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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Master Sgt. Julia Watson, double-distinguished, CIAP Western Divisional, MCB Camp Pendleton

Master Sgt. Julia Watson, an instructor for the Marksmanship Training Unit at Marine Forces Reserve New Orleans, accepts her silver medal in the Competition-In-Arms Western Divisional individual pistol competition at the base theatre of Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., March 7. With the silver medal, Watson secured the final eight points she needed to become a distinguished pistol shooter.

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Tags: MCB Camp Pendleton, MarForRes, Master Sgt. Julia Watson, double-distinguished, CIAP Western Divisional, MFR, Reserve, Marine Forces Reserve

Photo by: Lance Cpl. James Marchetti | VIRIN: 110429-M-AB123-001.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...