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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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Marine Corps Reserve Units prepare for Hurricane Irma
U.S. Marines with Charlie Company, 4th Reconnaissance Battalion, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve, and 3th Force Reconnaissance Company, 4th MarDiv, conduct radio checks in preparation for upcoming rescue and relief efforts in wake of Hurricane Irma at the Alabama Army National Guard Fort Whiting Armory in Mobile, Alabama, Sept. 9, 2017. Marines from units throughout the southeast are poised to support FEMA, state and local response efforts in anticipation of Hurricane Irma’s landfall. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Pfc. Samantha Schwoch/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...