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  • Alpena CRTC hosts international canine training

    Lansing, Mich.-For one week each fall, the Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center looks more like a kennel facility than a Michigan National Guard military training site. Click here for more of the story.

  • Top National Guard General Pays Visit To Camp Grayling

    "This is my first time to visit Northern Strike and it is premiere. No doubt about it."A special visit from the chief of the US National Guard, in time to catch the summer's largest military training.Four-star General Frank Grass is the chief of the United States Army and Air National Guard.Today,

  • Northern Strike 15

    Soldiers from Charlie Company, 125th Infantry Regiment, with support from Bravo Company, 1-147 Aviation, Michigan National Guard, conduct an infiltration/exfiltration mission at Camp Grayling Joint Maneuver Training Center July 27, 2015 as part of Exercise Northern Strike 2015. The UH-60 Blackhawk

  • General Grass Visits Michigan National Guard

    General Grass Chief, National Guard Bureau, visits the Michigan National Guard during Northern Strike 15. In addition to observing combined arms live fire exercises at The Camp Grayling Air to Ground ranger in Grayling, Michigan, additionally he toured the Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center,

  • Emergency managers update skills in Michigan gathering

    ALPENA COMBAT READINESS TRAINING CENTER, Mich. --Air Force emergency management specialists from six states gathered in northern Michigan recently to update and hone their skills.The 39 Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve Airmen came from nine different air wings in the Upper Great Lakes region

  • Alpena CRTC: Michigan's 'Gem of the North'

    SELFRIDGE AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Mich. --With 147,000 acres of land available for ground maneuver and the largest piece of air space east of the Mississippi, the Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center provides Michigan with a unique and valuable asset for the warfighter.On any given day at