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Marines


NORTHERN STRIKE 25-2

NORTHERN STRIKE 25-1
4th Marine Division, 4th Marine Aircraft Wing, 4th Marine Logistics Group and Force Headquarters Group
Camp Grayling, Michigan
ABOUT

Exercise NORTHERN STRIKE is a JNTC accredited, Army-sponsored, National Guard Bureau program conducted twice a year (winter and summer). Northern Strike provides a venue for participating units to conduct offense, defense, and stability operations in a joint environment with a special emphasis on contested logistics, all-domain C2, and combined arms live fire. Additional opportunities include Joint Fire Support with Close Air Support (CAS), Integrated Maneuver with Fires, Force Protection, Air Mobility and C4I elements of Theater Air Ground Systems (TAGS). The exercise is a premier reserve component training event designed to build readiness with joint and partner forces. 

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Address:  2000 Opelousas Ave, New Orleans, LA 70114
Phone: (504) 697-9335
eMail:  mfrcommstrat@usmc.mil

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Northern Strike Photo Gallery

UNITAS: Recon Closing Ceremony

Infantería de Marina Colombiana (Colombian Marine Corps) Teniente Coronel (Lieutenant Colonel) Carlos Andres Rodriguez Saenz, commander of Caribbean Naval Special Forces Group, left, stands with the company commander of Alpha Company, 4th Reconnaissance Battalion, 4th Marine Division, at the closing ceremony for special operations training during UNITAS LXIV at Cartagena, Colombia, July 20, 2023. During UNITAS, reconnaissance and special operation force Marines from partner and allied nations conducted multilateral special operations training consisting of room clearing, visit board search and seizure, jungle patrolling, low level static line jumping, small arms, and helicopter rope suspension tactics. UNITAS, hosted by Colombia this year, is the world’s longest-running annual multinational maritime exercise that focuses on enhancing interoperability among multiple nations and joint forces during littoral and amphibious operations in order to build on existing regional partnerships and create new enduring relationships that promote peace, stability, and prosperity in the U.S. Southern Command’s area of responsibility. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Colton K. Garrett)

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