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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MARFORRES Marines and Sailors Celebrate U.S. Navy's 250th Birthday

U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman Second Class Nugent Rosanna, left, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve, and Lt. Cmdr. Brad Johnson, operational planner and medical intelligence officer, Marine Forces South, cut the birthday cake during the Navy's 250th birthday ceremony at Marine Corps Support Facility New Orleans, Oct. 15, 2025. The birthday cake cutting ceremony between the oldest and youngest Sailors symbolizes the passing of knowledge and tradition from one generation to the next. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Edward Spears)

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Tags: Marine Corps Support Facility, MarForRes, Sailors, Navy, Navy’s Birthday

Photo by: Lance Cpl. Edward Spears | VIRIN: 251015-M-KH336-1052.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...