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.

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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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U.S. Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron Simulate Visit Board Search and Seizure Training for Northern Strike

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Angel Hernandez, a crew chief with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron (HMLA) 775, Marine Aircraft Group 41, 4th Marine Aircraft Wing, looks down at a U.S. Border Patrol ship as a UH-1Y Venom approaches the ship to simulate a visit, board, search and seizure operation in support of Training Exercise Northern Strike at Camp Grayling, Michigan, Aug. 7, 2025. Northern Strike is designed to validate readiness of a Joint Reserve force to cover unique Marine Corps Reserve capabilities and support to active components on a large scale. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Aaron TorresLemus)

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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...