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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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Dewitt Stern Group Inc. hosts toy drive in support of Toys for Tots
Sgt. Major Patrick L. Kimble (left), Marine Forces Reserve and Marine Forces North Sergeant Major, Steve Pincus (center-left), Dewitt Stern Group Inc. Senior Manager Partner, Lt. Gen. Rex C. McMillian (center), commander of MARFORRES and MARFORNORTH, Jolyon F. Stern (center-right), President of Dewitt Stern Group Inc. and Marines with 6th Communication Battalion, Force Headquarters Group, pose for a photo during the Dewitt Stern Group Toys for Tots drive and holiday party at the Vanderbilt Suites in New York, Dec. 8, 2017. This is the first year the Dewitt Stern Group hosted a toys drive in support of Marine Forces Reserve Toys for Tots program. The mission of the program is to collect new, unwrapped toys during Oct., Nov. and Dec. each year, and distribute those toys as Christmas gifts to less-fortunate children. This is the 70th anniversary season of Toys for Tots. Since its inception in 1947, the nationwide Marine Corps Reserve sponsored program has collected and distributed more than 570 million toys. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Ian Ferro/published)
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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...