U.S. Army Cpt. Erika Gerard, left, the Battalion Fire Direction Officer, and Sgt. 1st Class Michael Corle, the Senior Fire Control noncommissioned officer, assigned to Headquarters, and Headquarters Battery, 1st Battalion, 201st Field Artillery Regiment with the West Virginia Army National Guard stand inside their operations cell as part of a training exercise at Camp Grayling in Grayling, Michigan during Exercise Northern Strike 2024. The fire direction and fire control team are responsible for coordinating all fire missions for the batteries within their battalion. They are directly in charge of ensuring the accuracy of fire locations and other mission elements to maintain safety of their Soldiers, as well as ensuring maximum deadly fire power. Exercise Northern Strike is an Army sponsored, multi-component, multinational training event conducted twice a year at the Camp Grayling Joint Maneuver Training Center. Northern Strike focuses on offense, defense and stability operations, while simultaneously focusing on maintaining unit readiness alongside joint and partner forces in all-domains of warfare. Northern Strike is Michigan’s largest and longest standing joint readiness exercise, and this iteration hosts over 6,000 participants and is being held from August 3 to 17, 2024 at the National All Domain Warfighting Center. (U.S. Army National Guard Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Ariana Shuemake)
Date Taken: | 08.11.2024 |
Date Posted: | 08.13.2024 11:07 |
Photo ID: | 8585161 |
VIRIN: | 240811-Z-QC446-1056 |
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Location: | GRAYLING, MICHIGAN, US |
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