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Jan. 4, 2021

Michigan National Guard receives COVID-19 vaccinations

U.S. Army Spc. Bryan Coker, medic, serving with the Michigan National Guard’s (MING) COVID-19 Task Force Spartan, gives a COVID-19 vaccination to U.S. Army Cpl. Lance King, also with Task Force Spartan, at the Detroit Light Guard Armory in Detroit Mi...

Dec. 30, 2020

Michigan Teens Complete the Challenge of a Lifetime

Story by Tech. Sgt. Anica Jankowski......

Dec. 29, 2020

Michigan National Guard CVTT administer COVID-19 vaccines in local hospital

U.S. Army SPC. Nathan Koweck, a medic with the Michigan Army National Guard (MING), currently serving with Michigan’s Task Force Spartan COVID-19 Vaccination/Testing Team (CVTT), administers the COVID-19 vaccine to an employee health care worker at t...

Dec. 21, 2020

Michigan National Guard at food banks and soup kitchens, gathering food for the community

U.S. Air Force Tech Sgt. Chase Wood, a non-commissioned officer assigned to the Michigan National Guard’s COVID-19 response task force, is working at Food Gatherers soup kitchen in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Dec. 8, 2020. He is 1 of 12 Airmen who are worki...

Dec. 17, 2020

Michigan National Guard plays critical role in multi-agency effort to secure F-16 crash site

Vehicles from the Michigan Air National Guard and the Michigan State Police form a mobile command post in the Hiawatha National Forest in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, Dec. 11, 2020. The response is part of a multi-agency effort to secure the site wher...

Dec. 15, 2020

National Guard supports vaccination efforts for Michigan

The Michigan National Guard received a request from the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services to support community healthcare organizations with logistical and medical assets for COVID-19 vaccinations across the state. Guard leadership ha...

Dec. 8, 2020

Feeding America, Michigan National Guard style

A U.S. Soldier serving with Task Force Spartan, the Michigan National Guard’s COVID-19 response team assigned to Michigan food banks repacks Pop-Tarts at Feeding America West Michigan, Comstock Park, Michigan, Nov. 17, 2020. The Michigan Army and Air...

Dec. 8, 2020

Psychological health specialist there for Airmen, Soldiers wellness during the holidays

The Michigan Department of Veterans Affairs and Michigan National Guard have the responsibility of supporting and protecting those who defend our country, and so it is imperative that everything possible is done to prevent suicide in the military com...

Dec. 1, 2020

Stay Guard Assembly, readiness through retention

Army Specialist Allie A. Irving of Garden City, Mich. extends her service contract one year during a Stay Guard Assembly event in Aug. 2020. Close to earning her Masters in social work, Irving learned how she can receive a commission and become a Beh...

Dec. 1, 2020

Michigan Air National Guard Bases awarded contract to address PFAS impact

LANSING, Mich. – As a part of an ongoing, nationwide, Air Force-led process, Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center and Battle Creek Air National Guard Base were recently awarded remedial investigation contracts to determine cleanup measure...