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 Marine Achieves Gold Medal in USMC Shooting Competition

Cpl. Alvin H. Mei, an electro-optical ordnance repairman with Headquarters and Services Company, 2nd Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve, receives a gold medal during the 2016 Marine Corps Rifle and Pistol Matches Award Ceremony on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., April 22, 2016. The Marine Corps Rifle and Pistol Matches Award Ceremony marks the end of the annual Marine Corps Competition-in-Arms program. The Competition-in-Arms program has provided Marines around the world with the opportunity to achieve various medals and trophies by displaying their skill in small arms marksmanship. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Kimberly Aguirre/Released)

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Photo by: Lance Cpl. Kimberly Aguirre | VIRIN: 160427-M-NX410-837.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...