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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 1/23 conduct AAC
Reserve Marines with 23rd Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, discuss possible defensive and offensive tactics for an air assault course, during Integrated Training Exercise 4-18, aboard Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., June 15, 2018. ITX 4-18 provides Marine Air-Ground Task Force elements an opportunity to undergo service-level competency assessments so that they can seamlessly integrate with active duty Marines, into a Marine Air Ground Task Force, in the event of a crises that requires a rapid response. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Dallas Johnson/Released)
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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...