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 Oklahoma Special Operations Wing Supports Northern Strike By Tech. Sgt. Brigette Waltermire,
                137th Special Operations Wing Public Affairs
 ALPENA, Mich. – Airmen from the 137th Special Operations Wing deployed to support Northern Strike 22-2 at the Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center Aug. 6-19. Nearly 50 Oklahoma Air National Guard members supported operations during the exercise, including a 13-person Mission Sustainment Team (MST), two MC-12W flight crews, and training operations center (TOC) support from the 137th Special Operations Support Squadron, the 189th Intelligence Squadron, and the 285th Special Operations Intelligence Squadron. “We are working on integrating MST Airmen, from our mission support group side, with the Special Operations Tasking Unit (SOTU), which is the operations side, in support of special operations force generation,” said Maj. Brian Campbell, 137th SOW mission commander for Northern Strike 22-2. Exercise Northern Strike 22-2 is the largest National Guard Bureau-sponsored military exercise. It is designed to validate the readiness of the joint and reserve force and demonstrate joint integration into the Agile Combat Employment (ACE) concept. “My hope coming out of this exercise is that the MST becomes familiar with our training operations center so they can set up a secure forward operating base for our operations team to come in and start conducting flying missions,” Campbell said. “As a unit, we need to be able to deploy autonomously with no outside support or structure but still get the mission done using whatever is available to us.” The focus of Northern Strike 22-2 was the military’s ability to train the warfighter in any environment. MST Airmen provided command and control for a forward operating base, then integrated with the A-10 Thunderbolt II ACE team with 107th Fighter Squadron, Michigan National Guard. “Understanding where we fit into the exercise really fell into place for me working alongside the ACE team,” said Staff Sgt. Austin Manchester, MST member assigned to the 137th Special Operations Security Forces Squadron. “Talking about our role is one thing, but I’m a hands-on learner, so seeing their part of operations helped illustrate the aspects of what we’re doing here to pave the way for them.” The 13 MST Airmen also worked alongside the SOTU to develop processes for working together before the MST deploys to an austere location. “We can work with the TOC to conduct intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions with the MC-12W for a pre-landing site survey,” said Senior Master Sgt. John Via, 137th MST senior enlisted leader with the 137th Special Operations Logistics Readiness Squadron. “We still have to be proficient in land navigation and unexploded ordnance sweeps once we are on the ground to prepare for airfield layout, but once we have the command and control set up we can move to sustainment and security operations for the aircraft and operations support team.” Integrating the 137th MST and SOTU toward a single mission highlights the focus of Northern Strike 22-2, which involves approximately 7,400 military members from 19 states and several coalition countries, including Canada, Latvia and the United Kingdom, at the National All-Domain Warfighting Center. The MC-12W provided intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance to the 137th MST. It worked with MQ-9 Reaper support teams with the 110th Attack Wing, tactical air control party members with the 113th Air Support Operations Squadron, Latvian special operations forces, and U.S. Army 3rd Special Forces Group and 20th SFG.
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