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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U.S. Marines with Marine Air Control Squadron 24 conduct base defense

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Jaiden Martino, a native of Washington and a communication chief with Marine Air Control Squadron (MACS) 24, 4th Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW), demonstrates the functions of an Air Traffic Control tower during a Base Defense Zone (BDZ) exercise at Marine Corps Auxiliary Landing Field Bogue, North Carolina, June 11, 2024. Marines from 2nd Low-Altitude Air Defense (LAAD) Battalion, MACS-24 and Marine Wing Support Squadron (MWSS) 271 executed this exercise to enhance confidence and proficiency in BDZ operation (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Bryan Giraldo)

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Tags: Marine Corps, Marine Air Control Squadron 24, Base Defense Zone

Photo by: Lance Cpl. Bryan Giraldo | VIRIN: 240611-M-OV696-1017.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...