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.

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

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World War II Veteran visits 4th Force Recon Marines

Marine World War II Veteran, Bill Darling, shakes hands with Lance Cpl. Mark Adams with 4th Force Reconnaissance Company, 4th Marine Division during their drill weekend at Fort Hunter Liggett, California, May 02, 2015. The retired Sgt. Bill Darling served with 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines Regiment during the Peleliu and Okinawa campaigns. Darling enlisted in 1943 and served until 1945. Five years later he was called to serve during the Korean War in 1950 and retired in 1951. (Photo courtesy of 4th Force Reconnaissance Company)

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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...