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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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Memorial Day Commemoration
Retired Chief Warrant Officer 4 Hershel “Woody” Williams (left), a Medal of Honor recipient, and Dr. Nick Muller (right), president and chief executive officer of the WWII Museum, pay their respects during the Pledge of Allegiance at the Louisiana House of Representatives, in Baton Rouge, La., May 25, 2017. Muller and Williams were guests speakers for the Memorial Day Commemoration. The commemoration honors those who currently serve and have served in the military. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Pfc. Melany Vasquez / 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...