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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Dark Paint, Sharp Purpose: F-5 on Joint Base Cape Cod

U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Erin Mathis, an operation officer with Marine Fighter Training Squadron (VMFT) 402, Marine Aircraft Group 41, 4th Marine Aircraft Wing, steps off an F-5N Tiger II aircraft during Atlantic Alliance 2025 at Joint Base Cape Cod, Massachusetts, July 3, 2025. VMFT-402’s purpose in Atlantic Alliance is to support and enhance Navy-Marine Corps amphibious operations by providing advanced fighter training and integrating air combat capabilities into joint and allied exercises along the East Coast. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Emely Gonzalez)

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Tags: MarForRes, Reserve, readiness, VMFT402, AA25, MFRAA25

Photo by: Sgt. Emely Gonzalez | VIRIN: 250703-M-JH066-2210.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...