Northern Strike 18

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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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2/23 Leaves for UDP

U.S. Marines with 2nd Battalion, 23rd Marines, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve, load packs into a Boeing 747 airplane at March Air Reserve Base, California, March 12, 2025. The Marines are headed to Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, Japan as part of Unit Deployment Program 25.1. The activation marks the beginning of an intensive period of training for 2nd Battalion, 23rd Marines as they provide a total force solution in support of the UDP by aligning Marine Forces Reserve’s commitment to Marine Corps strategic objectives. This is first time since 2020 that an entire Reserve infantry battalion has activated to support the Unit Deployment Program. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Scott Jenkins)

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Tags: 4thmardiv, MarForRes, Marines, readiness, 2/23 Marines, MFRUDP25, UDP 25.1

Photo by: Sgt. Scott Jenkins | VIRIN: 250312-M-QP496-1395.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...