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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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Marine Forces Reserve welcomes new 4th Marine Division commanding general
Maj. Gen. Burke W. Whitman, the incoming commanding general of 4th Marine Division, talks to guests at a change of command ceremony at Marine Corps Support Facility New Orleans, April 7, 2017. Whitman previously served as the director of Marine and Family Division, Manpower and Reserve Affairs, said he plans to make sure Marines get the right type of training to prepare them for their futures. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Pfc. Niles Lee)
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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...