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April 23, 2020
LANSING, Mich. – The Michigan National Guard has received a request to support the CVS drive-through COVID-19 testing at Henry Ford Centennial Library in Dearborn. Approximately 12 Airmen from the 127th Wing, Selfridge Air National Guard Base, have been serving at this site since April 18. Support is expected to continue through mid-May.
The Airmen will be maintaining generators 24 hours a day for the duration of the mission. Airmen will also be staffing the administration processes at the site, including testing check-in.
“The Michigan National Guard is continuing to answer the call to serve our communities when requested,” said Maj. Gen. Paul Rogers, Adjutant General of the Michigan National Guard and Director of the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs. “42 members of the Michigan National Guard live in the city of Dearborn, and we are proud to assist our communities during this COVID-19 response.”
Guard members are screened prior to conducting response activities, and they perform their duties with personnel protective equipment as advised by the Michigan National Guard’s medical staff.
Nearly 800 Michigan National Guard members have been called to active service to aid Michigan’s response since March 18. Across the state, members of the National Guard are supporting requests from local communities and state agencies. Other response activities include logistics support for medical equipment, medical screening operations, planning augmentation, and support for construction of alternate care facilities. The Michigan National Guard has nearly 6,000 additional members ready to assist at the request of Michigan’s communities.
LANSING, Mich. – The Uncrewed Triple Challenge (UTC), a state-sponsored competition across sea, air and land that is driving innovation in autonomous drone technology, will hold an opening ceremony for the competition at 9 a.m. on May 20 at the Alpena Harbor Bay View Park Bandshell in Lake Huron’s Thunder Bay.
LANSING, Mich. — The Michigan Army National Guard (MIARNG) will hold a Meet the Guard Community Event at the Parade Field at Camp Grayling Joint Maneuver Training Center (CGJMTC) on May 2, 2025 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
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.
