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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A Marine from 2nd Platoon, Company I, 3rd Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment, looks for enemy activity during a night patrol June 23, 2010 at Hilton Ranch, Nev. Company I went on a security patrol after their base was hit by simulated mortar fire during the final exercise of Javelin Thrust 2010

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Tags: Javelin Thrust, 1/25, Field, Reservist, mountain warfare, afghanistan, Marine Forces Reserve

Photo by: Pfc. Nana Dannsaappiah | VIRIN: 100623-M-0000H-000.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...