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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Marines participate in MAI course

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Luis Alicea, left, a ground support equipment mechanic, acts as an opponent for Staff Sgt. Zachary Hilko, an aviation supply chief, both with Marine Aircraft Group 49, 4th Marine Aircraft Wing, Marine Forces Reserve, while he executes a counter utilizing a mokuju bayonet trainer during Martial Arts Instructor Course 1-19 at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base New Orleans on May 22, 2019. Marines use mokujus during martial arts training to simulate using a rifle with a bayonet in combat. To increase readiness and to support the total force, Reserve and active Marines with MARFORRES participate in the MAI Course. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Preston L. Morris)

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Tags: Reserve Marines, MarForRes, Marines, MAI, Martial Arts Instructor course, MFR, NEW ORLEANS, Reserve, NOLA, Marine Forces Reserve, NOLA Marines, MAIC 1-19, MCMACP

Photo by: Lance Cpl. Preston Morris | VIRIN: 190522-M-QC096-397.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...