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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Marines with 2nd ANGLICO Fast Rope with Army Soldiers in Riley, Kansas

U.S. Marines and Soldiers fast-rope out of a CH-53E Super Stallion during an exercise within Gunslinger 22 in Riley, Kansas, June 21, 2022. Marines with 2nd Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, II Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, Marine Forces Reserve, and Soldiers from the 10th Air Support Operations Squadron, operated alongside one another in a fast-rope exercise within Gunslinger 22. Exercise Gunslinger 22 is a joint exercise with the Kansas Air National Guard and U.S. Marine Corps designed to increase aircraft control and training for potential real world contingencies. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Jonathan L. Gonzalez)

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Tags: MarForRes, Marine, reservists, 2nd anglico, Army, Gunslinger 22, MFRGUNSLINGER22

Photo by: Cpl. Jonathan Gonzalez | VIRIN: 220621-M-MW005-1171.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...