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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240219-M-QJ964-1013ARCTIC EDGE 2024: MAOC: Expeditionary Aviation Command and Control

U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Drew Noble, an air defense control officer with Marine Air Control Squadron 24 (MACS-24), Marine Air Control Group 48, 4th Marine Aircraft Wing, Marine Forces Reserve, monitors Gunnery Sgt. Derek Sanford, an air defense controller with MACS-24, as he coordinates fire missions from the Multifunction Air Operations Center (MAOC) in support of Exercise Arctic Edge 2024 at Fort Greely, Alaska, Feb. 19, 2024. The MAOC employs the AN/TPS-80 Ground/Air Task Oriented Radar for air surveillance, delivering expeditionary aviation command and control to the Marine Air-Ground Task Force. 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. Noble is a native of Hingham, Massachusetts. Sanford is a native of Zephyrhills, Florida. (U.S. Marine Corps photo illustration by Lance Cpl. Madisyn Paschal)(Photo was edited for operational security)

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Tags: Arctic Security, AE24, MFRARCTICEDGE24, Arctic Edge 24, Always Vigilant, Homeland Def

Photo by: Lance Cpl. Madisyn Paschal | VIRIN: 240219-M-QJ964-1013.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...