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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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Partner Nations Train During Platinum Wolf 16
Lance Cpl. Ross Walters (left), military police with 4th Law Enforcement Battalion, Force Headquarter Group, Marine Forces Reserve, and Lance Cpl. Wyatt Price (right), military police, with 4th LE Bn., FHG, MARFORRES, practice tactical questioning techniques during counter improvised explosive device training at exercise Platinum Wolf 2016, on Peacekeeping Training Operations Center South Base in Bujanovac, Serbia, May 10, 2016. Classes are given from various instructors to the partnering nations of Bosnia, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Montenegro, Slovenia, Serbia and the United States. The purpose of the exercise is to practice peacekeeping operations and develop interoperability between nations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Sara Graham)
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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...