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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Laser Focus | Force Headquarters Group Marines direct airpower during a tactical air control party evaluation

U.S. Marine Corps Sergeant Omar I. Cardoso Bienes, a joint fire observer assigned to 4th Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, Force Headquarters Group, Marine Forces Reserve, conducts a debrief with his team during a Tactical Air Control Party (TACP) exercise at Rattlesnake Range, Camp Shelby, Mississippi, Dec. 07, 2023. The TACP consisted of Marine joint fire observers and joint terminal attack controllers who coordinated with aircraft to conduct close air support drills. Bienes is a Jovellanos, Matanzas, Cuba native and went to Hialeah Educational Academy. (U.S. Marine Corps photo Sgt. Emely Gonzalez)

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Tags: Marine Corps Reserves, FHG, JTAC, Reservist, Camp Shelby

Photo by: MARFORRES COMMSTRAT | VIRIN: 231208-M-JH066-1789.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...