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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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Lt. Col. Sean Zukowsky (left), commanding officer of 4th Assault Amphibian Battalion, 4th Marine Division, and Dale Hoffman (right), volunteer at the Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve, present Gunnery Sgt. Carlos Moreira (center), with Headquarters and Service Company, 4th AAV, 4th MarDiv., with a letter of appreciation for his support to the Reserve Force members on March 2, 2018, in Tampa, Fla. Marines from 4th AAVs spent the day with members of the Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve foundation demonstrating their capabilities as a Battalion and teaching basic weapons system operations, basic combat lifesaving skills and showing how the Amphibious Assault Vehicle operates.
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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...