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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3/23 Supersquad

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Collin Dye, a rifleman with India Company, Third Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment, poses for a photo while training for a squad competition at Fort Knox, Kentucky, on June 26, 2021. The goal of this training is to enable a rifle squad to complete any mission by perfecting skills like land navigation, patrolling, offensive and defensive postures, and mastery of weapons and tactics. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. James Stanfield)

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Tags: MarForRes, Marines, Marine Forces Reserve, 3/23

Photo by: Cpl. James Stanfield | VIRIN: 210626-M-BD822-1009.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...