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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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Photo Gallery

4th Assault Amphibian Battalion Exercise

Marines with Company C, 4th Assault Amphibian Battalion, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve, participate in a vehicle recovery exercise at the Galveston Marine Corps Reserve Home Training Center, Aug. 8, 2015. During the vehicle recovery exercise, Marines attached tow ropes to the defective amphibious assault vehicle and used another vehicle to bring it back to land. (U.S Marine Corps photo by Corporal Ian Ferro)

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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...