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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Marines Call for Navy Close Air Support on Fort Pickett

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Steve Vasquez (left), a field radio operator with Headquarters Company, 23rd Marine Regiment, from Garden Grove, California, and Lt. Col. Seth Tufvesson (right), the air officer for 23rd Marine Regiment, from San Diego, California record flight data during a tactical air control party (TACP) primer course on Fort Pickett, Virginia, Feb. 3, 2022. Marines called for notional close air support from U.S. Navy MH-60S Sea Hawk from Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 9 (HSC 9). (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. James Stanfield)

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Photo by: Cpl. James Stanfield | VIRIN: 220203-M-BD822-1002.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...