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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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New Orleans-based Marines harvest citrus orchard with Second Harvest Food Bank
Volunteers at Second Harvest Food Bank in Belle Chasse, La. Package kumquats and load them onto a van for shipment Saturday, Jan. 17, 2015. Marines and Sailors from Marine Forces Reserve and Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base New Orleans gathered with local community members to harvest a citrus orchard, where the fruit was then packaged for distribution to food banks, pantries and shelters across south Louisiana. Since the beginning of 2015, MARFORRES volunteers have completed 211 service hours in eight different community service projects. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Tiffany Edwards)
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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...