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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Individual Ready Reserve Marines from within a 150-mile radius of Denver gather for an administrative muster March 24. The Marines spent about three hours listening to briefs from the Department of Veterans Affairs and Marine Corps prior service recruiters, to name a few. Approximately 60 percent of the 750 Marines who received orders, attended the “mega” muster. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Lucas Vega)

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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...