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  • Who was Phelps Collins?

    The airfield at the Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center, as well as the conference center building at the base, are named for a prominent son of Alpena who was an early American combat pilot.William Collins, Phelps’ father, was the president of the Alpena Manufacturing Company, which produced an

  • Michigan National Guard appoints senior enlisted advisor

    LANSING, Mich. --Chief Master Sgt. Alan VanPate has been appointed as the senior enlisted advisor for the Michigan National Guard. VanPate will now serve as a senior advisor to Maj. Gen. Gregory Vadnais, the adjutant general for the Michigan Army and Air National Guard, a force of more than 10,000

  • 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,