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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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Honoring the 27th Commandant of the Marine Corps
A Marine Forces Reserve color guard marches with the colors during a wreath laying ceremony for Gen. Robert H. Barrow, the 27th Commandant of the Marine Corps, at Grace Episcopal Church of West Feliciana in St. Francisville, La., Nov. 10, 2018. Every year, Marines and guests gather to remember and pay tribute to Barrow's service to the Marine Corps and the country. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Melany Vasquez/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...