08/12/2026
🧗 Army Reserve Engineers Rappel Into Urban Operations at Northern Strike 26-2
CAMP GRAYLING, Mich. - U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers with the 365th Engineer Company, 412th Theater Engineer Command, and the 428th Combat Engineer Company - Infantry (CEC-I), 416th Theater Engineer Command, took urban operations training to new heights on Aug. 7, 2026, during Exercise Northern Strike 26-2.
Training at the Combined Arms Collective Training Facility, Soldiers practiced rappelling techniques, rope safety and the controlled movement of a combat rubber raiding craft from an elevated structure. The hands-on training sharpened technical skills while reinforcing teamwork, communication and readiness in a complex urban environment.
Northern Strike is an Army-sponsored, multicomponent, multinational exercise designed to build readiness and enhance interoperability among U.S. forces and international partners. Northern Strike 26-2, Michigan’s largest and longest-running joint readiness exercise, takes place Aug. 1-15 at the National All-Domain Warfighting Center and includes approximately 9,000 participants.
🔗 See more from Northern Strike 26:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/mi_ng/albums/72177720334216492/
📸 by Sgt. De’Vante Martin
U.S. Army
U.S. Army Reserve
Michigan National Guard
The National Guard
Director of the Army National Guard