ALPENA, Staff Sgt. Garret Weinhold, crew chief with the 175th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, Middle River, Maryland, prepares to send off a pilot of the 104th Fighter Squadron, also out of Middle River, Maryland, to depart on a training mission at the Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center on Aug. 7, 2018. The Maryland Air National Guard units represent one of 20 states and nine countries participating in Exercise Northern Strike 18, a National Guard Bureau-sponsored joint training exercise taking place at multiple locations in Northern Michigan this month.

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