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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Weapons Company conducts Water Survival Annual Training

A Marine Corps Instructor of Water Survival briefs Marines with Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment, on their next event during water survival qualification as part of their annual training during exercise Heavy Metal 2014 at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina Aug. 11, 2014. This portion of the course requires Marines enter the water wearing a vest, helmet and rifle and then submerge themselves and remove all the equipment in a set time limit. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. J. Gage Karwick)

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Photo by: Cpl. J. Gage Karwick | VIRIN: 140811-M-BC491-021.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...