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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Hershel "Woody" Williams 95th Birthday Celebration

The Victory Belles, a vocal trio, sing the Marines’ Hymn during the 95th birthday party of retired Chief Warrant Officer 4 Hershel “Woody” Williams, the last surviving Medal of Honor recipient of the Battle of Iwo Jima, at the National World War II Museum, Oct. 2, 2018. Williams enlisted in the Marine Corps Reserve in 1943 and served in the Battle of Iwo Jima with the 21st Marines, 3rd Marine Division in 1945. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl Tessa D. Watts)

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Tags: Medal of Honor, MFR, Marine Forces Reserve, MFRWoodyWilliams, Hershel Woodrow Williams, Hershel Woody Williams

Photo by: Lance Cpl. Tessa Watts | VIRIN: 181002-M-XG560-141.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...