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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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Reserve Marines prepare morning chow during ITX 4-19
U.S. Marines Lance Cpl. Samson Zhou, a food service specialist with 5th Battalion, 14th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, left, and Lance Cpl. Jimmy Luong, a food service specialist with Marine Wing Support Squadron 472, Detachment A, Marine Aircraft Group 49, 4th Marine Aircraft Wing, right, prepare morning chow during Integrated Training Exercise 4-19 at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., June 6, 2019. ITX measures the ability to provide a cohesive, trained and ready capability in support of service and Combatant Commander requirements. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Tessa D. Watts)
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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...