Michigan National Guard

PERSCO: First in last out at the Alpena CRTC during Exercise Northern Strike 24-2
September 19, 2024 — Alpena, Mich – A 10-member personnel support team from the 182nd Airlift Wing, Illinois Air National Guard, played a critical role in maintaining accountability, and coordinating meals, lodging and transportation, for the more than 700 personnel at the Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center during Exercise Northern Strike 24-2, which took place... MORE

Kelly Johnson Center Continues Pursuit of Innovation Excellence
September 13, 2024 — Founded in September 2020, the Kelly Johnson Joint All-Domain Innovation Center (KJJADIC), made former Chief of Staff of the Air Force Gen. Charles Q. Brown, Jr.’s directive to ‘Accelerate Change’ one of its key tenets. After four years of leveraging academia and industry to develop and test solutions to DoD pacing challenges, the KJJADIC is... MORE

Michigan Leaders Share Lessons at Joint Leadership Conference
August 27, 2024 — The U.S. military is a volunteer force and builds its next generation of leaders from the inside. Professional development is an essential directive for ensuring future leaders learn, absorb, and apply the lessons they endure through their careers. Motor City ‘24, a series of professional development conferences scheduled back-to-back in Detroit,... MORE

Michigan National Guard hosts Joint Enlisted Leadership Conference
August 27, 2024 — The U.S. military is a volunteer force and grows its next generation of leaders from the inside. Professional development is an essential directive for ensuring future leaders learn, absorb and apply the lessons they endure through their careers. Motor City ‘24, a series of four military professional development conferences scheduled in Detroit is... MORE

Exercise Northern Strike 24-2 Highlights
August 20, 2024 — A highlight video of Northern Strike 24-2, held at the National All-Domain Warfighting Center in Michigan, Aug. 3-17, 2024. Northern Strike 24-2, one of the Department of Defense's largest reserve component readiness exercises, is scheduled to take place at Michigan's National All Domain Warfighting Center (NADWC) from August 3-17, 2024. Over 6,300... MORE

Northern Strike simulation tests crash response capabilities of military and local agencies
August 20, 2024 — “Exercise exercise exercise. I’m an RTU. I just watched two aircraft collide. There’s going to be dead people and there’s going to be injured people.” Michigan Army National Guard Chief Warrant Officer 4 Lee Fuller, Northern Strike Safety Director, makes a call at 6:30 p.m. that begins a multi-agency crash response exercise involving 22 agencies. They don’t know it’s coming... MORE

127th Medical Group run En Route Patient Staging System at Northern Strike
August 20, 2024 — In the era of great power competition, the ability to care and transport patients will be an essential task for our joint force. Northern Strike 24-2 is exercising this capability through the 127th Medical Group’s (MDG) En Route Patient Staging System (ERPSS). From Aug. 11-13, Selfridge Air National Guard Base’s 127th MDG ran an ERPSS facility next to the Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center flightline. The team received and loaded numerous patients onto U.S. Army and Air Force aircraft... MORE

Michigan Army National Guard’s "First Formation" Streamlines Soldier Integration and Readiness
July 10, 2024 — Since its implementation in October 2021, the Michigan Army National Guard’s First Formation initiative has proven to be an invaluable asset in streamlining the integration process for new Soldiers. This monthly event addresses several critical issues and ensures that new recruits are fully prepared to join their units... MORE

Michigan Cyber Officer Swears Twin Brother in as newest Cyber Operations Specialist
July 10, 2024 — Warrant Officer Trenton Darrow, a 170A Cyber Warfare Technician in the Michigan Army National Guard, seized the opportunity to administer the oath of enlistment to his twin brother, Spc. Travis Darrow, at the Lansing Military Entrance Processing Station (MEPS), swore him into the Michigan Army National Guard. Travis will be a 17C Cyber Operations Specialist in the 172nd Cyber Protection Team... MORE

Michigan National Guard partners with Armed Forces of Liberia as NCO Academy takes shape in West Africa
May 9, 2024 — From Feb. 19 to March 4, 2024, instructors from the Michigan National Guard’s 177th Regional Training Institute (RTI), assigned at Fort Custer, Michigan, assessed an instructor “dry-run” event led by the Armed Forces of Liberia (AFL) as the West African nation edges closer to standing up its own Non-Commissioned Officer (NCO) Academy... MORE