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TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (June 29, 2018) - Traverse City Mayor Jim Carruthers, State Representative Larry Inman, and representatives from Senators Debbie Stabenow and Gary Peters, Maj. Gen. Gregory Vadnais and armory manager Sgt. 1st Class Derek Quick cut the ribbon to officially open the new Michigan National Guard Traverse City Armory.
The armory was formerly a charter school, but will now house two Michigan Army National Guard units, including the 1430th Engineer Co. previously based in Gladstone.
LANSING, Mich. — Approximately 100 Soldiers assigned to the Michigan Army National Guard’s (MIARNG) 3rd Battalion (General Support), 238th Aviation Regiment, (3-238th GSAB), based out of Grand Ledge, will gather with their families and invited guests at the Grand Ledge Armory as they prepare to depart for their deployment to Kosovo in support of U.S. European Command (EUCOM).
LANSING, Mich. — Approximately 70 Soldiers assigned to the Michigan Army National Guard’s (MIARNG) 1171st Medical Company Area Support, based out of Ypsilanti, will gather with their families and invited guests at Washtenaw Community College in Ann Arbor as they prepare to depart for their deployment to the Middle East in support of U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM).
LANSING, Mich. – The Michigan National Guard 177th Regional Training Institute (RTI) held their Officer Candidate School (OCS) Graduation Ceremony for Class 68 on April 13 at the Fort Custer Training Center (FCTC) in Augusta.
LANSING, Mich. – More than 800 Michigan National Guard (MING) Soldiers and Airmen have been activated by Governor Whitmer to support Michigan communities impacted by the Northern Michigan Ice Storm.
LANSING, Mich. – Soldiers assigned to the Michigan Army National Guard’s (MIARNG) 745th Ordnance Company, based out of Grayling, gathered with their families and invited guests at the Grayling Army Airfield (GAAF) Armory in Grayling as they prepare to depart for their deployment to the Middle East to support Operation Spartan Shield.
LANSING, Mich. — Michigan National Guard Fort Custer Training Center (FCTC) has received $216,000 from the U.S. Army 2024 Environmental Resilience Funding program to fund three conservation projects at FCTC.
LANSING, Mich. – Northern Strike (NS) 25-1, this years’ winter exercise hosted by the Michigan National Guard (MING), is scheduled to take place across Northern Michigan’s National All-Domain Warfighting Center (NADWC), Jan. 27-30, 2025.
LANSING, Mich. — Friedland Industries, Inc., Lansing’s original scrap-recycler, donated Archimedes of Syracuse, a 500 lb. award-winning sculpture featured at Scrapfest 2024 in Old Town, to the Michigan Department of Military and Veterans Affairs (DMVA).
LANSING, Mich. — Soldiers with the Michigan Army National Guard (MIARNG) 272nd Regional Support Group, based in Lansing, will return this afternoon from a deployment to Kuwait and Iraq in support of U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM). The Soldiers were deployed to tackle a wide range of challenges across their respective missions bringing their expertise in force protection, logistics, engineering, and communications to get the job done.
LANSING, Mich. — On Sunday Jan. 12, Soldiers with the Michigan Army National Guard (MIARNG) 1775th Military Police Company, based at the Pontiac Armory, received honorary tributes from Congresswoman Haley Stevens; State Representative Brenda Carter; and Oakland County Commissioner Angela Powell, for efforts in support of the annual Holiday Extravaganza Parade in Pontiac and various community service projects.
