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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– Marine Lance Cpl. Charles Gregorio, mortarman, 2nd Batallion, 23rd Marine Regiment, Company F, applies camoflauge paint to his face shortly before kicking off close target reconissance training as part of the Belize Defense Force jungle warfare during Tradewinds 2010, a U.S. Southern Command sponsored annual exercise that is conducted with Caribbean Basin partner nations, designed to improve cooperation with the partner nations in responding to regional security threats.

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Tags: Tradewinds, 2/23, fox, belize, training

Photo by: Lance Cpl. Lucas Vega | VIRIN: 100424-M-3149V-206.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...