Chief Warrant Officer 5 Ralph P. Bird, senior logistics officer at the Maneuver Training and Equipment Site (MATES) at Camp Grayling Joint Maneuver Training Center, gives Ms. Amanda Simpson, deputy assistant secretary of defense for operational energy, a tour of the MATES maintenance bay, during Northern Strike 16, Aug. 12, 2016. Northern Strike 16 is a National Guard Bureau-sponsored exercise uniting approximately 5,000 Army, Air Force, Marine, and Special Forces service members from 20 states and three coalition countries during the first three weeks of August 2016 at the Camp Grayling Joint
Chief Warrant Officer 5 Ralph P. Bird, senior logistics officer at the Maneuver Training and Equipment Site (MATES) at Camp Grayling Joint Maneuver Training Center, gives Ms. Amanda Simpson, deputy assistant secretary of defense for operational energy, a tour of the MATES maintenance bay, during Northern Strike 16, Aug. 12, 2016. Northern Strike 16 is a National Guard Bureau-sponsored exercise uniting approximately 5,000 Army, Air Force, Marine, and Special Forces service members from 20 states and three coalition countries during the first three weeks of August 2016 at the Camp Grayling Joint Maneuver Training Center and the Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center, both located in northern Michigan. The exercise strives 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, and the synchronization of fires in a joint, multinational, decisive action environment. (Michigan National Guard Photo by Sgt. Seth LaCount/Released) Northern Strike 16 160812-Z-SR689-001
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