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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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Relief and Appointment
Sgt. Maj. Anthony A. Spadaro, former Marine Forces Reserve and Marine Forces North sergeant major, passes the Noncommissioned Officer sword to Lt. Gen. Rex C. McMillian, commander of Marine Forces Reserve and Marine Forces North during the Relief and Appointment ceremony at Marine Corps Support Facility New Orleans, May 27, 2016. Spadaro, who has been selected to serve as the senior enlisted advisor for U.S. Pacific Command, passes on his duties to Sgt. Maj. Patrick L. Kimble, former sergeant major of 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing.
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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...