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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3d Force Reconnaissance Company conducts swim qualifications and combatant diver training

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Daniel Holtz, a combatant diver with 3d Force Reconnaissance Company, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve, exhales through his SCUBA second stage regulator during dive training in Mobile, Alabama, Sept. 23, 2021. Dive training allows the Marines with 3d Force Reconnaissance Co. to have multiple means of amphibious insertions, allowing them to conduct multi-domain reconnaissance, limited scale raids, or deny the enemy freedom of movement in designated areas. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Brendan Mullin)

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Tags: MarForRes, Amphibious, Swim Qualification, Marine Forces Reserve, combatant diver, pool pt, 3d Force Reconnaissance Company

Photo by: Cpl. Brendan Mullin | VIRIN: 210923-M-JX780-1071.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...