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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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U.S. Marines celebrate retired Marine Corps Cpl. Lou 'Mama Lou' Keller's 99th birthday
Retired U.S. Marine Corps Corporal Lou 'Mama Lou' Keller tells everyone at her 99th Birthday celebration that she will see them on her 100th Birthday March 30, 2024, in San Jose, CA. Mama Lou was born on March 31, 1925 in the town of Gilroy California and enlisted in the Marine Corps in honor of her late father who was a WWI veteran.

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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...