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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
Marines with 4th Reconnaissance Battalion, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve, wade through thigh deep water in search of people in need of aid in Port Arthur, Texas, Aug. 31, 2017. Over the course of several days, Marine Forces Reserve units transported over 1,200 people from heavily flooded areas in southeast Texas in coordination with local law enforcement and joint agencies following the effects of Hurricane Harvey. (Courtesy photo by Pfc. Levi Bayard/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...