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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A U.S. Marine Corps CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter, Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 464 (HMH-464), takes flight to recover a British Merlin HC3 helicopter, during a Tactical Recovery of Aircraft and Personnel (TRAP) mission, undisclosed location, Helmand Province, Afghanistan, September 15, 2011. HMH-464 performs TRAP missions in order to retrieve U.S. and U.K. Armed Forces equipment and conduct investigations in support of International Security Assistance Force. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Robert R. Carrasco/Released).

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Tags: 2D MAW (FWD), HMH-464, Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 464, aid, cables, combat camera, Recover, raf, Royal Airforce, 2D Marine Aircraft Wing (Forward)

Photo by: Lance Cpl. Robert R. Carrasco | VIRIN: 210824-M-KF902-202.JPG

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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...