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Northern Strike

This page archives news and photos from Exercise Northern Strike in 2021. It highlights deployments and training, showcasing MARFORRES operational readiness and global engagement in joint, multicomponent scenarios.

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From 31 July to 14 August, CLB 451 (-)(REIN) provides forward DS and GS logistics to JTF-85 IOT enable joint task force projection functions and conduct tactical sustainment to maximize maneuver element ability to execute area defense, offense and stability operations in support of the reestablishment of the legitimate border of Gorgas.

 

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Lance Cpl. Christopher Alvarez, a combat engineer with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force - Southern Command, cuts boards to length during a command post exercise at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, April 9, 2020. The boards were used to make levels in order to distribute the freshly poured concrete. The Marines and Sailors of SPMAGTF-SC use the training opportunity of the CPX to both show their capabilities in a controlled environment and prepare for the upcoming mission. SPMAGTF-SC is poised to conduct crisis response, theater security cooperation, and general engineering training alongside partner nation militaries in Latin America and the Caribbean. Alvarez is a native of Portland, Oregon. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Benjamin D. Larsen)