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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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3rd ANGLICO Marine takes top honors in Quantico
Gen. Robert B. Neller, Commandant of the Marine Corps (left), congratulates Staff Sgt. Christopher Smith, the 2015 Reserve Career Planner of the Year during the Commandant of the Marine Corps Combined Awards Ceremony, held at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va., May 11, 2016. Smith, the career planner from 3rd Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, Force Headquarters Group, Marine Forces Reserve, was awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal for his hard work and dedication. The ceremony also recognized superior recruiters, drill instructors, combat instructors, Marine security guards, career planners and Semper Fit male and female athletes of the year.
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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...