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Sept. 17, 2019

A life of service and beyond: Michigan National Guardsman decorated posthumously for organ donation

The Michigan National Guard Lifesaving medal was presented to the family of Staff Sgt. Justin Skaggs during a ceremony at Camp Grayling Joint Maneuver Training Center, Mich., Sept. 14, 2019. Skaggs, a soldier with the 1225th Support Battalion, Detroi...

Sept. 13, 2019

Highway Tragedy Brings Out the Best in Michigan National Guard

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Sept. 13, 2019

A “one-stop shop:” Soldier Readiness Processing prepares Michigan National Guard Soldiers and families for deployment

A Michigan Army National Guard soldier receives an immunization during a Soldier Readiness Processing (SRP) event, held Sept. 9-13 at Camp Grayling Joint Maneuver Training Center, Michigan. During this period, more than 480 Michigan National Guard So...

Sept. 12, 2019

Brig. Gen. Bryan Teff assumes command of Michigan Air National Guard

Brig. Gen. Bryan J. Teff, chief of staff, Michigan Air National Guard, assumes command of the Michigan Air National Guard from Maj. Gen. Leonard W. Isabelle, at the Michigan National Guard Joint Force Headquarters, Lansing Mich., Aug. 27, 2019, in a ...

Sept. 12, 2019

Michigan’s Best Warriors Converge on Ft. Custer

Private 1st Class Tyler Royston of HHB, 1-119th Field Artillery, gulps some much-needed hydration after finishing the Army Physical Fitness Test September 11, 2019 at Ft. Custer, Mich. The event was part of Michigan's Best Warrior Competition held Se...

Aug. 2, 2019

Master Sgt. Billy Fields: flexibility key to keeping the force healthy at Northern Strike 19

Master Sgt. Billy Fields gives instructions during a medical mass casualty response exercise during Northern Strike 19 at Alpena Combat Readiness Center, Mich., July 26, 2019. Northern Strike 19 is a National Guard Bureau-sponsored exercise uniti...

Aug. 1, 2019

“Like family:” Michigan-Latvia Joint Terminal Attack Controller cooperation continues at Northern Strike 19

A joint terminal attack controller from Latvia reacts to enemy fire while on a training mission with Airmen from the Georgia Air National Guard’s 116th Security Forces Squadron during Northern Strike 19 in Rogers City, Mich., July 30, 2019. Northern ...

July 31, 2019

Working together for peace: Polish partners integrate at Battle Creek Air National Guard’s Air Operations Center

For the first time in the Michigan Air National Guard history, foreign partners are working in the 217th Air Operations Group Air Operations Center. Three members of the Polish military are in Battle Creek as part of Northern Strike 19 during the las...

July 29, 2019

Northern Strike 19 advanced storytelling workshop develops multinational public affairs professionals

Photographer Pete Souza, former presidential photographer for Ronald Reagan and Barack Obama gives a presentation during the Northern Strike 19 Advanced Storytelling Workshop at the Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center in Alpena, Mich., July 19, 2...

July 27, 2019

All good things must come to an end

Cadet Emily Cummings, a shadowing platoon leader with the 313th Medical Company Ground Ambulance, from Lincoln, Nebraska applies moulage to the hand of Pfc. Dwight Loperena an infantrymen with the 1/296th Infantry Battalion, based out of Mayaguez, Pu...