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 honor Gen. Robert H. Barrow, 27th Commandant of the Marine Corps

U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Lane Crochet (left), a transmission chief and Sunshine, La. native, with Marine Corps Instructor Staff, Navy Reserve Officer Training Corps and Lt. Col. Eric Swanson, a manpower officer with 4th Marine Division and a Chattanooga, Tenn. native, place a wreath on the grave of Gen. Robert H. Barrow, the 27th Commandant of the Marine Corps, during the annual ceremony at Grace Church of West Feliciana, in Saint Francisville, La., Nov. 10, 2023. Barrow served as Commandant from 1979 to 1983 and since his death in 2008, Marines lay a wreath on his grave in remembrance and to honor of his 41 years of service. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Sarah Pysher)

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Tags: Marine Corps League, MarForRes, Marine Corps birthday, band, Grace Episcopal Church, Robert H. Barrow

Photo by: Lance Cpl. Sarah Pysher | VIRIN: 231110-M-EA659-1024.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...