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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MALS-49 Change of Command Ceremony

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Luis R. Salavarria, right, sergeant major, passes the battalion colors to Lt. Col. Jeffery G. Dean, outgoing commanding officer, Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 49 (MALS-49), Marine Aircraft Group 49, 4th Marine Air Wing, during the MALS-49 change of command ceremony on Marine Corps Air Station New River, in Jacksonville, North Carolina, April 12, 2025. The change of command ceremony represents the transfer of responsibility, authority, and accountability from the outgoing commanding officer to the incoming commanding officer. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Hunter Brock)

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Tags: usmc, change of command, Tradition, CEREMONY, MCAS NEW RIVER

Photo by: Lance Cpl. Hunter Brock | VIRIN: 250412-M-AG272-1029.JPG

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