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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Selfless Sacrifice

Sgt. Maj. Steven Battista, former Battery M, 3rd Battalion, 14th Marine Regiment Inspector Instructor, presents the American flag to Staff Sgt. David A. Wyatt’s wife. Wyatt, who was a field artillery operations man with Battery M, was laid to rest at the Chattanooga National Cemetery, July 24, 2015. Wyatt is one of five service members who died when a gunman attacked the Naval Operational Support Center and Marine Corps Reserve Center on July 16, 2015. Family and community members joined the Marines to honor Wyatt for making the ultimate sacrifice for his country.

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Tags: MarForRes, MFR, Staff Sgt. David Wyatt, Battery M, Chattanooga National Cemetery, 14th Marine Regiment

Photo by: Cpl. Sara Graham | VIRIN: 150724-M-MH863-001.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...