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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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Redefining Marksmanship: Reserve Marines conduct new Annual Rifle Qualification
Marines with Combat Marksmanship Coaches Reserve (CMCR) engage targets while conducting the new Annual Rifle Qualification (ARQ) at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia, Sept. 21, 2021. The CMCR students are the first to qualify as Combat Marksmanship Coaches under the new ARQ that will soon be implemented across the Marine Corps. The new ARQ seeks to increase lethality across the force through challenging combat shooting scenarios. Marine Forces Reserve Marines with CMCR will be an integral part of transitioning the Marine Corps Total Force to the ARQ as the Marine Corps continues to adapt training to prepare Marines for future operational requirements. (U.S. Marine Corps photos by Lance Cpl. Samwel Tabancay)

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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...