Danish Home Guard Sgt. 1st Class Peder Nielsen, of Home Guard Company Haderslev Syd, his two second cousins, Tanya Thomsen-Beaumont and Tracy Thomsen, as well as Tanya’s daughter, Julia Thomson-Beaumont, pose for a photo together for the first time in 32 years as they meet in Grayling, Michigan August 4, 2017. Nielsen is in Grayling, Michigan to attend Exercise Northern Strike 17. 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
Danish Home Guard Sgt. 1st Class Peder Nielsen, of Home Guard Company Haderslev Syd, his two second cousins, Tanya Thomsen-Beaumont and Tracy Thomsen, as well as Tanya’s daughter, Julia Thomson-Beaumont, pose for a photo together for the first time in 32 years as they meet in Grayling, Michigan August 4, 2017. Nielsen is in Grayling, Michigan to attend Exercise Northern Strike 17. 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 the Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center, both located in northern Michigan and operated by the Michigan National Guard. The newly accredited 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 synchronization of fires in a joint, multinational, decisive action environment. (Photo courtesy Danish Home Guard Sgt. 1st Class Peder Nielsen)
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