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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Marines with Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, practice launching blue-body colored dummy grenades at simulated enemy mortar positions at Camp Grayling, Mich., Aug. 10, 2020. This training is included in the Marine's annual training and readiness manual, which gives guidance on the equipment, ammunition, ranges and support requirements to plan and execute effective training to increase Marines’ lethality. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Leslie Alcaraz)

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Tags: M67, 1/24, MarForRes, Marines, usmc, MARFORNORTH, Grenade, Frag out, reserves, HQMC, training and readiness, Frag

Photo by: Lance Cpl. Leslie Alcaraz | VIRIN: 200810-M-BR906-1002.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...