Relaying commands, Sgt. Justin Federhofer, a Marine with the 4th Reconnaissance Battalion out of Joliet, Illinois, and the others are preparing to jump out of a CH-47 Chinook. Federhofer a resident of St. Louis, Missouri, is with Echo Company who are training at Camp Grayling for Annual Training as part of Northern Strike17. 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 Re


Relaying commands, Sgt. Justin Federhofer, a Marine with the 4th Reconnaissance Battalion out of Joliet, Illinois, and the others are preparing to jump out of a CH-47 Chinook. Federhofer a resident of St. Louis, Missouri, is with Echo Company who are training at Camp Grayling for Annual Training as part of Northern Strike17. 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 NS17 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. (Michigan National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Tegan Kucera)


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