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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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CBRN Marines conduct hazmat technician training
Lance Cpl. Weston B. Paulson, a chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear defense specialist with CBRN Platoon, 4th Marine Logistics Group, Marine Forces Reserve, searches for the presence of hazardous materials while serving as part of a reconnaissance team during a hazardous material technician training event at Pilottown, La., July 29, 2016. During the training scenario, the Marines responded with the United States Coast Guard to a simulated chemical lab in an abandoned hotel used to produce a dangerous mustard agent. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Ian Leones/ Released)
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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...