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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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Another Day: Service members continue to provide dental, optometry care to the Puerto Rican communities
U.S. Navy Cmdr. Michael Cabassa, a general dentist with 4th Dental Battalion, 4th Marine Logistics Group, Marine Forces Reserve, conducts a tooth extraction on a patient at Ponce, Puerto Rico, May 1, 2019, during Innovative Readiness Training Puerto Rico. IRT Puerto Rico is also called Ola de Esperanza Sanadora, which translates to Healing Wave of Hope. MARFORRES is participating in IRT Puerto Rico 2019 in order to maintain military readiness while strengthening alliances with community partners. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Andy O. Martinez)
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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...