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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Kenyan Marine one step closer to achieving dreams

Cpl. Cecil Otieno, a supply clerk with 4th Dental Battalion, 4th Marine Logistics Group, grew up in Nakuru, Kenya, the fourth largest urban area in the country. After graduating Marine Corps boot camp, he started the process of obtaining his U.S. citizenship. Special provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act authorize U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services to expedite the application and naturalization process for current members of the U.S. armed forces. Otieno became a U.S. citizen, Jan. 23, 2012.

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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...