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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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Marines ice fish with Alaskan natives
A sailor with 4th Medical Battalion, 4th Marine Logistics Group, Marine Forces Reserve holds an Inupiaq fishing rod as other service members dig a hole in the ice covering Kotzebue Sound, April 17. Marines and sailors used these authentic Native American ice fishing rods made out of wood to catch 3 fish, April 11, but unsuccessfully did not catch anything on the following fishing trip, April 17.
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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...