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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Marine Reserve commander commemorates 100-year history in Denver

Lt. Gen. Rex C. McMillian, commander of Marine Forces Reserve and Marine Forces North, sits with World War II and Iwo Jima veteran Jack Thurman at the National Western Stock Show in Denver, Jan. 17, 2017. Thurman, a member of the original Marine Corps Raiders, autographs a copy of a book he wrote that chronicles his time in the Marine Corps. The NWSS honored veterans to show their dedication to the military and to bring attention to the 100th anniversary of the Marine Corps Reserves. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Dallas Johnson/Released)

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Tags: MFR, CENTENNIAL, McMillian, Marine Corps, Marine Forces Reserve

Photo by: Lance Cpl. Dallas Johnson | VIRIN: 170117-M-WQ182-010.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...