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U.S. Marines with Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, provide aid to a simulated casualty during an offensive raid training event for training exercise Northern Strike 25-2 at Camp Grayling, Michigan, Aug. 9, 2025. Northern Strike, held Aug. 2 to 16, 2025, is designed to validate readiness of Joint Reserve forces at the National All-Domain Warfighting Center. This year's iteration featured approximately 7,500 participants. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Aaron TorresLemus)

Photo by Sgt. Aaron TorresLemus

U.S. Army Capt. Andrew Trine, commander, 3637th Support Maintenance Company, Illinois National Guard, addresses U.S. Marines assigned to Task Force Blackjack, 453 Combat Logistics Battalion during an after action review at Northern Strike in Grayling, Mich., Aug. 12, 2022. Northern Strike is designed to challenge approximately 7,400 service members with multiple forms of training that advance interoperability across multicomponent, multinational and interagency partners. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Capt. Joe Legros)

Photo by Capt. Joe Legros

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Tyler Varias, a mortar man, with Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve, participates in Exercise Northern Strike 17 at Camp Grayling Joint Maneuver Combat Center, Michigan from July 29 to Aug. 12, 2017. 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 Lance Cpl. Imari J. Dubose/Released).

Photo by Lance Cpl. Imari Dubose

U.S. Army Sgt. Michael Buchanan, a jump master with 3rd Battalion, 238th General Support Aviation Regiment, sits on the loading ramp of a U.S. Army Boeing CH-47 Chinook at Camp Grayling Joint Maneuver Training Center, Michigan, during exercise Northern Strike 17, Aug. 2, 2017. The high-altitude, high-opening (HAHO) parachute insertion method allows Marines to covertly insert themselves onto the battlefield to conduct reconnaissance, acting as the eyes and ears for the commander. Soldiers with 3-238th provided a Chinook for U.S. Reconnaissance Marines with Echo Company, 4th Reconnaissance Battalion, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve, doing static-line jumps. (U.S. Marine Corps photos by Lance Cpl. Niles Lee)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Niles Lee

U.S. Marines with Echo Company, 4th Reconnaissance Battalion, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve, and U.S. Army soldiers with 3rd Battalion, 238th General Support Aviation Regiment, standby to execute high altitude, high opening (HAHO) jump operations in a U.S. Army Boeing CH-47 Chinook at Camp Grayling Joint Maneuver Training Center, Michigan, during exercise Northern Strike 17, Aug. 2, 2017. The high-altitude, high-opening parachute insertion method allows Marines to covertly insert themselves onto the battlefield to conduct reconnaissance, acting as the eyes and ears for the commander. 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 Lance Cpl. Niles Lee/Released)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Niles Lee

CAMP GRAYLING, Mich. –U.S. Marines from Echo Company, 4th Reconnaissance Battalion, 4th Marine Division, Marines Forces Reserve, pull their combat rubber raiding craft from Lake Margrethe, at Camp Grayling Joint Maneuver Training Center, Michigan, during exercise Northern Strike 2017, July 31, 2017. Northern Strike 2017 brought together Reserve Marine from across the country to provide realistic combined arms trainings to cover a spectrum of combat scenarios. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Niles Lee/Released)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Niles Lee

CAMP GRAYLING, Mich. – U.S. Marine Sgt. Kevin Eskins, a combat engineer with 4th Combat Engineers Battalion, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve, demonstrates a horizontal hammer fist during a Marine Corps Martial Art Program course at Camp Grayling, Michigan, during exercise Northern Strike 2017, July 31, 2017. Northern Strike 2017 brought together Reserve Marine from across the country to provide realistic combined arms trainings to cover a spectrum of combat scenarios. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Niles Lee/Released)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Niles Lee

CAMP GRAYLING, Mich. – U.S. Marines from Echo Company, 4th Reconnaissance Battalion, 4th Marine Division, Marines Forces Reserve, pull their combat rubber raiding craft from Lake Margrethe, at Camp Grayling Joint Maneuver Training Center, Michigan, during exercise Northern Strike 2017, July 31, 2017. The Marines practiced jumping from a U.S. Navy Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk from Sea Combat Squadron 22, at a height of ten feet with a full combat load. Northern Strike 17 prepares Marines from across 4th Marine Division as they prepare for Integrated Training Exercise 2018 and future mobilizations and deployments. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Niles Lee/Released)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Niles Lee

CAMP GRAYLING, Mich. – U.S. Marines from Echo Company, 4th Reconnaissance Battalion, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve, prepare for a helocast exercise off of a U.S. Navy Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk from Sea Combat Squadron 22, at Camp Grayling Joint Maneuver Training Center, Michigan, during exercise Northern Strike 17, July 31, 2017. Helocasting is an airborne technique used by small units and special operations for insertion into military areas of operations. 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 Lance Cpl. Niles Lee/Released)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Niles Lee

CAMP GRAYLING, Mich. – U.S. Marines with Echo Company, 4th Reconnaissance Battalion, 4th Marine Division, Marines Forces Reserve, inspect their gear before conducting a helocast exercise off of a U.S. Navy Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk from Sea Combat Squadron 22 at Camp Grayling Joint Maneuver Center, Michigan, during exercise Northern Strike 17, July 31, 2017. Helocasting is an airborne technique used by small units and special operations for insertion into military areas of operations. 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 Lance Cpl. Niles Lee/Released)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Niles Lee

CAMP GRAYLING, Mich. – U.S. Marines with Echo Company, 4th Reconnaissance Battalion, 4th Marine Division, Marines Forces Reserve, listen to a final brief before conducting a helocast exercise off of a U.S. Navy Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk from Sea Combat Squadron 22 at Camp Grayling Joint Maneuver Training Center, Michigan, during exercise Northern Strike 17, July 31, 2017. Helocasting is an airborne technique used by small units and special operations for insertion into military areas of operations. 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 Lance Cpl. Niles Lee/Released)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Niles Lee

CAMP GRAYLING, Mich. – U.S. Marines from Echo Company, 4th Reconnaissance Battalion, 4th Marine Division, Marines Forces Reserve, check their gear after conducting a helocast exercise into Lake Margrethe at Camp Grayling Joint Maneuver Training Center, Michigan, during exercise Northern Strike 2017, July 31, 2017. Northern Strike 17 prepares Marines from across 4th Marine Division as they prepare for Integrated Training Exercise 2018 and future mobilizations and deployments. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Niles Lee/Released)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Niles Lee

CAMP GRAYLING, Mich. – U.S. Marines from Echo Company, 4th Reconnaissance Battalion, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve, prepare for a helocast exercise off of a U.S. Navy Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk from Sea Combat Squadron 22, at Camp Grayling Joint Maneuver Training Center, Michigan, during exercise Northern Strike 17, July 31, 2017. Helocasting is an airborne technique used by small units and special operations for insertion into military areas of operations. 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 Lance Cpl. Niles Lee/Released)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Niles Lee