Readiness

Lance Cpl. Alexander Banik, a mortarman with Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, dons his protective equipment before running practice fire missions during Exercise Northern Strike at Camp Grayling, Mich., Aug. 7, 2018. Exercise Northern Strike is a National Guard Bureau-sponsored training exercise that unites service members from multiple branches, states and coalition countries to conduct combined ground and air combat operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Niles Lee)