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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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General Commander of the Chilean Marine Corps Rear Admiral Jorge Keitel Villagrán visits to attend the Commanders Update Brief: UNITAS XLV
U.S. Marine Corps Col. Ryan Allen, commanding officer of Marine Air Control Group 48, Sgt. Melissa Rivas Casanova, walk with Chilean Marine Col. Francisco Cabezon Gonzalez through Expeditionary Advanced Base North, in Puerto Aldea, Chile, on Sept. 6, 2024, after a meeting about how the following days simulated amphibious raid practice will occur on Sept. 6, 2024, during UNITAS LXV. The simulated amphibious raid practice taking place on Sept. 7, 2024, is meant to prepare U.S. Marine Corps and Chilean units for the simulated raid taking place later on in the week. UNITAS, which is Latin for “unity”, was conceived in 1959 and has taken place annually since first conducted in 1960. This year marks the 65th iteration of the world’s longest running annual multinational maritime exercise. (U. S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Payton Goodrich)
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Tags: Maritime, unitas, MULTINATIONAL, UNITASChile2024, MFS UNITAS 24
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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...