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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Marines with 4th Assault Amphibian Battalion conduct machine gun range during BRIGHT STAR 25

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Dereck Vann, bottom, and Sgt. Dylan Gonzalez Orgen, Assault Amphibious Vehicle operators with 4th Assault Amphibian Battalion, 4th Marine Division, fire an M240B machine gun as part of a live-fire range during BRIGHT STAR 25 at Mohamed Naguib Military Base (MNMB), Egypt, Sept. 8, 2025. Exercise BRIGHT STAR 25 is a multilateral U.S. Central Command (USCENTCOM) command-post exercise, field training exercise and senior leader seminar, held in the Arab Republic of Egypt along with other partner nations. Participation strengthens military-to-military relationships between U.S. forces and our Egyptian partners in the USCENTCOM area of responsibility, as well as other participating nations. The exercise enhances regional security and stability by responding to modern-day security scenarios. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Angela Wilcox)

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Tags: 4th MARDIV, MARCENT, Centcom, 4th AAB, BRIGHTSTAR25

Photo by: Sgt. Angela Wilcox | VIRIN: 250908-M-IU565-1563.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...