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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6th ANGLICO conducts Close Air Support

U.S. Marines with 6th Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, Force Headquarters Group, Marine Forces Reserve, observe close air support during Northern Strike 25-2 at Camp Grayling, Michigan, Aug. 4, 2025. Marines at NS 25-2 continue to enhance joint force lethality by coordinating and controlling CAS missions in complex, multinational environments. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Master Sgt. Latasha Esperon)

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Tags: U.S. Marines, Force Headquarters Group, reserves, 6th ANGLICO, MFRNS25

Photo by: Courtesy Photo | VIRIN: 250804-M-M0302-1007.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...