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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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Marines with CLB-451 receive 2017 Reserve Family Readiness Award
Lt. Gen. Rex C. McMillian, commander of Marine Forces Reserve and Marine Forces North, speaks at the 2017 Department of Defense Reserve Family Readiness Award ceremony about the Marines of Combat Logistics Battalion 451, 4th Marine Logistics Group, Marine Forces Reserve, before awarding them the 2017 Reserve Family Readiness Award, at the Pentagon's Hall of Heroes, Arlington, Virginia, March 23, 2018. The ceremony was held to recognize CLB-451, and reserve units in all branches of service, for demonstrating excellence in engaging with and supporting their members' families. (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...