Northern Strike 18

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Exercise Northern Strike is a military readiness event hosted annually at Michigan National Guard facilities. With approximately 5,000 participating Marines, Soldiers, Airmen and Sailors, Northern Strike is one of the largest reserve component exercises supported by the U.S. military. The mission is to exercise participating units’ full-spectrum of capabilities through realistic, cost-effective joint fires training in an adaptable environment, with an emphasis on joint and coalition force cooperation.

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25th Marine Regiment executes first UAV practice flights for Reserve operators

Cpl. Lincoln Weiss, a chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear defense specialist with Headquarters Company, 25th Marine Regiment, prepares to launch the RQ-11B unmanned aerial vehicle during a training flight here, March 9. The UAV operators participated in training flights at the Devens Reserve Forces Training Area to sustain flight procedures and techniques in preparation for training exercises African Lion in April and Heavy Metal in June.

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Tags: 25th Marines, MarForRes, 4th Marine Division, UAV, 25th Marine Regiment, Marine Forces Reserve

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Marines of 3/25 tackle Exercise Northern Strike 18
The hot Michigan sun is high in the sky as a Marine lays flat against the dry sand looking through his rifle optic at the battle space spread out in-front of him. Beside him, his fellow Marine fills...