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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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Montford Point Marines receive Congressional Gold Medal
Gladys Allen-Smith accepts the Congressional Gold Medal on behalf of her late father Charles E. Allen at the National Montford Point Marine Association’s 49th Annual National Convention, July 16, 2014. Allen was one of the original Montford Point Marines. The president and vice president of the National Montford Point Marine Association presented the medal to Allen-Smith during the National President’s Reception.
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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...