Story by Capt. Joe Legros | Michigan National Guard | 09.13.2019
Michigan National Guard recruiter Staff Sgt. Richard Arter recalls the details of a highway accident involving a Michigan family coming home from vacation. Arter was a first responder, actively directing other emergency personnel while extracting a three-year old girl from the back seat of a crashed vehicle. Arter's actions demonstrate the unique readiness and preparation of the National Guard....
Story by Spc. Robert Douglas | 126th Theater Public Affairs Support Element | 09.18.2017
“It’s exciting to have the Michigan National Guard training here alongside the Danish Home Guard,” said Falck, “I was company commander of the Home Guard when we were at Operation Northern Strike 2017 in Grayling, Michigan, so it’s nice to be able to repay the favor here in Denmark and take them through some of our training as well.”...
Story by Spc. Robert Douglas | 126th Theater Public Affairs Support Element | 09.17.2017
"The opportunity for all three armies is colossal, we can work together, we can communicate together and we can fight together."...
Story by Spc. Robert Douglas | 126th Theater Public Affairs Support Element | 09.10.2017
Exercise Viking Star is an Overseas Deployment for Training (ODT) involving the 1-125th Infantry Regiment of the Michigan Army National Guard. Soldiers from Bravo Company based in Saginaw, Michigan, conduct combative training, orienteering and joint live fire exercises with the Danish Home Guard and Scottish and North Irish Yeomanry. The exercise promotes collaboration with allied partners and......
Story by 2nd Lt. Andrew Layton | 110th Wing | 08.11.2017
ALPENA, Mich. – For the first two weeks of August, exercise Northern Strike 17 storms through – and above – the woods of northern Michigan. As a joint-accredited, multinational, live-fire readiness event, Northern Strike brings more than 5,000 participants to an area of operations that stretches from Grayling to Alpena. There are helicopters buzzing, fighter jets zooming overhead, and......
Story by Master Sgt. Alec Lloyd | 110th Wing | 08.10.2017
ALPENA, Mich. – The 217th Air Operations Group recently concluded its participation in Exercise Northern Strike 2017 with yet another demonstration of its flexibility in providing communications and command and control support....
Story by 1st Lt. Joe Legros | 126th Theater Public Affairs Support Element | 08.10.2017
The Michigan Army National Guard and the Latvian Ministry of Defense mutually benefit from the State Partnership Program that began in 1993 after Latvian's independence from Russia. Shared ideas, software, and operational planning are enhanced through the experiences gained from operations such as Northern Strike and Saber Strike....
Story by Staff Sgt. Tegan Kucera | 126th Theater Public Affairs Support Element | 08.09.2017
Around the world there is a group of fighters who are acknowledged as some of the most elite and deadly in the world, the Gurkhas....
