Soldiers of 1st Battalion, 119th Field Artillery Regiment, Michigan National Guard, and their Latvian Land Forces counterparts prepare to fire a round from their M777A2 howitzer near Adazi, Latvia, March 27, 2015. The Michigan National Guard 1-119th FA is working with their Latvian counterparts as part of Operation Summer Shield XII, a multinational NATO training exercise whose participants include U.S. active duty Army, Reserve, and National Guard, U.S. Marines, and units from Latvia, Lithuania, Germany, Luxembourg, and Canada. Michigan and Latvia have worked together in the State Partnership Program for 23 years. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Kimberly Bratic, Michigan National Guard/Released)