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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U.S. Marines participate in a land navigation course during Atlantic Alliance 25

U.S. Marines with Marine Aircraft Group 41 participate in a land navigation course during Atlantic Alliance 25 (AA25) at Fort Drum, New York, July 3, 2025. AA25 maintains U.S. Navy and Marine Corps joint amphibious capabilities while implementing aircraft and ground support elements. Marines constantly refine their land navigation skills to properly orient themselves in adverse and austere environments that enable them to complete the mission. (U.S. Marine Cpl. Ujian Gosun)

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Tags: MarForRes, MAG-41, usmc, 4th MAW, Land Nav, land navigation, AA25, atlantic alliance 25, MFRAA25

Photo by: Cpl. Ujian Gosun | VIRIN: 250703-M-TU214-1036.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...