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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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2/24 tackles MTX 3-18
Lt. Cmdr. Martin Kelly (left), a system battalion surgeon, and Chief Augusto Gador (right), the battalion chief, both with 2nd Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment, 23rd Marines, 4th Marine Division, administer aide to a Marine with blistered heals after a conditioning hike during Mountain Exercise 3-18, at Mountain Warfare Training Center, Bridgeport, Calif., June 21, 2018. After completing Integrated Training Exercise 4-17 last year, 2nd Bn., 24th Marines took part in MTX 3-18 to further develop small-unit leadership and build an understanding of the different climates and scenarios they could face in the future. (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...