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Michigan Guard CST, fire department conduct HAZMAT training
August 24, 2020 — GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – The Michigan National Guard’s 51st Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) Civil Support Team (CST) trained with the Grand Rapids Fire Department (GRFD) and hazardous materials...

Two Early-American war veterans honored in Michigan
August 19, 2020 — PINCKNEY, Mich. – The graves of father and son Claudius Britton II and III, who both fought in Early-American wars and died in Michigan, were marked and dedicated at the Pinckney Cemetery Aug...

Michigan National Guard conducts COVID-19 testing, training
August 18, 2020 — ALLEGAN, Mich. – The Michigan National Guard was in Allegan County Aug. 8 providing free COVID-19 tests to the public and training civilian testing contractors on safe testing protocol.These...

Michigan National Guard hands off PPE warehouse to state
August 11, 2020 — LANSING, Mich. – Days after the first COVID-19 case was confirmed in Michigan, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer tapped the Michigan National Guard to help manage the distribution of $275 million in personal...

Michigan Guard answers call at home and abroad in busy year
August 10, 2020 — LANSING, Mich. – When the Edenville and Sanford Dams breached at night May 19, residents of Midland were ordered to evacuate their homes as the rising waters threatened safety and property.The...

Michigan Guard conducts COVID-19 testing in Upper Peninsula
August 5, 2020 — UPPER PENINSULA, Mich. – One Task Force, two days, six locations, and hundreds of COVID-19 tests provided.The Michigan National Guard provided free COVID-19 testing in six counties of Michigan’s Upper...

174th MXG hot-pit maintenance key to Northern Strike 20
August 4, 2020 — ALPENA, Mich. – A significant portion of Northern Strike’s joint fires readiness training depends on airpower and the close air support it provides. These capabilities are present, thanks in large...

Michigan-Latvia partnership overcomes COVID-19 challenges
July 30, 2020 — GRAYLING, Mich. – For 27 years, members of the Michigan National Guard and the National Armed Forces of Latvia have cooperated side-by-side under the National Guard Bureau’s State Partnership Program...

National Guard’s ultimate Joint Fires training opportunity
July 27, 2020 — GRAYLING, Mich. – Summer in Northern Michigan means boating, fishing – and increasingly, premier Joint Fires readiness training. Since 2012, Northern Strike, the National Guard Bureau’s largest joint,...

A vacation for some, testing for all
July 24, 2020 — MUNISING, Mich. – For many Americans, summer means vacations and what better place to vacation at than Michigan's Upper Peninsula. This year, however, tourists bring more than just their swimsuits and...

Michigan Guard Band supports communities during COVID-19
July 23, 2020 — BELMONT, Mich. – The 126th Army Band of the Michigan National Guard, commonly called the "Governor's Own," has been entertaining the residents, service members, and veterans of Michigan for decades...

164th Security Forces Squadron trains at Northern Strike 20
July 22, 2020 — ROGERS CITY, Mich. – Northern Strike’s purpose is to help prepare warfighters from across all service branches by perfecting joint fire proficiency in a premier all-domain training environment. To...

Michigan National Guard gets 1st military judge
July 16, 2020 — LANSING, Mich. – The Michigan National Guard will appoint its first military judge, Lt. Col. Jason Evans, command judge advocate, 272nd Regional Support Group, Michigan Army National Guard.As a...

Michigan National Guard provides COVID-19 testing in Flint
July 13, 2020 — FLINT, Mich. – The Michigan National Guard provided free, drive-thru COVID-19 testing for Flint and Genesee County residents July 9-10.To help slow the spread of the virus, the 182nd Task Force...

Michigan National Guard tests people statewide for COVID-19
July 8, 2020 — CADILLAC, Mich. – Michigan National Guard Soldiers at the beginning and the end of their careers are conducting COVID-19 testing of people across Michigan.Last week, Task Force 182nd was in Cadillac...

Michigan National Guard conducts drive-thru COVID-19 testing
July 2, 2020 — LANSING, Mich. – The Michigan National Guard assisted with free, drive-thru COVID-19 testing to residents of Cadillac and Wexford County, June 30 to July 1.In partnership with local and state...

Michigan Guard members assist car accident victims
June 30, 2020 — GRAND LEDGE, Mich. – Always ready. Always there. This is the motto for the National Guard, and on June 19, two Soldiers encompassed this motto through and through.U.S. Army Spc. August Chaffee, a...

Michigan Guard staffs COVID-19 drive-thru testing site
June 29, 2020 — ALPENA, Mich. – The National Guard has teamed up with District Health Department 4 to conduct free COVID-19 testing in Michigan.“There’s been a need in Alpena County for a testing site like this,”...

Northern Strike remains Guard’s premier joint fires exercise
June 25, 2020 — LANSING, Mich. – Since 2012, exercise Northern Strike has been held at Michigan National Guard training facilities, morphing into the Department of Defense’s largest annual joint, reserve component...

Michigan National Guard helps boost food bank distribution
June 18, 2020 — LANSING, Mich. – Since March, the Michigan National Guard has helped the Food Bank Council of Michigan distribute more than 26 million pounds of food, feeding hundreds of thousands of Michigan...

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