Soldiers of 1st Battalion, 119th Field Artillery Regiment, Michigan National Guard, manually maneuver their M777A2 howitzer aside another cannon on a C-17 cargo plane at the Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center in Alpena, Mich., March 20, 2015. The 1-119th FA, the largest MING component to deploy to Latvia for training, will be participating in Operation Summer Shield XII, a multinational fires and effects training exercise. Latvia and Michigan have trained together through the State Partnership Program for 23 years. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Kimberly Bratic, Michigan National Guard/Released)