Marine Sgt. Alexia Doe interview with video of her fellow Marine Reserves from Combat Logistics Regiment 45 (CLR-45) Landing Support Co, at Hunter Army Airfield, and CLR-45 detachment 1 Marine Reserve unit at Fort Buchanan in Puerto Rico help in sling loading 2nd Battalion, 122nd Field Artillery equipment on Fort Grayling, Michigan during Exercise Northern Strike 19 July, 22. The exercise unites approximately 5,000 service members from nearly every branch of service representing more than 20 states and seven coalition countries to conduct combined ground and air exercises. Northern Strike is one of the largest reserve component exercises supported by the U.S. Department of Defense. Its mission is to maximize the full-spectrum combat readiness of National Guard units through realistic, cost-effective joint fires training in an adaptable environment, with an emphasis on cooperation between joint and coalition forces.

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I am Sergeant Alexia Doe, and I am from Combat Logistics Regiment CLR-45 out of Savannah, Georgia. So our mission here in Northern Strike, we started off by doing rail operations, and then we have moved into doing AG BAG and helicopter support lifts. So we’ve been handling the movement of cargo and getting everyone set up, as far as setting up of the different locations for the blocks, and basically making sure everyone has all the equipment wherever they need it, all the personnel get to wherever they need to go. I’m an O481 Landing Support Specialist. Basically, what we do is we facilitate the movement of cargo and personnel. So we do beach operations, rail operations, port operations, air operations, just we do it all. We’ve been doing a lot of work between us and the Army, so it’s been great to get that interservice experience working with new equipment. Though we were doing a lot of interservice lifts, doing supply pay runs, and basically we’re working with the Army’s bird. All of my guys get just extra experience to increase their proficiency to feel comfortable and more confident. So to be a great Landing Support Specialist Marine you’re going to need attention to detail, especially as you’re going through ensuring that you have all of the right gear, everything stays connected to what it needs to be. I’d also say that they definitely have to be resilient, and just be ready at all times.