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Gov. Whitmer honors National Guard, expands tuition aid at Pass in Review ceremony
CRAWFORD COUNTY, Mich., (WPBN/WGTU) -- Governor Gretchen Whitmer was in Crawford County Friday morning for Camp Grayling’s Pass in Review ceremony. The governor led the National Guard in honoring guard members, their accomplishments and remembering those we have lost. During the ceremony, Governor Whitmer discussed passing legislation last year...
Annual military training underway at Camp Grayling
GRAYLING — There’s quite a bit of military activity going on in Camp Grayling, as thousands of soldiers from across the state are at the largest training facility in the United States. More than 3,000 soldiers from the Michigan National Guard and the National Armed Forces of Latvia have been going through high-octane drills for their annual training at the Joint Maneuver Training Center in Grayling. Soldiers landed at Camp Grayling on June 1 and have been busy conducting all sorts of military training, everything from tasks like shooting, moving, communicating to group operations like demolitions to shooting rocket artillery. Captain David Kennedy with the Michigan National Guard says that National Guardsmen are really a jack of all trades. They serve in uniform one weekend a month and two weeks a year, the rest of the time they work civilian jobs.
Northern Strike 5k to be held Aug. 4 at Camp Grayling
The Second Annual Northern Strike 5k Run/Walk/Ruck will be held Aug. 4 at the Camp Grayling Parade Field. The event is a National Guard Association of Michigan (NGAM) fundraiser for Camp Grayling’s WARP (Wellness and Recreation Program) and NGAM’s Leadership Scholarship. The entry fee is $40 to those who register by July 1 and $50 if registration is completed after. […]
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