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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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U.S. Marines Conduct an Offensive Raid for Northern Strike
U.S. Marines with Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, provide aid to a simulated casualty during an offensive raid training event for training exercise Northern Strike 25-2 at Camp Grayling, Michigan, Aug. 9, 2025. Northern Strike, held Aug. 2 to 16, 2025, is designed to validate readiness of Joint Reserve forces at the National All-Domain Warfighting Center. This year's iteration featured approximately 7,500 participants. (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...