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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Commander of Marine Forces Reserve awards Navy Commendation Medal to Sgt. Joshua Riley

Lt. Gen. David G. Bellon, right, Commander of Marine Forces Reserve and Marine Forces South, and Sgt. Joshua Riley, Collateral Duty Career Planner with Headquarters Company, Combat Logistics Battalion 25, 4th Marine Logistic Group, from Hillsborough, New Jersey, pose for a portrait after being awarded the Navy Commendation Medal for his sustained acts of meritorious service, Marine Corps Support Facility New Orleans, Louisiana on March 4, 2022. Riley was recognized as the Collateral Duty Career Planner of the Year for Marine Forces Reserve fiscal year 2021 for his achievements as the acting battalion career planner for CLB-25. Riley ensured that his unit met the retention mission while giving every Marine throughout his command the same level of service as they would from a regular Career Planner. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Kolby Leger)

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Tags: Navy Commendation Medal, MarForRes, Marines, reserves, MFR, CMFR

Photo by: Cpl. Kolby Leger | VIRIN: 220304-M-KL008-1068.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...