Huachuca, Ariz., celebrate after the MQ-9 makes its initial flight from Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center, Mich., July 18, 2019. The MQ-9's historic first launch into Mi...

July 22, 2019

Michigan Air National Guard makes further alterations to airspace expansion proposal

An A-10 Thunderbolt II from the 127th Wing, Michigan Air National Guard, participates in operations at Grayling Air Gunnery Range during Northern Strike 16. Northern Strike 16 is a National Guard Bureau-sponsored exercise uniting approximately 5,000 ...