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Michigan Guard Soldier fights COVID-19 in her community
February 16, 2021 — FLINT, Mich. – For one Michigan National Guard Citizen-Soldier, a mission of national importance is happening right at home. U.S. Army Maj. Michelle Hill, a nurse with the Joint Force Headquarters...

Michigan National Guard helps sustain the force in DC
February 12, 2021 — WASHINGTON – Soldiers with Forward Support Company, 107th Engineer Battalion, Michigan Army National Guard, arrived in the nation's capital this week to support the Michigan Army National Guard's...

Michigan National Guard maintains unprecedented pace in 2021
February 9, 2021 — LANSING, Mich. – In 2020, the men and women of the Michigan National Guard were there time and time again to support their fellow Michiganders, from providing COVID-19 relief and assisting with...

Michigan Soldier maintains connection with home, work
February 9, 2021 — WASHINGTON – Soldiers with the 1433rd Engineer Company, Michigan National Guard, served in the nation’s capital in support of the 59th presidential inauguration. The unit went home but returned last...

Michigan and Liberia partner in promoting the rule of law
February 8, 2021 — LANSING, Mich. – While the spread of the coronavirus has left an indelible mark on nearly every area of modern life, these currents of change also have brought new opportunities to innovate,...

Innovation shaping future battle space
February 4, 2021 — LANSING, Mich. – Through collaboration with industry, academia and other government organizations, the Michigan National Guard helps facilitate the development and integration of innovative...

Michigan National Guard expands COVID-19 efforts statewide
February 4, 2021 — LANSING, Mich. – The Michigan National Guard (MING) expanded its COVID-19 vaccination and testing efforts Jan. 24, deploying three additional task forces to assist state and local health departments...

Industry day hosted at Winter Strike 21
February 3, 2021 — CAMP GRAYLING, Mich.- Working with industry to test, develop and implement new technologies on the battlefield is one of the main ways the National Guard and Department of Defense will meet the...

Motor City Medics hone skills to support readiness
February 2, 2021 — AUGUSTA, Mich. – The Michigan Army National Guard's (MIARNG) sole medical detachment based in Detroit's Light Guard Armory oversees medical preparedness for Michigan Soldiers."The role of the medical...

Michigan National Guard remains on duty in DC
February 1, 2021 — WASHINGTON – Soldiers with the Michigan Army National Guard’s 177th Military Police Brigade have been on duty in the nation’s capital since the presidential inauguration and remain in support of...

Innovative partnership brings space domain to MING missions
February 1, 2021 — LANSING, Mich.—The Michigan National Guard (MING) is expanding its technological capabilities, partnering with a Michigan company focusing on space domain integration by linking deep space technology...

Wisconsin Soldiers love the ‘Big Boom’ at Winter Strike 21
January 26, 2021 — CAMP GRAYLING MANEUVER TRAINING CENTER, Mich. – Loud noises are a major part of what keeps two Wisconsin National Guard Soldiers coming back to northern Michigan.“The big boom – it gets your heart...

Michigan expands its COVID-19 response
January 25, 2021 — LANSING, Mich. – The Michigan National Guard (MING) is deploying almost 300 additional members to expand its COVID-19 response force for vaccination and testing efforts across the state.Beginning Jan...

Michigan National Guard assists with COVID-19 vaccinations
January 22, 2021 — TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. – The Michigan National Guard teamed with the Benzie-Leelanau District Health Department in Lake Ann to vaccinate hundreds of residents with the COVID-19 vaccine this week.In...

Winter Strike military exercise returns to Northern Michigan
January 21, 2021 — LANSING, Mich. – Winter Strike, the Michigan National Guard’s cold-weather joint fires military readiness exercise that is part of the signature Northern Strike exercise series, returns this year with...

Michigan National Guard lends a hand to Detroit food banks
January 21, 2021 — DETROIT – Across the state and now in Detroit, Soldiers and Airmen of the Michigan National Guard (MING) are on duty in local food banks, ensuring the state's charitable food distribution network...

Michigan National Guard helps local food bank feed kids
January 12, 2021 — LANSING, Mich. – The Michigan National Guard has been a force multiplier for good in Michigan communities during the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, the Guard is working with the Greater Lansing Food Bank,...

MING helps vaccinate residents, staff at veterans' homes
January 7, 2021 — GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – With the help of the Michigan National Guard, hundreds of staff and residents of the Grand Rapids Home for Veterans (GRHV) and the D.J. Jacobetti Home for Veterans (DJJHV)...

Michigan National Guard helps keep veterans safe
January 6, 2021 — LANSING, Mich. – Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Michigan National Guard (MING) has had an extensive list of priorities to keep communities safe, including assisting at the Grand...

Michigan National Guard members get COVID-19 vaccinations
January 4, 2021 — DETROIT – Three hundred Michigan National Guard (MING) members working on COVID-19 vaccination and testing teams received their first round of COVID-19 vaccinations.The vaccinations were administered...

113th Wing Recognized for Air Defense, Combat Performance

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New York Guardsmen Earn Danish Military March Ribbon

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