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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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Task force Marines deploying to Latin America conduct small boat training
Lance Cpl. Anthony Ocken, a motor transport mechanic with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force - Southern Command, works on the engine of a Humvee during a heavy equipment training exercise at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, May 11, 2020. These training events assist the Marines and Sailors when working alongside partner nations in Latin America and the Caribbean with crisis response preparedness, security cooperation training, and engineering projects. Ocken is a native of Sacramento, California. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Benjamin D. Larsen)
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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...