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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. Bryan K. Zickefoose, the senior enlisted leader of U.S. Southern Command, addresses the Marines and Sailors of Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force - Southern Command at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, July 17, 2020. During the visit, Sgt. Maj. Zickefoose shared his professional guidance and mentorship with the Marines and Sailors and congratulated them on their hard work preparing for the mobilization of the task force. The task force is prepared and postured to deploy to the Latin American and the Caribbean region to work alongside partner nation militaries, enhancing combined crisis response efforts. (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...