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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Military Appreciation Day

U.S. Marine Corps Col. Derrick R. Heyl, commanding officer of Headquarters Battalion, Marine Forces Reserve and Marines stationed in New Orleans stand for the Marines’ Hymn during Military Appreciation Day at City Hall in New Orleans, Dec. 15, 2016. New Orleans Military Appreciation Day was started in 1992 by the Mayor's Military Advisory Council and local leaders to acknowledge local military service members, and to promote a closer relationship for state and federal agencies in Louisiana. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Devan Alonzo Barnett/Released)

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Photo by: Cpl. Devan Alonzo Barnett | VIRIN: 161215-M-QY382-775.JPG

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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...