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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MARFORRES takes part in drug awareness during Red Ribbon Week

Col. Ricardo Player, the chief of staff of Force Headquarters Group, Marine Forces Reserve, discusses the dangers of drug use to Junior ROTC cadets during Red Ribbon Week, at New Orleans Military and Maritime Academy in New Orleans, Oct. 23, 2017. Since 1985, the National Red Ribbon Campaign has promoted Red Ribbon Week every October to raise awareness about the dangers of drug use in America. Marines with MARFORRES participate in Red Ribbon Week by traveling to local high schools to talk to students about their life experiences, and the negative effects of drugs and alcohol. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Niles Lee/Released)

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Tags: MarForRes, high school, MFR, NOMMA, Red Ribbon Week, NEW ORLEANS, McDonogh 35, niles lee, National Red Ribbon Campaign, Drug Abuse, education

Photo by: Lance Cpl. Niles Lee | VIRIN: 171024-M-HG783-004.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...