Navy aircrew, Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 22, Norfolk, VA, and Marines, Echo Company, 4th Reconnaissance Battalion, 4th Marine Division, San Antonio, TX, exercise Special Insertion and Extraction (SPIE) proficiency, Sunday, Aug. 6, 2017 at Camp Grayling, MI, during Northern Strike '17. During the "cast" mission, an MH-60 helicopter hovers approximately 10 feet above Lake Margarthe waters as groups of Marines jump into the lake. The SPIE mission is a quick-extraction method; the Navy aviation crewman drop a 120-foot rope, the Marines clip in, are airlifted from the water and fly back to
Navy aircrew, Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 22, Norfolk, VA, and Marines, Echo Company, 4th Reconnaissance Battalion, 4th Marine Division, San Antonio, TX, exercise Special Insertion and Extraction (SPIE) proficiency, Sunday, Aug. 6, 2017 at Camp Grayling, MI, during Northern Strike '17. During the "cast" mission, an MH-60 helicopter hovers approximately 10 feet above Lake Margarthe waters as groups of Marines jump into the lake. The SPIE mission is a quick-extraction method; the Navy aviation crewman drop a 120-foot rope, the Marines clip in, are airlifted from the water and fly back to Camp Grayling. 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 Master Sgt. Sonia Pawloski/released)
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