Medics with the 238th Medical Group, Grand Ledge, MI, run through hot-load drills with members of the 110th Attack Wing Medical Group, Battle Creek, MI., at Calcite Quarry, Rogers City, MI., Aug, 7, 2017. The drills help prepare medical units to safely load and unload patients from a HH-60 Black Hawk helicopter while the blades are still moving. Northern Strike ‘17 is a National Guard Bureau-sponsored exercise uniting approximately 5,000 service members from 13 states and five coalition countries during the first two weeks of August 2017 at the Camp Grayling Joint Maneuver Training Center


Medics with the 238th Medical Group, Grand Ledge, MI, run through hot-load drills with members of the 110th Attack Wing Medical Group, Battle Creek, MI., at Calcite Quarry, Rogers City, MI., Aug, 7, 2017. The drills help prepare medical units to safely load and unload patients from a HH-60 Black Hawk helicopter while the blades are still moving. Northern Strike ‘17 is a National Guard Bureau-sponsored exercise uniting approximately 5,000 service members from 13 states and five coalition countries during the first two weeks of August 2017 at the Camp Grayling Joint Maneuver Training Center and Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center, both located in northern Michigan and operated by the Michigan National Guard The newly-accredited NS 17 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 Photo by Tech. Sgt. Jason Boyd/released)


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