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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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2nd Battalion, 24th Marines combine arms for live-fire training with Air National Guard
Camp Atterbury, Ind. – Two A-10 Thunderbolt II’s fly low to the ground after being called in for a fire-support mission by joint terminal attack control Marines on the ground, March 15, 2014, at a firing range on Camp Atterbury Joint Maneuver Center. The A-10s were on station to assist the Marines in live combined-arms training in addition to supporting their own training requirements. The Marine Corps worked alongside the Ind. Air National Guard to make this training possible, allowing both parties to see the true effects of their missions. The A-10s are with the 163rd Fighter Squadron, 122nd Fighter Wing located at Fort Wayne Air National Guard Station, Ind. The Marines are with 2nd Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division. (Marine Corps photo by Cpl. J. Gage Karwick/released)
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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...