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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Enlisted Marines Experience What it Takes to Become a Marine Officer

Brig. Gen. George Rowell IV, Director of Communication, Headquarters Marine Corps Communication Directorate, speaks to Marines during a senior leader social event, part of a Summer Officer Tour, in Stafford, Va., Aug. 20, 2021. Marines participated in the Commander of Marine Forces Reserve (MARFORRES) and Marine Forces South’s inaugural Summer Officer Tour to gain insight into the journey of becoming a Marine Corps Officer. The tour included visits to Officer Candidates School, The Basic School, Marine Corps University, The National Museum of The Marine Corps and Marine Barracks Washington. MARFORRES is seeking to identify high performing Active Component, Active Reserve and Selected Marine Corps Reserve Marines, who offer unique perspectives, to pursue a commission as an officer in an effort to better prepare the Marine Corps Total Force to meet future threats. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Ashley Corbo)

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Tags: MarForRes, Marines, TBS, ocs, Officer, Reserve, Marine Forces Reserve, MFRSummerOfficerTour

Photo by: Lance Cpl. Ashley Corbo | VIRIN: 210819-M-NG596-044.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...