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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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Fire Support Coordination Exercise
U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Carlos Jimenez, left, and Cpl. Gerry Potempa, mortarmen with Weapons Company, 2nd Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve, conduct fire support with the 60mm light mortar during the Fire Support Coordination Exercise, a training event, during the Integrated Training Exercise 4-17 at Camp Wilson, Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California on June 26th, 2017. ITX 4-17 focused on the practical application of combined-arms maneuver warfare in preparation to support the active component across a range of military operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Imari J. Dubose/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...