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Michigan Guard Team Competes at Biathlon Championship
March 20, 2025
Michigan National Guard Biathlon Team members compete at the Chief National Guard Bureau Biathlon Competition, held this year at the Mount Itasca Winter Sports Center in Coleraine, Minn., from Feb. 28-March 5, 2025. The annual competition is held in one of three host states, Minnesota, Utah and Vermont, and is open to National Guard members in all 54 states and territories.
Ministry Dog Aids Michigan Army Guard Soldier Resiliency
November 25, 2024
Penny, a therapy dog with the Michigan Army National Guard, provides emotional support to Soldiers during training exercises and events at Fort Custer, November 2024. Penny works alongside Chaplain Adam Lavigne to foster resilience and well-being among service members.
NY National Guard Honors World War II Soldier Posthumously
September 17, 2024
Maj. Gen. Ray Shields, the adjutant general of New York, displays a photograph of Pvt. John Greschiak, a World War II Soldier killed in action on Sept. 16, 1944, during a ceremony at which he was posthumously awarded the New York State Conspicuous Service Cross at New York National Guard headquarters in Latham. New York, Sept. 16, 2024. Shields presented the award to the Soldiers niece and grandniece.
80 Years Ago, National Guard Units Played Key Role in D-Day Landings
June 5, 2024
The build-up of Omaha Beach. Reinforcements of men and equipment moving inland. Photo courtesy of Center of Military History.
Ukrainian emigrant serves in Michigan Army National Guard
May 17, 2022
U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Sergey Zelenskiy, a senior instructor with the 177th Regiment, Regional Training Institute, Michigan Army National Guard, at Fort Custer Training Center, Augusta, Michigan, May 10, 2022. Zelenskiy, an emigrant from Kyiv, Ukraine, joined the Michigan Army National Guard in 2007.
MING Soldier helps at vaccination events with sign language
May 17, 2021
Michigan Army National Guard Sgt. Bill Fitrakis, 1460th Transportation Company, certified in American Sign Language, explains the COVID-19 vaccine process during a vaccination clinic at the Marine City Middle School in Marine City, Michigan, April 27, 2021. Due to most of sign language being a visual language, he cannot wear a mask as it would not impart the message.
Father, daughter serve together in nation's capital
March 1, 2021
U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Carl Mattonen stands with his daughter, Spc. Carlie Mattonen, both with Forward Support Company, 107th Engineer Battalion, Michigan National Guard, near the U.S. Capitol in Washington Feb. 26, 2021.
Michigan National Guard unveils joint innovation center
September 14, 2020
Michigan Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist II, joins Maj. Gen. Paul Rogers, adjutant general and director of Michigan's Department of Military and Veterans Affairs; Brig. Gen. Bryan Teff, assistant adjutant general for the Michigan Air National Guard; and Brig. Gen. Rolf Mammen, 127th Wing commander, for the unveiling of the Kelly Johnson Joint All-Domain Innovation Center at Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Mich., Sept. 11, 2020.
Soldier becomes U.S. citizen before deployment
August 31, 2020
U.S. Army Spc. Daniel Rivera, a Michigan National Guard Soldier and CH-47 helicopter repairer deployed with Bravo Company, 628th Aviation Support Battalion, 28th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade, takes the oath of allegiance during a naturalization ceremony at the 28th ECAB's mobilization station.
Two Early-American war veterans honored in Michigan
August 19, 2020
A member of the Sons of the American Revolution fires off three cannon volleys during the grave-marking ceremony honoring Claudius Britton II and III at the Pinckney Cemetery Aug. 8, 2020.