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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CMFR Visits 3rd CAG

U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Gen. David G. Bellon, commander, Marine Forces Reserve and Marine Forces North, and Sgt. Maj. Scott D. Grade, force sergeant major, MARFORRES and MARFORNORTH, speak with the Marines of 3rd Civil Affairs Group, Force Headquarters Group, attending Corporals Course at Great Lakes, Ill., Sept. 11, 2020. Bellon and Grade spoke with the Marines about the importance of small unit leadership, answered questions pertaining to MARFORRES, and awarded challenge coins to selected Marines. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Tyler M. Solak)

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Tags: MarForRes, General, Corporals Course, challenge coin

Photo by: Lance Cpl. Tyler Solak | VIRIN: 200911-M-RQ876-1003.JPG

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ARTICLES

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...