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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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Task force Marines deploying to Latin America conduct small boat training

Sgt. Bill Pendergraft, a military policeman with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force - Southern Command, lands onto a combat rubber riding craft after his crew performs a broaching drill during a training exercise at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, May 12, 2020. The Marines train and learn small boat skills and procedures to better help the SPMAGTF-SC with mission accomplishment when deployed within jungle environments. These training events assist the Marines and Sailors when working alongside partner nations in Latin America and the Caribbean with crisis response preparedness, security cooperation training, and engineering projects. Pendergraft is a native of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Benjamin D. Larsen)