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 Receives New Orleans Mayor’s Community Service Award

Maj. Gen. Burke Whitman (left), commanding general of 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Division, congratulates Sgt. Juvante Butler (right), an administrative specialist with 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve, at the World War II Museum in New Orleans, May 20, 2017. Butler was awarded the Mayor’s Community Service Award for his mentorship with the Knights of Pythagoras as a counselor for young men in the New Orleans community. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Pfc. Melany Vasquez / Released)

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Tags: Mayor, World War II, MFR, NEW ORLEANS, Volunteer Service, Knights of Pythagoras, Marine Corps

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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...