Marines


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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4th MAW is awarded the Admiral James S. Russell Naval Aviation Flight Safety Award for 2024
U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Gen. John Kelliher III, commanding general of 4th Marine Aircraft Wing, addresses the audience after receiving the Admiral James S. Russell Naval Aviation Flight Safety Award for 2024 at Marine Corps Support Facility, New Orleans, Louisiana, July 24, 2025. The award recognizes the safety and mishap prevention practices that is cultured within military units while still effectively conducting flight operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Ujian Gosun)

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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...