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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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Brig. Gen. Helen G. Pratt, commanding general of 4th Marine Logistics Group, and Sgt. Maj. Lanette N. Wright, sergeant major of 4th MLG,tour the guard towers built during Integrated Training Exercise 4-18 by Combat Logistics Regiment 45, 4th MLG, at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., June 21, 2018. ITX 4-18 is the largest Marine Forces Reserve training exercise allowing over 5,500 Marines from across the United States to prepare battalion and squadron-sized units for combat under the most realistic conditions possible. (U.S. Marine Corps photos by Lance Cpl. Samantha Schwoch/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...