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Baltic Viking Enhances Michigan Guard Support for NATO, Latvia
June 17, 2025 — CAMP ADAZI, Latvia — U.S. Army Soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 125th Infantry Regiment, 37th Infantry Brigade Combat Team of the Michigan Army National Guard recently conducted training with soldiers...

Michigan Guard Cyber Protection Team Completes First Cyber Certification Test
April 16, 2025 — FORT CUSTER, Mich. – Michigan Army National Guard Soldiers in the 172nd Cyber Protection Team have completed a specialized cyber certification test as part of the Job Qualification Readiness (JQR)...

Michigan National Guard Soldier Earns Ranger Tab
July 22, 2024 — LANSING, Mich. - Joining the Army is tough; you’re immediately off to basic and individual training, facing drill sergeants, and learning the basics of soldiering. Going straight to Ranger School...

Michigan National Guard to Help Improve State Parks
March 4, 2024 — MARQUETTE, Mich. - The 107th Engineer Battalion of the Michigan Army National Guard is joining forces with the Michigan Department of Natural Resources to improve state parks.This initiative, which...

Northern Strike 24-1 Tests Winter Warfare Skills
January 26, 2024 — CAMP GRAYLING, Mich. – A frigid winter wind fluttered past the snow-covered landscape as Sgt. Shane Vanderhoek, an indirect fire infantryman with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion,...

Michigan Army National Guard Conducts XCTC Training
August 18, 2023 — FORT MCCOY, Wis. – U.S. Army Michigan National Guard Soldiers, known as the “Iron Battalion,” traveled to Fort McCoy in Wisconsin for eXportable Combat Training Capability (XCTC) training from July 21...

Vehicle maintainers keep Michigan National Guard rolling
January 6, 2022 — AUGUSTA, Mich. – The Michigan National Guard’s Unit Training Equipment Site, or UTES, literally keeps the Michigan Army National Guard rolling.“Our mission is to train Soldiers on wheeled vehicle...

Michigan Guard sets up communications during annual training
June 30, 2021 — AUGUSTA, Mich. – Michigan Army National Guard Soldiers with the 156th Expeditionary Signal Battalion honed their skills June 21 at Fort Custer Training Center, setting up satellite communications...

Michigan Army Guard military police conduct annual training
June 23, 2021 — AUGUSTA, Mich. – Annual training is underway for about 70 Michigan Army National Guard members of the 1776th Military Police Company, including weapons qualification. "We're getting individual...

Michigan National Guard Soldier on the offense against COVID-19
May 12, 2021 — MARQUETTE, Mich. – Throughout 2020, Michigan Army National Guard Sgt. John Toomey helped defend his community in his role as a civilian nurse practitioner in the intensive care unit treating COVID-19...

Michigan Army National Guard evaluated during XCTC
August 26, 2020 — CAMP GRAYLING, Mich. – The Michigan Army National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 125th Infantry Regiment, was evaluated for proficiency in coordination with First Army as part of preparations for deployment...

Wisconsin Guard endures desert training, COVID adjustments
August 18, 2020 — MADISON, Wis. – A training cycle at Fort Irwin, California’s National Training Center in the Mojave Desert, is never easy. Factor in the COVID-19 pandemic and the difficulty increases...

Michigan Guard conducts MORTEP certification training
August 13, 2020 — CAMP GRAYLING, Mich. – Members of a Michigan National Guard unit are improving their skills as mortarmen during annual training at Camp Grayling Maneuver Training Center in northern Michigan. “We are...

Mechanics, QM Soldiers support Northern Strike
July 31, 2020 — CAMP GRAYLING, Mich. – It began as a simple, straight-forward mission. Head out from the forward operating base, recover a Humvee that had mechanical issues and bring it back for repair. As the...

Northern Strike exercise 'on target' for Michigan Army Guard artillery unit
July 28, 2020 — CAMP GRAYLING, Mich. – The pewter-colored clouds hung low in the sky, hinting at the possibility of rain. A quick breeze fluttered past, dancing in the trees that surrounded the open field where...

Michigan Guard helps test at long-term care homes, prisons
May 13, 2020 — SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. – The Michigan National Guard is sweeping across Michigan’s Upper Peninsula (U.P.), helping test people for COVID-19 at long-term care facilities and prisons.“The Michigan Army...

113th Wing Recognized for Air Defense, Combat Performance

Washington Guard Concludes Extended Wildfire Response

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New York Guardsmen Earn Danish Military March Ribbon

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