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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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Command master chief change of office
Master Chief Christopher D. Kotz (left), command master chief Marine Forces Reserve and Marine Forces North, poses for a photo with Lt. Gen. Rex C. McMillian (right), commander of MARFORRES and MARFORNORTH, during the command master chief change of office at Marine Corps Support Facility New Orleans on Sep. 1, 2017. After two years of service as the command master chief for MARFORRES and MARFORNORTH, Master Chief Kotz passes his responsibilities and due diligences associated to his billet to the incoming Master Chief Ryan Strack.
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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...