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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“Alaska Marines” deliver toys across northwestern Alaska

Robert Kirk, a trail guide from Noatak, Alaska, poses for a portrait while guiding the Marines with Delta Company, 4th Law Enforcement Battalion, Marine Forces Reserve, from Noatak to Kotzebue, Alaska, Dec. 14, 2021. The “Alaska Marines” went to Alaska’s Northwest Arctic Borough and traveled by snowmobile and aircraft to dress as Santa Claus and deliver toys to children in remote villages belonging to Alaskan Natives in support of the Toys for Tots program. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Brendan Mullin)

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Tags: 4th Law Enforcement Battalion, MarForRes, toys for tots, marine corps reserve, santa claus, Alaska Marines

Photo by: Cpl. Brendan Mullin | VIRIN: 211214-M-JX780-1827.JPG

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