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Video by Capt. Joe Legros

Yay Northern Strike!

Michigan National Guard

July 25, 2019 | 2:16

Units from all over the country and several different nations came together at Camp Grayling, Michigan during Northern Strike 19. Interviewees highlight the benefits of participating in the exercise, while comic relief is provided by Puerto Rico's CLR Landing Support Detachment, specifically Lance Cpl. Giovany Garcia Carrasquillo.

Northern Strike 19 is a National Guard Bureau-sponsored exercise uniting service members from more than 20 states, multiple service branches and numerous coalition countries during the last two weeks of July 2019 at 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 conditioning mission command, air, sea, and ground maneuver integration, together with the synchronization of fires in a joint, multinational, decisive action environment.