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 Marine Division Purple Heart Ceremony

On September 21, 2016, Marines from the Inspector-Instructor Staff of Indianapolis had the honor and privilege of presenting the Purple Heart Medal to WWII veteran, Pfc. Junior E. Howell, for wounds sustained during the Battle of Peleliu on Sept. 21, 1944. Howell is one of the last living WWII veterans to receive the Purple Heart. More than 100 friends and family members were in attendance to watch him receive the medal 72 years to the day after he was wounded in combat. (Photos courtesy of 4th Marine Division.)

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Tags: I&I, MarForRes, Muncie, Purple Heart, Inspector-Instructor Staff of Indianapolis, WWII veterans, Pfc. Junior E. Howell, Marine Forces Reserve

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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...