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Video by Master Sgt. Scott Thompson

Call to Duty - Spc. Diego Suarez at Northern Strike 19

110th Wing

July 21, 2019 | 0:38

U.S. Army Spc. Diego Suarez with the First Battalion, 296th Infantry Regiment, Puerto Rico Army National Guard conducts tactical training techniques while assigned as opposing force (OpFor) at Rodgers City, Mich., July 21, 2019 for Exercise Northern Strike 19.

Northern Strike 19 is a National Guard Bureau-sponsored exercise uniting service members from more than 20 states, multiple service branches and seven coalition countries during the last two weeks of July 2019 at the Camp Grayling Joint Maneuver Training Center and the Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center, both located in northern Michigan and operated by the Michigan National Guard. The accredited Joint National Training Capability exercise demonstrates the Michigan National Guard’s ability to provide accessible, readiness-building opportunities for military units from all service branches to achieve and sustain proficiency in conducting mission command, air, sea, and ground maneuver integration, together with the synchronization of fires in a joint, multinational, decisive action environment. (Air National Guard video by Master Sgt. Scott Thompson)