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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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MWSS-473 runs FARP in Marathon, Florida, in wake of Hurricane Irma
U.S. Marine Sgt. Maj. Karl S. McCants, sergeant major of 14th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve, speaks with Lance. Cpl. Sergio Hernandez, a bulk fuel specialist with Marine Wing Support Squadron 473, 4th Marine Aircraft Wing, MARFORRES, at a forward arming and refueling point established by MWSS-473 in Marathon, Florida, Sept. 13, 2017. Marines of Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 234, 4th MAW, MARFORRES, delivered fuel, equipment, food and water to a FARP operated by Marines with MWSS-473 to provide support of search and rescue operations in wake of Hurricane Irma. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Niles Lee/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...