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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MARINE CORPS AIR STATION YUMA, Ariz. - Maj. Josh Cormier, CH-53E pilot and maintenance officer for Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 772, gives a pre-flight brief to his fellow pilots prior to a mission to Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., July 9 during Exercise Javelin Thrust 2012. Javelin Thrust is an annual large-scale exercise which allows active and reserve Marines and sailors from 38 different states to train together as a seamless Marine Air Ground Task Force. (photo by Master Sgt. Chris W. Cox)

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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...