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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Marine World War II veteran's remains returned

Marines with Motor Transportation Company, Combat Logistics Battalion 453, Combat Logistics Regiment 4, 4th Marine Logistics Group, Marine Forces Reserve, escort the hearse carrying Pfc. Elmer L. Mathies during a memorial service in Hereford, Texas, May 28, 2016. Mathies is a World War II veteran who was killed in action during the Battle of Tarawa in 1943. His remains were found and recovered on the island in 2015 by the nonprofit organization History Flight, which is dedicated to preserving and honoring World War II, Vietnam and Gulf War combat veterans. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Ryan Ramirez/ Released)

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Tags: Tarawa, World War II, 4th MLG, Pfc. Elmer Mathies, CLR 4, Marine Forces Reserve. MARFORRES

Photo by: Staff Sgt. Ryan Ramirez | VIRIN: 160528-M-CK972-001.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...