U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. John McCartney, joint terminal attack controller, Det.1, 20th Air Support Operations Squadron, Fort Polk, La., and the 13th Light Brigade, Royal Netherlands Army scans the sky following a B-52 bomber air to ground strike, at the Camp Grayling Aerial Gunnery Range, Grayling, Mich., July 23, 2019, during 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 accessibly, 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. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Scott Thompson) Original public domain image from Flickr