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Air Guard Security Forces Strengthen Readiness With Green Berets
September 2, 2026 — GRAYLING, Mich. – In the forest near Camp Grayling, Michigan, the rumble from a Humvee’s diesel engine slices through the darkness as it creeps down a dirt road, snapping tree branches under its...

Michigan Guard Proves Command and Control Capability at Northern Strike
August 14, 2026 — ALPENA, Mich. – The Michigan National Guard’s 110th Wing conducted an air component forward experiment during exercise Northern Strike 26-2 at the Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center, Aug 3-14,...

Northern Strike ‘26 Winter Iteration Concludes
February 5, 2026 — GRAYLING, Mich. – More than 450 U.S. Soldiers and Airmen braved freezing temperatures and extreme winter conditions during the winter iteration of Northern Strike 26, Jan. 26-29.An Army-sponsored,...

Military Firefighters Hone Skills at Northern Strike
August 20, 2025 — CAMP GRAYLING, Mich. — Sirens echoed across the Grayling Army Airfield as firefighters sprinted toward a simulated UH-60 Black Hawk crash site. Smoke drifted through the pine trees as U.S. Army...

Ohio Guard Soldiers Try Cutting-edge Virtual Reality Training
September 19, 2024 — OSCODA, Mich. – A few members of the Ohio Army National Guard’s 323rd Military Police Company tested the Just in Time Multi-Mission Airmen/Warfighters virtual-reality training program during Exercise...

Wisconsin Guard Trains on Fire Missions in Frigid Weather
February 1, 2023 — CAMP GRAYLING, Mich. - At least one Wisconsin Army National Guard Soldier is a fan of the winter weather at Northern Strike, the country’s largest National Guard Bureau-sponsored military exercise.“I...

Oklahoma Special Operations Wing Supports Northern Strike
September 13, 2022 — ALPENA, Mich. – Airmen from the 137th Special Operations Wing deployed to support Northern Strike 22-2 at the Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center Aug. 6-19.Nearly 50 Oklahoma Air National Guard...

Latvia-Michigan SPP partnership on display at Winter Strike
January 28, 2022 — GRAYLING, Mich. – As ice, snow and wind blow across the National All-Domain Warfighting Center in northern Michigan, hundreds of military personnel from across the Department of Defense and allied...

Massachusetts Guard, first responders train in ‘ice bath’
January 26, 2022 — GRAYLING, Mich. – Members of the 20th Special Forces Group, Massachusetts Army National Guard, conducted hypothermia training with Michigan first responders Jan. 24 at Lake Margrethe.The event was...

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...

Three Components, One Army: LaNeve Stresses Guard’s Role in Army’s New Priorities

Pennsylvania Guardsmen Demonstrate Drone Innovation Project

Nordhaus, Raines Outline a National Guard Focused on the Future

Alaska Air National Guard Rescues Four From Plane Crash

Modular Airborne System Delivers One Million Gallons of Fire Retardant