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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Cpl. Connor Butler, a mortarman with 2nd Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment, and Coon Rapids, Mich. native loads a 60 millimeter mortar in support of a squad maneuver, July 19. The maneuver, which combined a squad of riflemen, mortars and machine gun section, reinforced basic war fighting skills while focusing on communication and engaging the enemy in difficult terrain.

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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...