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.

VIDEOS

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NRC DSC Richmond M777 A2 Howitzer live-firing

A U.S. Marine assigned to Battery H, 3rd Battalion, 14th Marines swabs the breach of a M777 A2 howitzer after firing a round, at Fort Barfoot, Virginia, June 6, 2024. Battery H, 3rd Battalion, 14th Marines is a reserve artillery battalion at the Naval Reserve Center located on Defense Supply Center Richmond, which is home to Defense Logistics Agency Aviation headquarters. (DoD photo by Nicholas Pilch)

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Tags: artillery, DLA Aviation, field training, NRC, DSC Richmond

Photo by: Nicholas Pilch | VIRIN: 240605-D-UO290-1716.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...