Northern Strike 18

This page archives news and photos from Exercise Northern Strike in 2018. It highlights deployments and training, showcasing MARFORRES operational readiness and global engagement in joint, multicomponent scenarios.

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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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IRR Marines attend Fort Worth Mega-Muster and keep the faith

Sgt. Maj. Anthony A. Spadaro, the sergeant major of Marine Forces Reserve and Marine Forces North talks with an Individual Ready Reserve Marine during the annual IRR Mega-Muster in Fort Worth, Texas, Jan. 11, 2014. The Marine once worked under Spadaro during his prior enlistment. The annual mega-muster is sponsored by the Marine Corps Individual Reserve Support Activity, Marine Forces Reserve. The muster gives IRR Marines an opportunity to update personal information, get information on education and job opportunites, and go through medical screening. (Official photo by Lance Cpl. Brytani Musick)

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Tags: Marines, IRR, MCIRSA, Sgt. Maj. Anthony A. Spadaro

Photo by: Lance Cpl. Brytani Musick | VIRIN: 140111-M-OL895-002.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...