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Video by Tech. Sgt. Rudolph Deiss

Multinational firefighters repelling and climbing at Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center during Northern Strike 18

110th Wing

Aug. 7, 2018 | 4:19

During exercise Northern Strike 18, firefighters from Estonia, Bulgaria, and Latvia trained with U.S. firefighters, perfecting their repelling and climbing skills. This repelling and climbing training occurred on August 7, 2018 at the Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center. This training is part of the State Partnership Program.

Northern Strike 18 is a National Guard Bureau-sponsored exercise uniting service members from many states, multiple service branches and a number of coalition countries during the first three weeks of August 2018 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 accredited Joint National Training Capabilities exercise 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. (Air National Guard video by Tech. Sgt. Rudolph Deiss/released)