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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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Reserve Career Planner of the Year Awards
Reserve Career Planner of the Year, Sgt. Christopher Smith (left), from 3rd Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, Force Headquarters Group, Marine Forces Reserve, and runner-up Reserve Career Planner of the Year, Staff Sgt. Andrew Watson (right), from 4th Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve, pose for a photo during the Reserve Career Planner Awards presentation at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, Calif., Feb. 24, 2016. Smith, Watson and other career planners work diligently through the year to assist Marines with making future occupational decisions.
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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...