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  • Michigan National Guard’s Swift Response to Ice Storm

    LANSING, Mich — More than 800 members of the Michigan National Guard have been helping to clean up and repair damage in northern Michigan after a devastating ice storm last month.The March 28 ice storm coated trees, power lines and roads in thick ice sheets. Neighborhoods were devastated in minutes.

  • Northern Strike 25-1 set for Northern Michigan Winter

    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. NS 25-1 is part of the semi-annual exercise series, which

  • Northern Strike Returns to Michigan

    Northern Strike 24-2, one of the Department of Defense’s largest reserve component readiness exercises, is scheduled to take place across Michigan from August 3-17, 2024.

  • NSWC Crane leads Silent Swarm electromagnetic spectrum experimentation event

    Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane) led Silent Swarm 2023, a two-week experimentation event to further develop early-stage Electromagnetic Spectrum Operations (EMSO) capabilities. Silent Swarm 2023 was sponsored by the Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Research and

  • 174th MXG Det. 1 hot-pit maintenance key to Northern Strike 20

    LANSING, Mich. — A significant portion of Northern Strike’s joint fires readiness training depends on airpower and the close air support it provides. These capabilities are present, thanks in large part to a unique team of maintainers from the New York Air National Guard’s 174th Maintenance Group,