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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Transmitting Blood |The Valkyrie Program in San Bruno, California

U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman Petty Officer 1st Class Jorge Velasquez, 23D Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve, preforms a “blood sweep” on patient Sgt. Marissa Escobedo as Chief Calderin-Serrano monitors her breathing for the Valkyrie whole blood transfusion program in San Bruno, CA on Jan. 10, 2024. The Valkyrie Program is a course designed to teach attendees how and when to apply a whole blood transfusion to casualties in a combat environment. (Courtesy Photo)

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Tags: MFS, marine corps reserve, MFR, Navy, Valkyrie

Photo by: Sgt. Emely Gonzalez | VIRIN: 240124-M-JH066-1321.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...