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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Marine Innovation Unit Town Hall with Force Headquarters Group Leadership

U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. Nicholas E. Ksiazek, a member of the Marine Innovation Unit currently assigned as an embedded officer at the Defense Innovation Unit, delivers a presentation on the initiatives currently underway at DIU during an all-hands training in White Plains, New York, Nov. 20, 2025. Ksiazek provided Marines with a broad understanding of the collaboration taking place between MIU and DIU to help advanced defense innovation efforts. Established in 2022, the Marine Innovation Unit leverages the talent of the Marine Corps Reserve to accelerate the adoption of advanced capabilities, transform Naval Service capacity for technology employment, and retain and invest in Total Force human capital. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Kanoa Thomas)

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Tags: MarForRes, Force Headquarters Group, Marine Innovation unit, MIU, MIUBall25

Photo by: Cpl. Kanoa Thomas | VIRIN: 251120-M-RY790-1066.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...