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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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Massachusetts Community Declares Marine Corps Reserve Week, Celebrate Centennial Concert
Chief Warrant Officer 3 Michael J. Smith, band officer of Marine Corps Band New Orleans, conducts the band during a concert for local residents to celebrate the Marine Corps Reserve Centennial at Plymouth Memorial Hall, Nov. 11, 2016. Marine Forces Reserve is commemorating 100 years of rich history, heritage and espirit de corps across the U.S. This concert was part of a series of events to recognize the long standing bond between Massachusetts and the Marine Corps Reserve. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Melissa Martens/ 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...