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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Cowboys Conduct Flight Operations

U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Matthew Ganceras, an aircraft ordnance staff non-commissioned officer with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 112 – Marine Aircraft Group 41 – 4th Marine Aircraft Wing, guides a team of Marines loading an AIM-9X missile on an F/A-18 Hornet aboard Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Oct. 19, 2021. VMFA-112 is in Japan for a six-month cycle as part of the Unit Deployment Program, where they are helping maintain peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific area of operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Booker T. Thomas III)

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Tags: MarForRes, MAG-41, VMFA-112, 1st MAW, MAG-12, Marine Aircraft Group 12

Photo by: Sgt. Booker Thomas | VIRIN: 211019-M-TE205-132.JPG

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