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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New Orleans Celebrates Lundi Gras with arrival of Rex, Zulu

From the left, U.S. Marine Corps Brig. Gen. Len Anderson, Commanding General of 4th Marine Aircraft Wing, Marine Forces Reserve, James Reiss III, crowned Rex, Brig. Gen. Michael McWilliams, Deputy Commander, Marine Forces Reserve, and Mr. Gregg Habel, executive director, Marine Forces Reserve, pose for a portrait aboard the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Walnut (WLB 205) while venturing down the Mississippi River to begin the carnival festivities in New Orleans, Louisiana, Feb. 28, 2022. Reiss served 14 years in the Marine Corps, serving both as an enlisted reservist and active-duty officer. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Brendan Mullin)

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Tags: MarForRes, Marine Reserves, Mardi Gras, Lundi Gras, Rex, zulu

Photo by: Cpl. Brendan Mullin | VIRIN: 220228-M-JX780-1260.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...