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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Combat Engineers Maintain Brilliance in the Basics

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. – Marines with 6th Engineer Support Battalion use a team-lift technique to move a 300 pound piece of bridge equipment during a training exercise here, June 11. Many of the pieces used to put together a medium girder bridge require more than one Marine to effectively move them.

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Tags: bride, 4th Marine Logistics Group, combat support, 4th MLG, 6th Engineer Support Battalion

Photo by: U.S Marine Corps Cpl. John M. McCall/Released | VIRIN: 130611-M-5160M-518.JPG

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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...