NORTHERN STRIKE

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Task Force 1/25 and Active component aviation assets will participate in Exercise Northern Strike 2017 aboard Michigan’s Camp Grayling Joint Maneuver Training Center. TF 1/25 will be about 1,200 strong and include tanks, amphibious assault vehicles, light armored reconnaissance vehicles, reconnaissance Marines, combat engineers, and artillery attachments from across 4th Marine Division originating from 12 states, along with a United Kingdom Reserve 81mm mortar section.

Key live-fire training events are: platoon attacks (mechanized companies conducting mechanized amphibious raids, air assault company conducts air assault); company (-) (REIN) attack with mechanized integration (tank, AAV, LAR); company (REIN) defense with tank/engineer support (including heavy equipment); and a fire support coordination exercise. During the company (REIN) defense, the battalion’s air assault company will occupy its battle point following an air assault executed in conjunction with live-fire supporting arms. Training will focus on platoon-level collective tasks and prepare the battalion for Integrated Training Exercise 18 and possible OCONUS deployments in 2019.

International Participation includes: United Kingdom, Denmark, Latvia, and Poland

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4th Tanks send rounds down range on Camp Pendleton

Lance Cpl. Jesus Monroy, M1A1 tank crewman with Company A, 4th Tank Battalion, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve, listens to communications in the driver seat of a M1A1 Abrams Main Battle Tank during his annual training at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., July 19, 2016. Marines fired the tanks to adjust their battle sight to zero before the main event of their annual training. The main event includes 36 hours of offensive and defensive operations where 4th Tanks will be engaging with a notional enemy with a company of 14 tanks. This is the first time in over a decade tanks have fired main gun rounds on Camp Pendleton.

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Tags: 4th Marine Division, usmc, tanks, Annual Training, Camp Pendleton, 4th Tank Bn. MARFORRES, Marine Corps, Marine Forces Reserve

Photo by: Cpl. Gabrielle Quire | VIRIN: 160719-M-HX324-001.JPG

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Faces of the Force: Capt. John Howarth
Sitting calmly and collectively on a U.S. Army Boeing CH-47 Chinook in flight, Capt. John Howarth the company operations liaison officer with Echo Company, 4th Reconnaissance Battalion, 4th Marine...

Faces of the Force: Lance Cpl. Tyler Farias
Standing confidently with the smell of expended mortar rounds still lingering around him, U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Tyler Farias, a mortar man with Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment,...

Reserve Marines Demonstrate Spectrum of Capabilities during Northern Strike 17
Reserve Marines from across the country are integrating with service members from multiple branches, states and coalition countries to showcase the spectrum of capabilities that 4th Marine Division,...