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Video by Tech. Sgt. Lealan Buehrer, Airman 1st Class Jason Grabiec

Northern Strike 18: Base Defense

182nd Airlift Wing

Aug. 14, 2018 | 1:28

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Michael Jasman, the security forces superintendent at Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center, Michigan Air National Guard, describes the importance of base defense in Alpena, Mich., Aug. 14, 2018.

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. (U.S. Air National Guard video by Tech. Sgt. Lealan Buehrer, Tech. Sgt. Rudolph Deiss, Airman 1st Class Jason Grabiec, Senior Master Sgt. Sonia Pawloski)