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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1/23 Range 400 ITX 3-25

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. John Scott, an infantryman with 1st Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, performs a sight check on a M3A1 Multi-Role Anti-Armor Anti-Personnel Weapon System (MAAWS) before Range 400 as part of Integrated Training Exercise 3-25 (ITX 3-25) on Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, June 11, 2025. ITX is a critical Marine Air-Ground Task Force exercise for the Marine Forces Reserve’s training cycle, confirming unit readiness through live-fire and combined arms integration. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Scott Jenkins)

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Tags: Range 400, MarForRes, Twentynine Palms, readiness, MFRITX325

Photo by: Sgt. Scott Jenkins | VIRIN: 250611-M-QP496-1771.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...