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Marines


Northern Strike 18

About

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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3rd Battalion, 14th Marines live-fire
U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Neil Murphy, a field artillery cannoneer with 3rd Battalion, 14th Marines, 4th Marine Division, gives the command to fire a M777-A2 howitzer during an indirect fire exercise on Camp Lejeune, N.C., March 30, 2016. The exercise was designed to integrate, build relations with 10th Marine Regiment and conduct firing drills on unfamiliar terrain. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Melanye E. Martinez, 2D MARDIV Combat Camera/Released)

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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...