Marines


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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Irivine, Calif. officials including City Manager Sean Joyce, Mayor Sukhee Kang, Police Officer Lt. Col. Thomas Allan, Police Chief David Maggard Jr., Tim Knight, Mya Sanders and Photographer Dan Jung pose for a photo with the Freedom Award. The Freedom Award is given annually to select employers throughout the continental U.S., Guam, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands to qualified employers who show outstanding support to employees who serve in the Reserve and Guard. The Secretary of Defense, Robert Gates, approves the final winners of the Freedom Award.

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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...