Northern Strike

This page archives news and photos from Exercise Northern Strike in 2021. It highlights deployments and training, showcasing MARFORRES operational readiness and global engagement in joint, multicomponent scenarios.

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From 31 July to 14 August, CLB 451 (-)(REIN) provides forward DS and GS logistics to JTF-85 IOT enable joint task force projection functions and conduct tactical sustainment to maximize maneuver element ability to execute area defense, offense and stability operations in support of the reestablishment of the legitimate border of Gorgas.

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Tactical Air Control Party: Close Air Support

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Dylan Rodgers, a joint terminal attack controller with 3rd Force Reconnaissance, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve, observes the impacts of close-air support ordinance from a C-130J Super Hercules with Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron (VMGR) 234 during a tactical air-control party (TACP) exercise in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, Dec. 3, 2025. TACP exercises prepare prospective joint terminal attack controllers and joint fires observers for formal schools. (U.S. Marine Corps photos by Lance Cpl. Payton Goodrich)

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Photo by: Lance Cpl. Payton Goodrich) | VIRIN: 251203-M-KI947-1411.JPG

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