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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SPMAGTF-SC 17 begins pre-deployment training at Camp Lejeune

Sgt. Daniel Grant, a mortarman with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force - Southern Command, assumes the prone position while firing at an unknown distance target on a Table 3 range during pre-deployment training at Range K501 aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, March 16, 2017. The training was conducted to enhance the Ground Combat Element’s readiness for future security cooperation operations in Central America. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Melissa Martens/ Released)

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Tags: Reserve Marines, marforsouth, SPMAGTF-SC 17, Camp Lejeune, Marine Corps, Marine Forces Reserve

Photo by: Cpl. Melissa Martens | VIRIN: 170322-M-CK972-001.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...