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Northern Strike 18

About

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
Chief Warrant Officer 3 Michael J Smith (left), band officer of Marine Corps Band New Orleans, speaks with Reserve Marines from Production and Analysis Company, Intelligence Support Battalion, Force Headquarters Group, at the National Western Stock Show in Denver, Jan. 17, 2017. The Marines re-enacted the flag raising on Mount Suribachi to commemorate World War II veterans who fought at the Battle of Iwo Jima. The event was hosted in order to commemorate veterans and the 100th anniversary of the Marine Corps Reserve. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Dallas Johnson/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...