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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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Marine Forces Reserve 2024 Civilian of the Year Awards
Joe Garcia, assistant deputy chief of staff G-1, Marine Forces Reserve (MARFORRES), reads Lauren Yaw’s the award citation for Lauren Yaw during the Marine Forces Reserve 2024 Civilian of the Year awards at Marine Corps Support Facility, New Orleans, July 23, 2025. Ms. Yaw is the muster program manager for the Marine Corps Individual Support Activity, which oversees the Individual Readiness Reserve program for MARFORRES. The Civilian of the Year awards recognizes civilians whose outstanding service and dedication have made a long-lasting impact at MARFORRES. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Lance Cpl. Edward Spears)

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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...