Members of the Michigan Youth Challenge Academy recently volunteered to help out at the Food Bank of Eastern Michigan located in Flint. Two platoons of MYCA cadets spent a few hours of their time to give back to the community by sorting and organizing food items for distribution to needy members of the surrounding area. […]

The Michigan National Guard Headquarters was presented with a block of sexual harassment/assault response and prevention training by Catharsis, a national group that presents unique and interactive training about sexual assault and response. “This training is so important. It’s a great way to reach out to our Soldiers and even our full-time staff and teach […]

While helping to hand out water to the citizens of Flint, a National Guard Soldier helped save a Flint resident’s life. “This is why I joined the military, to help people,” said Spc. Charles Colwell, a medic with the Headquarters Company of the 125th Infantry Battalion attached to Alpha Company from Detroit, Mich. He is […]

The A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft, an air-to-ground attack platform best known as the ‘Warthog,’ will remain in the U.S. Air Force inventory until at least 2022, according to U.S. Secretary of Defense Ash Carter. Twenty-one A-10s are assigned to the 127th Wing of the Michigan Air National Guard at Selfridge Air National Guard Base in […]

With the signing of Executive Order 2016-02 on Jan. 12, 2016, Governor Snyder called the Michigan National Guard to state active duty in Genesee County. Pursuant to the EO, Michigan Guard members would operate in support of Michigan State Police efforts to inform Flint residents that filters, bottled water, information on lead, water testing kits, […]