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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Marine Corps Reserve Units prepare for Hurricane Irma

Marine Corps Cpl. Greg Coller (right), a reconnaissance Marine with Charlie Company, 4th Reconnaissance Battalion, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve, and Lance Cpl. Justin Bellew (left), a motor-t mechanic with 3rd Force Reconnaissance Company, 4th MARDIV, tie down a tarp on the back of an MTVR 7-ton truck at the Alabama Army National Guard Fort Whiting Armory in Mobile, Al, Sept. 9, 2017, in preparation of rescue missions following Hurricane Irma. Marines from Charlie Company, based out of San Antonio, Texas, bring their experiences from helping in the relief efforts after Hurricane Harvey, to better prepare them for Hurricane Irma. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Niles Lee/Released)

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Photo by: Lance Cpl. Niles Lee | VIRIN: 170909-M-HG783-024.JPG

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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...