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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Veterans Day Commemoration | WWII Museum New Orleans

Brig. Gen. Michael McWilliams, Deputy Commander of Marine Forces Reserve and Marine Forces South, delivers a speech during the Veterans Day commemoration event at the World War Two Museum in New Orleans on Nov. 11, 2021. The Veterans Day commemoration event is held to honor veterans of all services who selflessly put the common defense over self. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Samwel Tabancay)

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Tags: MarForRes, Marines, Museum, Veterans, Veterans day, Marine Forces Reserve

Photo by: Lance Cpl. Samwel Tabancay | VIRIN: 211111-M-LD973-107.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...