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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Marines Remember 27th Commandant of the Marine Corps

Colonel Gerry W. Leonard, chief of staff, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve, and Sgt. Maj. Daniel W. Fliegel, Sergeant Major of 4th MARDIV, salute the final resting place of Gen. Robert H. Barrow, 27th Commandant of the Marines Corps, at Grace Church of West Feliciana Cemetery in St. Francisville, La., Nov. 10, 2016. Barrow was recognized for his distinguished service during World War II, the Korean War, and Vietnam. He served as the commandant from 1979 to 1983. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Sara Graham/released)

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Tags: MarForRes, usmc, 4th MARDIV, wreath laying, 27th Commandant, Gen. Barrow, Marine Corps, Marine Forces Reserve

Photo by: Sgt. Sara Graham | VIRIN: 161110-M-MH863-072.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...