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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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Capt. Christopher Banweg (front) and Maj. Jeremy Hoffmann prepare to assist in a distribution of wheat seed and blankets in the village of Qual E Now here Dec. 18, 2009. The wheat seed is a part of an alternative crop program to wean the people off of poppy cultivation. Banweg is a member of 4th Civil Affairs Group, a Marine Forces Reserve unit headquartered in Washington, D.C. A career reserve Marine, Banweg perated with his team here from November 2009 to May 2010, spearheading key infrastructure development projects.

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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...