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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Laser Focus | Force Headquarters Group Marines direct airpower during a tactical air control party evaluation

U.S. Marine Corps Sergeant Omar I. Cardoso Bienes, a joint fire observer assigned to 4th Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, Force Headquarters Group, Marine Forces Reserve, conducts a debrief with his team during a Tactical Air Control Party (TACP) exercise at Rattlesnake Range, Camp Shelby, Mississippi, Dec. 07, 2023. The TACP consisted of Marine joint fire observers and joint terminal attack controllers who coordinated with aircraft to conduct close air support drills. Bienes is a Jovellanos, Matanzas, Cuba native and went to Hialeah Educational Academy. (U.S. Marine Corps photo Sgt. Emely Gonzalez)

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Tags: Marine Corps Reserves, FHG, JTAC, Reservist, Camp Shelby

Photo by: MARFORRES COMMSTRAT | VIRIN: 231208-M-JH066-1789.JPG

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