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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Rockets Down Range

Marines with Battery D, 2nd Battalion, 14th Marine Regiment, fire an M31 Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS) Missile from the M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) during a raid exercise at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, Dec. 4, 2015. The M31 provides Battery D with the capability to precisely strike targets over 70 kilometers away with a 200lb blast fragmentation warhead.

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Tags: MarForRes, 2nd Battalion, usmc, artillery, MFR, 14th Marine Regiment, Battery D, GMLRS, HIMARS, Marine Corps, Marine Forces Reserve

Photo by: Photo Courtesy of White Sands Public Affairs | VIRIN: 151204-M-ZZZZZ-003.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...