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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Tactical Air Control Party: Close Air Support

U.S. Marines with 3rd Force Reconnaissance, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve, observes impacts of close-air support ordinance from a C-130J Super Hercules with Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron (VMGR) 234 during a tactical air-control party (TACP) exercise in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, Dec. 3, 2025. TACP exercises prepare prospective joint terminal attack controllers and joint fires observers for formal schools. (U.S. Marine Corps photos by Lance Cpl. Payton Goodrich)

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Photo by: Lance Cpl. Payton Goodrich) | VIRIN: 251203-M-KI947-1499.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...