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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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4th Reconnaissance Marines support rescue efforts in wake of Hurricane Harvey
KATY, Texas – Marine Corps Sgt. Sean Hennessey, a water survival instructor with Charlie Company, 4th Reconnaissance Battalion, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve, ties chemical lights to a U.S. Marine Corps F470 Zodiacs Combat Rubber Raiding craft at Katy High School in Katy, Texas, Aug. 30, 2017. Marines from Charlie Company supported rescue missions in wake of Hurricane Harvey, which flooded much of the surrounding region displacing 30,000 people, and flooding thousands of homes. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Niles Lee/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...