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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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3rd Force Reconnaissance Company Parachute Operations Training
Marines with 3rd Force Reconnaissance Company, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve, perform a free fall jump at Stennis Space Center in Hancock County, Mississippi, Dec. 14, 2017. Marines with 3rd Force Reconnaissance Company conduct quarterly static line and free fall jumps in order to maintain currency and readiness for deployment. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Tessa D. Watts)
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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...