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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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Bayou Classic Kickoff Press Conference
From left to right, Master Chief Eric E. Cousin, the Command Master Chief of Marine Forces Reserve, MGySgt. Kevin Buckles, the Senior Enlisted Advisor and Drum Major of “The Commandant’s Own,” and Lt. Gen. Richard P. Mills, Commander of MARFORRES, pose for a photo while attending the Bayou Classic Kickoff Press Conference held at the New Orleans Mercedes-Benz Superdome, Nov. 25, 2014. The Press Conference was the first official event that kicks off the week of Bayou Classic events leading up to the rivalry football game between Southern University and Grambling State University. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Rubin J. Tan/Released)
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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...