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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Hurricane Harvey

Sgt. 1st Class James Dunn, a motor transport operator with 3rd Expeditionary Sustainment Command, ground guides a Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Truck (HEMTT) assigned to Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force at an operataions center in Hempstead, Texas Sept. 1, 2017. The Department of Defense is conducting Defense Support of Civil Authorities operations in response to the effects of Hurricane Harvey. DSCA operations are part of the DOD's response capability to assist civilian responders in saving lives, relieving human suffering and mitigating property damage in response to a catastrophic disaster. (U.S. Army photo by: Sgt. Jazmin Jenkins / 22nd Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)

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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,...