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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Pittsburgh native awarded Reservist of the Year

Commandant of the Marine Corps, Gen. James F. Amos, and Sgt. Maj. of the Marine Corps Micheal P. Barrett, made a visit to Lejeune Field at Marine Corps Base Quantico, for the Enlisted Awards Parade, a yearly awards ceremony, on Sept. 26. Of the 39,000 Reserve Marines, Sgt. Dante Capane was chosen to receive the Reservist of the Year Award by the Marine Corps League.

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Tags: Marines, General James F. Amos, United States Marine Corps, Commandant of the Marine Corps, CMC

Photo by: Sgt. Mallory Vanderschans | VIRIN: 230926-M-M0302-2003.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...