Story by Senior Master Sgt. Dan Heaton | Michigan National Guard | 05.20.2025
Nine teams, representing seven states and three foreign nations, competed in the first ever Michigan Uncrewed Triple Challenge May 20 at the National All-Domain Warfighting Center....
Story by Staff Sgt. Tristan Viglianco | Michigan National Guard | 02.14.2023
A week after completing this year’s first Northern Strike (NS) exercise iteration, NS 23-1, the Michigan National Guard held the Middle Planning Conference (MPC) for NS 23-2, Feb. 7-10, at Camp Grayling, Mich....
Story by Staff Sgt. Tristan Viglianco | Michigan National Guard | 01.10.2023
Northern Strike (NS) 23-1, this years’ winter exercise hosted by the Michigan National Guard, is scheduled to take place across Northern Michigan’s National All-Domain Warfighting Center (NADWC), Jan. 20-29, 2023. NS 23-1 is part of the semi-annual exercise series, which includes NS 23-2, scheduled for this August....
Story by Staff Sgt. Valentina Viglianco | Michigan National Guard | 08.22.2022
The Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Crane Division hosted Silent Swarm 22 at the National All-Domain Warfighting Center (NADWC) in Michigan, from July 31 to Aug. 13, 2022. The large scale experimentation event, sponsored by the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering, Integrated Sensing and Cyber (OUSD R&E (IS&C)) brought together over 150 participants from......
Story by Staff Sgt. Tristan Viglianco | Michigan National Guard | 07.25.2022
Northern Strike 22-2, the country’s largest National Guard Bureau-sponsored military exercise, is scheduled to take place across Northern Michigan’s National All-Domain Warfighting Center (NADWC) Aug. 6-20, 2022....
Story by Staff Sgt. Tristan Viglianco | Michigan National Guard | 02.04.2022
One of the many things that makes northern Michigan’s National All-Domain Warfighting Center (NADWC) so attractive to visiting units is the state-of-the-art facility and team of knowledgeable, dedicated maintenance staff at the Maneuver and Training Equipment Site (MATES). Located at the Camp Grayling Joint Maneuver Training Center, the site regularly supports a variety of units visiting......
Story by Staff Sgt. Tristan Viglianco | Michigan National Guard | 01.10.2022
Northern Strike 22-1 (”Winter Strike”) is a National Guard Bureau sponsored exercise uniting service members from several U.S. states and partner forces from Jan. 21-30, 2022, at Camp Grayling Joint Maneuver Training Center and Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center, Michigan, which together comprise the National All-Domain Warfighting Center (NADWC)....
Story by Staff Sgt. Tristan Viglianco | Michigan National Guard | 10.08.2021
The Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center (CRTC) hosted a training event for the National Association of Professional Canine Handlers (NAPCH), Oct. 3 to 7, 2021. The base has held this event annually since 2005, with the exception of last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic....
