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

A group of Marines from Headquarters Company, 25th Marine Regiment, and 1st Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, take a break during a UAV training exercise here, March 9. From left to right – Staff Sgt. Ryan D. Cherhoniak, a radio chief for 25th Marine Regiment; Lance Cpl. Michael A. Santoro Jr., an intelligence specialist with Headquarters and Service Co., 1/25; Lance Cpl. Michael F. Kieloch, an infantryman with Headquarters and Service Co. 1/25; Lance Cpl. Justin M. Cotton, a motor transport operator with Headquarters Co., 25th Marine Regiment; Cpl. Lincoln T. Weiss, a chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear specialist with Headquarters Co., 25th Marine Regiment; and Sgt. Nicholas J. Cunningham, a Marine Air-Ground Task Force planner with Headquarters Co., 25th Marine Regiment.

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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...