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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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Volunteers help revitalize the New Orleans Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 8973
Sgt. Maj. Bryan Battaglia, senior enlisted advisor to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and fellow volunteers look over the plans for reconstructing the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 8973, June 4, 2014. Reconstruction of the post will allow veterans to have access to all the services VFW offers. Marines from Marine Forces Reserve and Naval Air Station-Joint Reserve Base Belle Chasse volunteered to help the renovation get started and provide a place for veterans to enjoy. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Sara Graham)
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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...