Marines


Northern Strike 18

About

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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Commander Marine Forces Reserve and South - Town Hall Meeting
U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Leonard F. Anderson IV (right) and Mr. Gregg Habel (center) commander and executive director, respectively, of Marine Forces Reserve and Marine Forces South, recognizes Olin Lott’s 45 years of federal service during a town hall meeting at Marine Corps Support Facility New Orleans, Nov. 20, 2025. Lott currently serves with Marine Forces Reserve Installation Personnel Administration Center. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Carlina Holland)

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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...