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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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Second Lt. Ernest Zacher, platoon commander for 1st Platoon, Company B, 1st Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment, instructs his Marines before assaulting a building at Fallon Air Base, Nev., June 22, 2010. His platoon was the assault element during a daytime raid as part of Javelin Thrust 2010’s final exercise.

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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...