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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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ITX 4-17 Battlefield Canvas
U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Jacob Schwam, a pilot with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 773, Marine Aircraft Group 49, 4th Marine Aircraft Wing, Marine Forces Reserve, gives the thumbs up for the UH-1Y Huey to take-off for a battlefield survey with Col. Thomas E. Prentice, commanding officer, 23rd Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, MARFORRES, at Marine Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California during Integrated Training Exercise 4-17, June 20, 2017. The scouting mission was in preparation of the 25th Marine Regiment final battalion exercise during ITX 4-17. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Imari J. Dubose)
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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...