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The Royal Welsh at Northern Strike 19

Michigan National Guard

July 28, 2019 | 0:51

Lance Cpl. Gareth Kennedy-Brown of Fire Platoon, B Co., The Royal Welsh, heads a team of sharpshooters as they provide fire support at Camp Grayling, Michigan during exercise Northern Strike July 28, 2019.

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.