Northern Strike 18

This page archives news and photos from Exercise Northern Strike in 2018. It highlights deployments and training, showcasing MARFORRES operational readiness and global engagement in joint, multicomponent scenarios.

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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MARINES AWARDED FOR MISHAP-FREE FLIGHT HOURS

Maj. Gregory Earnest, Maj. Luis Gomez, Gunnery Sgt. Kenneth Medearis and Sgt. Raymond Killinger stand in formation as Lt. Col. Mark A. Sexton awards these Marines for logging mishap-free flight hours in the CH-46E helicopter. Marines received the awards during a ceremony held at the HMM-774 headquarters at Naval Station Norfolk on Sept. 20, 2012.

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Tags: HMM-774, Marines, 4th MAW, Norfolk, Boeing, Virginia, naval station norfolk

Photo by: Cpl. Francisco Bedolla | VIRIN: 120920-M-DB127-001.JPG

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ARTICLES

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...