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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NEW ORLEANS – Lance Cpl. Jose Castilla and Sgt. Christina Berberena raise the national ensign for the first time aboard Marine Corps Support Facility New Orleans prior to the dedication ceremony of the Joseph J. McCarthy Building June 27. The more than 400,000 square-foot building was named in honor of Medal of Honor recipient Joseph J. McCarthy and is the new headquarters for Marine Forces Reserve and Marine Forces North.

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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...