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 greet WWII veterans for Soaring Valor program

Cpl. Emanuela S. Shehu (right), an administrative specialist with Headquarters Battalion, Marine Forces Reserve, places a Marine Corps lanyard around the neck of Lou Lieske (left), a retired U.S. Army nurse and World War II veteran, at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport, April 13, 2016. Lieske joined other World II veterans as part of Soaring Valor, a program created by the Gary Sinise foundation to provide World War II veterans a special tour of the National World War II Museum and to honor them for their sacrifices. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Ian Leones/ Released)

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Tags: National World War II Museum, MarForRes, usmc, WWII, World War II, gary sinise, Soaring Valor, Marine Corps, Marine Forces Reserve

Photo by: Cpl. Ian Leones | VIRIN: 160414-M-KN381-006.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...