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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End of Duty: a LCpl. Smarr Story

Janice Smarr the mother of Lance Cpl. Nicholas Smarr, looks through a photo album filled with photos of her son’s life and Marine Corps career, in Americus, Ga., Dec. 6, 2018. Nicholas Smarr served as a police officer for the Americus Police Department and was killed in the line of duty on Dec. 6, 2016. Smarr was also a Reserve Marine. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Niles Lee)

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Tags: MarForRes, Jody Smith, Americus, MFR, Posthumously, Police Officer, Award, navy and marine corps medal, Georgia, Marine Corps, Marine Forces Reserve, Lance Cpl. Nicholas Smarr, Nicholas Smarr, Smarr, Americus Police Department, Georgia Southwestern State University, Cpl. Niles Lee

Photo by: Cpl. Niles Lee | VIRIN: 181106-M-HG783-1127.JPG

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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...