Michigan National Guard

Michigan-Sierra Leone State Partnership Program gains momentum
November 26, 2024 — From Nov. 14-23, subject matter experts from the Michigan Army and Air National Guard visited Freetown, Sierra Leone, for the first cooperation activities following the State Partnership Program signing ceremony held Sept. 12 between the Michigan National Guard and the Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces.Specialists from Michigan engaged with... MORE

In Detroit and Freetown, Michigan and Sierra Leone Establish SPP Partnership
September 27, 2024 — “You never get a second chance to make a first impression,” the adage goes. However, since the announcement in May 2024 that Sierra Leone would partner with the Michigan National Guard (MING), there have been many first impressions between leaders across these organizations, leading to the signing of a State Partnership Program (SPP) Letter of... MORE

Defense Institute for Medical Operations, Michigan Air National Guard bring disaster planning course to Liberia
September 27, 2024 — From July 15-19, 2024, instructors from the Defense Institute for Medical Operations (DIMO), located at Joint Base San Antonio, Texas, conducted a disaster planning basic course in Monrovia, Liberia. The course was attended by 21 representatives from Government of Liberia agencies, including the National Disaster Management Agency, the Liberia... MORE

Northern Strike 24-2 Facilitates Advancements in Front Line Logistics and Combat Care
September 20, 2024 — In a small grassy clearing nestled into the seemingly infinite pine forest of northern Michigan, the Commander of the 437th Medical Company Ground Ambulance watches on as his combat medics load into their ambulances and rush off to provide care after receiving a 9-Line MEDEVAC request. As the last ambulance pulls out, the mist which has soaked the... MORE

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