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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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CMC awards Reserve Career Planner of the Year
Marine recruiters, prior service recruiters, drill instructors, combat instructors, career planners and athletes of the year stand at attention at the annual Commandant of the Marine Corps’ 2016 Combined Awards Ceremony, Feb. 8, 2017, in Quantico, Va. Staff Sgt. Christin J. McAdams (right), the Active Reserve Career Planner of the Year, with 6th Communications Battalion, Force Headquarters Group, along with Staff Sgt. Jaim W. Bourg(center), the runner-up, with 4th Reconnaissance Battalion, 4th Marine Division, were both awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal for their hard work and dedication.
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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...