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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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The City of Chattanooga Commemorates the Five Fallen Stars
U.S. Navy Captain Mickey McCamish, retired, gives final tributes to the fallen five during the fallen five memorial ceremony at the Wreath of Honor Fallen Five Memorial Park, Chattanooga, Tennessee, July 16th, 2025. The Wreath of Honor Fallen Five Memorial honors the loss of five U.S. service members tragically killed July 16th, 2015, in a terrorist attack in Chattanooga, today, marking the 10-year anniversary and the vivid memory of their sacrifice. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Edward Spears)

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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...