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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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U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Olusegun Adebowale, an administrative specialist with Marine Wing Support Squadron 471, Marine Aircraft Group 41, 4th Marine Aircraft Wing, cleans an M16A4 service rifle at Canadian Forces Base Cold Lake, Canada, June 19, 2019, in support of Sentinel Edge 19. Training exercises, such as SE19, ensure Reserve Marines are proficient and capable of successful integration with active-duty Marines, making MARFORRES critical to the Marine Corps’ Total Force. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Jose Gonzalez)
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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...