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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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2/23 Celebrates 241st Marine Corps Ball, 100 years of the Reserves
Marines reenact the raising of the American flag on Iwo Jima during 2nd Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment’s 241st Marine Corps Ball, Nov. 12. 2016, at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum in Simi Valley, Calif. In addition to celebrating 241 years of the Corps existence, the Reserve unit also commemorated the Marine Forces Reserve Centennial to honor the rich heritage of the Reserves and recognize the contributions of its Marines over the past century.
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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...