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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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Three members of the Marine Corps League, Choctaw Detachment 778, Retired Staff Sgt. Mike Coon, Retired Lance Cpl. Connor Modena, and Retired Sgt. Lee Wade pose for a photo at a wreath laying ceremony at Grace Episcopal Church, Saint Francisville, Louisiana, Nov. 10, 2019. The Members of the Marine Corps League plan on establishing another detachment in Saint Francisville in 2020. (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...