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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The Final Flight

Cpl. Cassidie Crowe, a collateral duty quality assurance representative, with Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron 4 (VMU-4), prepares the RQ-21A Blackjack for launching at Camp Pendleton, Calif., Dec. 4, 2021. The Marine Corps is divesting the RQ-21A unmanned aircraft system (UAS) to equip additional active component VMU squadrons with more capable Medium Altitude, Long Endurance UAS. The Marine Corps has begun a multiyear process of divesting equipment to increase force readiness, resiliency, mobility and lethality to support the future operating environment around the globe. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Leslie Alcaraz)

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Tags: MarForRes, Marines, VMU-4, usmc, RQ-21A Blackjack, Marine Forces Reserve

Photo by: Lance Cpl. Leslie Alcaraz | VIRIN: 211204-M-BR906-1004.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...