Northern Strike 18

About

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.

VIDEOS

Sorry, we couldn't find anything about . Please try again.

Photo Gallery

Civil affairs teams participate in Mission Readiness Exercise

Marines from 3rd Civil Affairs Group, Force Headquarters Group, Marine Forces Reserve, pose for a picture while participating in the Army’s 97th Civil Affairs Battalion Mission Readiness Exercise, March 28, 2015. The Marines worked with Perquimans and Bertie county managers to address the needs of the communities while building interoperability with the Army’s civil affairs groups. The training also helped Marines prepare for deployment, where they use their civil affairs skills to serve as liaisons and build a relationship between the military and host nation governments.

Download Image: Full Size (1.1 MB)

Tags: MarForRes, usmc, 97th Civil Affairs Battalion, Mission Readiness Exercise, 3rd Civil Affairs Group, MFR, Marine Corps, Marine Forces Reserve

Photo by: Photo courtesy of 3rd Civil Affairs Group, Force Headquarters Group, Marine forces Reserve | VIRIN: 150415-M-XX000-002.JPG

Photo Gallery

ARTICLES

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...