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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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Sgt. Maj. Scott D. Grade, sergeant major of Marine Forces Reserve and Marine Forces North, Lt. Gen. David G. Bellon, commander of Marine Forces Reserve and Marine Forces North, Col. Vincent C. Dawson, commanding officer of Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force - Southern Command 20, and Sgt. Maj. Mark Murphy, sergeant major of SPMAGTF-SC 20, pose for a photo at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, March 11, 2020. During the visit, Lt. Gen. Bellon stopped at the barracks to review living conditions and presented challenge coins to two Marines for their hard work preparing for the mobilization of the task force. Lt. Gen. Bellon shared his professional guidance and mentorship with the SPMAGTF-SC Marines and Sailors from his experience working in Southern Command’s area of operations. The SPMAGTF are conducting a variety of pre-deployment training events and qualifications in order to enhance crisis response readiness for the Latin American and Caribbean region. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Andy O. Martinez)
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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...