Why are flags flying at half-staff today in Michigan, US?

The U.S. flag is flying at half-staff across the U.S. today, Dec. 4, in memory of Spc. Sarah Beckstrom of the West Virginia ...
The Morning Sun

Compromise defense bill OKs $14M for Michigan National Guard base

The $14 million is allocated to provide $9 million for design of the runway improvements needed at the Harrison Township base ...
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Michigan National Guard receives sendoff as 120 troops head to Texas border

KALAMAZOO, MI — Brigadier General Ravi Wagh called the men and women of the Michigan Army Reserve National Guard’s 1430th Engineer Co. the state’s “guardians of the gate.” Wagh, the highest-ranking ...
The Macomb Daily

Gov. Whitmer gives thanks on Thanksgiving to active duty service members

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer got a head start on the Thanksgiving holiday in a phone call of thanks to deployed active duty service members of the Michigan National Guard in various spots in the United ...
NPR

National Guard deployments

December 4, 2025 • After an Afghan national was charged with shooting two National Guard members, veterans who worked closely with Afghan refugees who were once frontline allies are scrambling to ...
Chicago Tribune

National Guard ‘employed’ in the greater Chicago area — including Broadview — but no ‘official reports’ of activity

National Guard members were spotted early Thursday at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center in Broadview, hours before a federal judge blocked President Donald Trump’s administration ...
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The County in Each US State With the Largest National Guard Presence

The National Guard is a reserve branch of the United States military that can be deployed by either the state or federal government. Although the National Guard is not the country’s primary fighting ...