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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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November Battery fires M777 howitzer during ITX 4-19
U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Tristan Ramirez, an ammunition chief with November Battery, 5th Battalion, 14th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division prepares to load an M777 Howitzer during Integrated Training Exercise 4-19 at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., June 14, 2019. Marine Forces Reserve continues to prepare and provide Reserve Marines to reinforce and support the active duty component. (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...