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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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4th MLG Marines work with Airmen to renovate historic fort
Sgt. Brandon S. Fender, a construction foreman with Engineer Services Company, Combat Logistics Battalion 25, cuts a plank of wood in order to frame a window during Innovative Readiness Training Dry Tortugas at Dry Tortugas National Park, Fla., Aug. 15, 2016. IRT Dry Tortugas is an Air Force Reserve-led project to provide construction services at the request of the National Park Service. During this year’s iteration, the Marines and Airmen worked together to renovate the crew quarters of Fort Jefferson in Dry Tortugas. (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...