A team representing the Michigan National Guard was named the winner of the 16th annual International Sniper Competition at a ceremony today. Michigan National Guard wins Fort Benning’s 2016 International Sniper Competition. After 96 hours of competition that featured 21 day and night events, a three-mile run with weapons and equipment, an eight-mile ruck and […]
Archives for October 2016
Michigan National Guard participates in North American International Cyber Summit
Members of the Michigan Army and Air National Guard took part in the fifth annual North American International Cyber Conference held October 17, 2016 at Cobo Hall in Detroit along with Lt. Gen. Joseph Lengyel, chief of the National Guard Bureau. Also in attendance were, Maj. Gen. Gregory Vadnais, adjutant general of the Michigan National […]
Belmont-based National Guard unit changes command
The Michigan Army National Guard, 63rd Troop Command, welcomed a new commander Saturday, Oct. 15, 2016. Col. Shawn Harris accepted command of the brigade-sized element from Maj. Gen. Gregory Vadnais, adjutant general of the Michigan National Guard and director of the Michigan Department of Military and Veterans Affairs. Relinquishing command after more than two years’ […]