U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. John Hastings, water support technician, 6th Engineer Support Battalion, 4th Marine Logistics Group, Marine Forces Reserve, poses for a photo during Northern Strike 26-2, Camp Grayling, Michigan, August 7, 2026. Northern Strike 26-2, Michigan’s largest and longest joint readiness exercise, is held from August 1 to August 15, 2026 at the National All-Domain Warfighting Center. This year’s exercise will feature around 9,000 participants. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Kanoa Thomas)
U.S. Marines with 4th Personnel Retrieval and Processing Company, 4th Marine Logistics Group, Marine Forces Reserve, and service members from partner nations conduct search and recovery training as part of a distinguished visitor's day during Northern Strike 26-2, Camp Grayling, Michigan, August 1-15, 2026. Northern Strike is an Army sponsored, multi-component, multi-national exercise designed to build readiness and enhance interoperability to fight and win. Northern Strike 26-2, Michigan’s largest and longest joint readiness exercise, is held from August 1 to August 15, 2026 at the National All-Domain Warfighting Center. This year’s exercise will feature around 9,000 participants. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Kanoa Thomas)
The Service Component Operational Logistics Augmentation Cell (SCOLAC), a specialized unit with 4th Marine Logistics Group under Marine Forces Reserve, recently demonstrated its pivotal role in supporting Service Component G-4 operations during large-scale exercises. The team’s mission is to monitor, coordinate, and advocate for service, theater, and national-strategic sustainment support to enable rapid buildup, employment, sustainment,...
