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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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Marines with Marine Forces Reserve help out victims of Hurricane Harvey
LAKE CHARLES, La.-- Cpl. Keith Reichard, an aerial observer with Detachment A, Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 773, 4th Marine Aircraft Wing, Marine Forces Reserve helps a woman secure her harnesson a UH-1Y while supporting rescue missions in wake of Hurricane Harvey in Port Arthur, TX, Aug. 31, 2017. The Marine Corps Reserve is America’s expeditionary total force in readiness that is always the first to fight, whether on the battlefield or during national emergencies. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Kimberly Aguirre/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...