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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 MAW leaders attend memorial and celebration in Mississippi
Leaders of 4th Marine Aircraft Wing, Marine Forces Reserve, as well as leaders and residents of Mississippi, held a memorial for the 16 service members of a C-130 crash in July 2017, in Moorhead, Miss., Oct. 19, 2017. A mural of all the U.S. branches was created by Shade Smith, a resident of Moorhead, in rememberance of those who died in the crash. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Dallas Johnson)
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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...