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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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MARFORRES Marines and Sailors Celebrate U.S. Navy's 250th Birthday
A cake is displayed before the Navy's 250th birthday ceremony at Marine Corps Support Facility New Orleans, Oct. 15, 2025. The Navy's 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. Priscilla Flores)

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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...