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.

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240th Marine Corps Birthday Cake-Cutting Ceremony

Marines with Marine Forces Reserve headquarters battalion stand by the ceremonial cake during the 240th Marine Corps birthday cake-cutting ceremony at Marine Corps Support Facility New Orleans, Nov. 10, 2015. The cake-cutting ceremony is a tradition through the Marine Corps, in which the first piece of cake is passed from the oldest Marine to the youngest Marine present, symbolizing the passing of traditions and knowledge from one generation of Marines onto the next. (U.S Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Devan Barnett)

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Tags: MarForRes, Marines, cake, BIRTHDAY, 240, moto run, Cutting, CEREMONY, Marine Corps

Photo by: Lance Cpl. Devan Barnett | VIRIN: 151110-M-TI204-367.JPG

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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...