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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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Reserve Squadron supports MARSOC training

Cpl. Josh Guertin, a mechanic with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 773, Marine Aircraft Group 49, 4th Marine Aircraft Wing, keeps the squadron’s helicopters operational with daily maintenance at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., Oct. 17, 2012. HMLA-773 helped provide realistic training to the MARSOC Marines on the ground by utilizing their UH-1N Huey utility helicopters and an AH-1W Super Cobra attack helicopters for close air support missions. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Cpl. Nana Dannsa-Appiah/Released)
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Photo by: Cpl. Nana Dannsa |  VIRIN: 121017-M-OS573-039.JPG
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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...