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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.

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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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Photo Gallery

Commandant of the Marine Corps' Award Ceremony

U.S. Marine Corps Ret. Sgt. Maj. Keith Long, Military Affairs Representative, United Services Automobile Association presents a gift to Gunnery Sgt. Robin M. Storm, career planner, Marine Corps Base Hawaii at the Commandant of the Marine Corps’ Combined Awards Ceremony at The Clubs at Quantico aboard Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va., Jan. 22, 2020. The ceremony recognizes commands with the highest combined physical and combat fitness performance, as well as top recruiters, instructors, athletes, and career planners around the Marine Corps. (U.S. Marine Corps photos by Lance Cpl. Piper A. Ballantine)
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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...