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 and Army National Guard join forces at Northern Strike

U.S. Army Capt. Andrew Trine, commander, 3637th Support Maintenance Company, Illinois National Guard, addresses U.S. Marines assigned to Task Force Blackjack, 453 Combat Logistics Battalion during an after action review at Northern Strike in Grayling, Mich., Aug. 12, 2022. Northern Strike is designed to challenge approximately 7,400 service members with multiple forms of training that advance interoperability across multicomponent, multinational and interagency partners. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Capt. Joe Legros)

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Photo by: Capt. Joe Legros | VIRIN: 220812-Z-SD031-1001.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...