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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“Alaska Marines” deliver toys across northwestern Alaska

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Devin Chissus, left, and Pfc. Micah Bedwell, both military police Marines with Delta Company, 4th Law Enforcement Battalion, Marine Forces Reserve, change the oil of a snowmobile at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Dec. 3, 2021. The Marine Corps Reserve hosts the Toys for Tots program, collects donations of toys, and delivers them to school-aged children across the United States. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Brendan Mullin)

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Tags: 4th Law Enforcement Battalion, MarForRes, toys for tots, marine corps reserve, santa claus, Alaska Marines

Photo by: Cpl. Brendan Mullin | VIRIN: 211203-M-JX780-1075.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...