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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HISTORY IN THE MAKING: Peleliu Marine Connects Past to Present

Peleliu World War II Memorial Museum is located on the island of Peleliu in the Palau Island chain located in the Western Pacific Ocean. The island is where one of the most ferocious and hardest fought battles by U.S. Marines took place during World War II. The 73-day long conflict resulted in the highest number of casualties of any amphibious assault in military history.

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Tags: MarForRes, Peleliu, Marines, WWII, World War II, US Marines, Marine Support Facility, NEW ORLEANS, Reserve, palau, Marine Forces Reserve

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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...