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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Maj. Gen. Rex C. McMillian, the commanding general of 4th Marine Aircraft Wing, hands Cpl. Philimon Nasry, a radio operator with Marine Wing Communication Squadron 48, his promotion warrant during a promotion ceremony at Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center July 19. "He told me to keep up the good work, train my Marines to succeed and to hold onto my lance corporal chevrons to motivate a younger Marine," Nasry said.

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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...