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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Joseph Richard, a WWII veteran from Sunset, Louisiana, attends a commemorative ceremony for the 80th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor at the National World War II Museum in New Orleans Dec. 7, 2021. Civilians, veterans and service members came together to honor those who perished during the attack on Dec. 7, 1941 and to thank the service members who subsequently fought during WWII. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Jonathan L. Gonzalez)

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Tags: MarForRes, Marines, reserves, Veterans, pearl harbor

Photo by: Cpl. Jonathan Gonzalez | VIRIN: 211207-M-MW005-1007.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...