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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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Barbara Kanegaye, the 27th Commandant’s daughter, Col. Walker Field, Chief of Staff of Marine Forces Reserve, and 1st Sergeant Sigrid Rivera, company first sergeant, await the beginning of the wreath laying ceremony at Grace Episcopal Church, Saint Francisville, Louisiana, Nov. 10, 2019. Mrs. Kanegaye has attended the annual wreath laying ceremony at her father’s grave every year since his passing in 1983. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Christopher England)
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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...