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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MARFORRES Marines conduct CBRN training

Lance Cpl. Cody A. Tankersley, a chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear defense specialist with Headquarters and Service Company, 4th Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 4th Marine Division, checks Lance Cpl. Georgiy Abgaryan, a CBRN defense specialist with Headquarters and Service Company, 2nd Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, for contaminants during the final training event of the Advanced Consequence Management Team Certification in Pilottown, La., July 29, 2015. During the training event, Abgaryan was part of a reconnaissance team that responded to a simulated methamphetamine laboratory. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Ian Leones/Released)

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Tags: MarForRes, usmc, CBRN, MFR, Marine Corps, Marine Forces Reserve

Photo by: Cpl. Ian Leones | VIRIN: 150729-M-KN381-288.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...