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Northern Strike training exercises take place in Michigan this month

Public Radio 90, WNMU | By Nicole Walton

Published August 1, 2024 at 8:49 AM EDT

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Northern Strike is a National Guard Bureau-sponsored exercise uniting approximately 5,000 service members from multiple states and coalition countries 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. Northern Strike 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. (Northern Strike 18 logo by Sgt. Victoria Jacob and SMSgt. Sonia Pawloski)

MARQUETTE, MI— The Michigan National Guard is conducting Northern Strike August 3-17 across the state.

NS is one of the Department of Defense’s largest reserve component readiness exercises. More than 6,300 people from 32 states and territories and five international partners will participate.

Training scenarios will involve homeland security and defense against unmanned aerial systems, as well as maritime training.

Michigan’s National All-Domain Warfighting Center encompasses the Camp Grayling Joint Maneuver Training Center and the Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center. Along with other downstate sites, training will also take place at the Marquette-Sawyer Regional Airport.