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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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ARCTIC EDGE 2024: MACS-24 Marines employ AN/TPS-80
U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Mathew Colley (left) and Cpl. Toby Callaway (right), radar technicians with Marine Air Control Squadron 24 (MACS-24), Marine Air Control Squadron 48, 4th Marine Aircraft Wing, Marine Forces Reserve, finish setting up an AN/TPS-80 Ground/Air Task Oriented Radar (G/ATOR) in preparation of Exercise ARCTIC EDGE 2024 at Fort Greely, Alaska, Feb. 10, 2024. The G/ATOR offers real-time information on-air threats, enabling air control squadrons to effectively manage airspace and ensure the safety and efficiency of joint air operations in any environment, including harsh arctic conditions. ARCTIC EDGE 2024 (AE24) is a U.S. Northern Command-led homeland defense exercise demonstrating the U.S. military’s capabilities in extreme cold weather, joint force readiness, and U.S. military commitment to mutual strategic security interests in the arctic region. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Madisyn Paschal)
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Photo by: Lance Cpl. Madisyn Paschal |  VIRIN: 240210-M-QJ964-1050.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...