Michigan National Guard

Governor’s 20 Showcases Top Michigan Rifle and Pistol Marksmen
November 15, 2021 — “The Governor’s Twenty features nine individual events consisting of five pistol and four rifle contests,” said Capt. Marshall Halas, Delta Company Commander, 1st Battalion, 125th Infantry Regiment and Governor’s Twenty match director. “The Soldiers compete against each other in three matches each of the next three days.”... MORE

MING Task Force 46 Conducts Dense Urban Terrain Exercise in Los Angeles
October 27, 2021 — “There is no better example of urban sprawl than Los Angeles (LA),” said Col. Chris McKinney, chief of staff for Task Force 46, Michigan Army National Guard. “The complexity of population, variety of infrastructure and distance makes for a uniquely challenging training environment for dense urban terrain (DUT) exercises and response.”... MORE

Michigan National Guard's Task Force 46 Conducts Dense Urban Terrain Exercise in Los Angeles

Michigan, a place for rapid innovation
October 26, 2021 — After the official unveiling of the newly branded National All-Domain Warfighting Center (NADWC), which includes the Camp Grayling Joint Maneuver Training Center and Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center, and the Kelly Johnson Joint All-Domain Innovation Center (KJJADIC) at Selfridge Air National Guard Base (SANGB) in 2020, the Michigan National Guard (MING) has remained laser focused on increasing its training capabilities and innovation efforts. It’s established a living laboratory where new ideas and technologies are born, tested, and evaluated for the future war fight. As the battlefield expands across all domains, land, air, sea, space, and cyber Michigan is uniquely positioned to lead, and thanks to numerous industry partners, is amplifying its growing prominence in this field... MORE

Michigan Soldiers test endurance and skills during Best Warrior Competition
October 25, 2021 — The Michigan Army National Guard recently held its Best Warrior Competition (BWC) to determine Michigan’s Soldier of the Year and noncommissioned officer (NCO) of the year. For the competition, Michigan Soldiers arrived at Fort Custer Training Center on Oct. 18, to demonstrate their commitment to the Army values, embody the warrior ethos, and represent the force of the future. At the conclusion four days later, only one NCO and one Soldier would be named Michigan’s best... MORE

Michigan’s Regional Training Site-teaches technical skills, enhances leadership potential
October 25, 2021 — The Michigan Army National Guard (MIARNG) continues to build relevance and readiness not only for Army National Guard Soldiers, but also the Army Reserve and active component. Through the Regional Training Site-Maintenance (RTS-M), 177th Regiment, Regional Training Institute (RTI), located at the Fort Custer Training Center (FCTC), MIARNG instructors are qualifying Soldiers from all Army components in vehicle maintenance career fields, while also enhancing the leadership skills instilled through service in the Armed Forces. ... MORE

Michigan National Guard Soldiers complete new weapons course
October 25, 2021 — AUGUSTA, Mich. – Michigan Army National Guard Soldiers zeroed in on one of the fundamentals of being a Soldier this month, completing the Army’s new individual weapons qualification course.“This new individual weapons qualification course is more realistic,” said Sgt. 1st Class Williams Burns, assigned to the 177th Regiment, Regional Training... MORE

U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer 4 Dean Miller, 177th Regiment, Regional Training Institute, Michigan Army National Guard, conducts the Army’s new individual weapons qualification course, Fort Custer Training Center, Augusta, Mich., Oct. 15, 2021. The new course replaces the previous annual marksmanship qualification standards with one that requires Soldiers to engage targets faster and to operate as they would in combat.

Army National Guard tackles modernization challenges
October 19, 2021 — WASHINGTON – The Army National Guard must continue to focus on modernization to remain competitive with adversaries and responsive to the needs of the communities it serves, senior Army Guard leaders said during a discussion panel at the annual Association of the U.S. Army conference in Washington Oct. 12."The Army National Guard will modernize as... MORE

Lt. Gen. Jon Jensen, the director of the Army National Guard, leads other Army Guard senior leaders in a discussion on future operational challenges during a panel forum at the annual Association of the U.S. Army conference in Washington, D.C., Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2021. Panel members focused on the Army’s Regionally Aligned Readiness and Modernization Model, digital culture, future workforce and balancing state and federal missions, as key points in ensuring Army Guard readiness to meet those mission requirements.

Alpena CRTCs LMOC optimizes training, saves time
October 13, 2021 — The Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center (CRTC), one of Michigan’s three Air National Guard bases, is focusing on fighter pilot efficiency through Live Mission Operations Capability (LMOC)... MORE

Alpena's CRTC's LMOC optimizes training, saves time

Change of Command in Michigan Cyber Community
October 12, 2021 — LANSING, Mich. – “Over thousands of years of warfare, we’ve seen advances in the domains of land and sea; then, over the last century, in air and space,” said U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Jeffrey Terrill, director of Michigan National Guard’s (MING) Joint Staff. “But probably the most important domain where we face adversaries today is the cyber domain.” Terrill addressed a room full of cyber-Soldiers, friends, family and civilian government and industry cyber partners who gathered to witness a change of command ceremony for Detachment 1, Cyber Protection Team 172 (CPT 172) at Joint Forces Headquarters in Lansing October 3, 2021... MORE

Brig. Gen. Jeffrey Terrill, director of the joint staff for the Michigan National Guard, hands the guidon of Detachment 1, Cyber Protection Team 172 (CPT 172), to Maj. Roman Kocherovsky, incoming CPT 172 commander, at a change of command ceremony at Joint Forces Headquarters in Lansing, Mich., October 3, 2021. Outgoing CPT 172 commander, Lt. Col. Robert Maciolek, right, looks on as his former guidon is relinquished (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Capt. Joe Legros)

Alpena CRTC hosts canine handlers training
October 8, 2021 — The Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center (CRTC) hosted a training event for the National Association of Professional Canine Handlers (NAPCH), Oct. 3 to 7, 2021. ... MORE