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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Joint-Force Runway at Fort Wolters Enhances Pilot Training

Marines from Marine Wing Support Squadron 473 and Soldiers from the 236th Engineer Vertical Construction Company build a semi-prepared runway at Fort Wolters, Texas, on April 7, 2025, to enhance KC-130 pilot training and joint-force collaboration, with completion set for June 2025. (Courtesy photo)

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Tags: Mission Essential Tasks, VMGR 234, Marine Wing Support Squadron 473, Interoperability, Texas Air National Guard, Texas, 136th Airlift wing, kc-130, Pilot Training, Marine Corps, Fort Wolters, Semi-prepared Runway, 236th Engineer Vertical Construction, NAS JRB Fort Worth Army National Guard

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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...