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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Second Lt. Derek Cash, a platoon commander with 2nd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, supervises his Marines as they search a vehicle at a base security checkpoint here Dec. 11, 2008. Cash, now a first lieutenant, is currently the executive officer for Weapons Company, 2/25 in Garden City, N.Y. Cash was commissioned through the Officer Candidate Class- Reserve program in 2008. In his civilian career he works at a large international banking firm in New York City.

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Tags: Second Lt. Derek Cash, 2/25 in Garden City, N.Y. Officer Candidate Class- Reserve, Weapons Company

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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...