The Michigan Army National Guard is the Army component of the

Michigan National Guard The Michigan National Guard consists of the Michigan Army National Guard and the Michigan Air National Guard. The State adjutant general is Major general Paul D. Rogers. Units Michigan Army National Guard units include: * Recruiting Office: Ba ...

and a reserve component of the

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. During the Cold War only the 156th Signal Battalion was federalized on 1 October 1962 at its home stations in response to the Cuban Missile Crisis. This marked the Michigan National Guard's last call to federal duty for service outside the state for almost 30 years. From February 2002, the 46th Engineer Group of the Michigan Army National Guard, had been reorganized and redesignated as the Engineer Brigade, 38th Infantry Division. Prior to the reorganization, the 46th Engineer Group consisted of a Group Headquarters and two battalions; the 107th Engineer Battalion and the 507th Engineer Battalion. Elements of the 107th Engineer Battalion and the 507th Engineer Battalion served with the 20th Engineer Brigade in Iraq from November 2004 to October 2005. These units also continued to serve in the

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contributing combat engineer companies capable of Route Clearance patrols. In 2009 several soldiers of the 1431st Engineer Company were severely injured while in combat in east Afghanistan near the

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. In 2012 a soldier of the 507th Engineer Battalion died in combat and several other were injured while conducting a route clearance patrol.

Units

Michigan Army National Guard units include: *177th Regional Training Institute - Augusta, MI *126th Press Camp Headquarters - Augusta *Recruiting & Retention Battalion - Lansing, MI **1208th Military Intelligence Platoon - Taylor, MI *51st Civil Support Team - Augusta *State Medical Detachment - Detroit, MI *Detachment 15 Operational Support Airlift - Lansing *Fort Custer Training Center - Augusta *Joint Maneuver Training Center (JMTC) - Grayling, MI *1208th Engineering Survey & Design Team - Lansing *1999th AQ Detachment *1146th Judge Advocate General Detachment - Lansing *Detachment 1, 505th Judge Advocate General - Lansing *63rd Troop Command - Belmont, MI Organized in 2006 from the re-stationed 63rd Troop Command based at Jackson, Michigan; the 63rd Brigade in Wyoming assumed control of Michigan's Combat Arms Battalions on September 1. The units that make up the "Spartan" Brigade have individual unit history dating back to the

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. The 63rd Brigade designation itself dates from the 63rd Brigade of the 32nd Infantry Division (United States), first formed during

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125th Infantry Regiment Distinctive Unit Insignia

1st Battalion, 125th Infantry Regiment - Flint, MI ***Company A - Detroit ***Company B -

Saginaw, MI Saginaw () is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the seat of Saginaw County, Michigan, Saginaw County. The city of Saginaw and Saginaw County are both in the area known as Mid-Michigan. Saginaw is adjacent to Saginaw Charter Township, Michi ...

****Detachment 1 – Alpena, MI ***Company C - Wyoming ***Company D - Big Rapids, MI ***Company F, 237 BSB - Bay City ** 126th Infantry Regiment Distinctive Unit Insignia

3rd Battalion, 126th Infantry Regiment - Wyoming ***Company A – Detroit, MI ***Company B - Wyoming, MI ***Company C - Dowagiac, MI ***Company D - Cadillac, MI ***Company I - 237th BSB - Wyoming, MI ** 119FARegtDUI

1st Battalion, 119th Field Artillery Regiment - Lansing ***Battery A - Port Huron, MI ***Battery B - Alma, MI ***Battery C -

Albion, MI Albion is a city in Calhoun County in the south central region of the Lower Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 8,616 at the 2010 census and is part of the Battle Creek Metropolitan Statistical Area. The earliest English ...

***119th Support Company - Augusta ** 182 FA Rgt DUI

1st Battalion, 182nd Field Artillery Regiment - Detroit ***Battery A - Detroit ***Battery B - Bay City ***Battery C - Lansing ***182nd Support Company – Detroit ***Detachment 2 – Wyoming * 272 RSG

272nd Regional Support Group ** 1225th Cmd Sustainment Support Battalion - Detroit ***1071st Maintenance Company - Grayling ***1072nd Maintenance Company - Detroit ***1073rd Maintenance Company - Greenville, MI ***464th Quartermaster Company – Lapeer, MI ** 246 Trans Bn DUI

246th Transportation Battalion -

Jackson, MI Jackson is the only city and county seat of Jackson County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 33,534, down from 36,316 at the 2000 census. Located along Interstate 94 and U.S. Route 127, it is approxi ...

***1460th Transportation Company -

Midland, MI Midland is a city in and the county seat of Midland County, Michigan. The city's population was 42,547 as of the 2020 census. It is the principal city of the Midland Micropolitan Statistical Area, part of the larger Saginaw-Midland-Bay City Comb ...

***1461st Transportation Company - Jackson ****Detachment 1 - Augusta ***1462nd Transportation Company -

Howell, MI Howell is the largest city and county seat of Livingston County, Michigan. As of the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census, the city had a population of 9,489. The city is mostly surrounded by Howell Township, Michigan, Howell Township, but the ...

***1463rd Transportation Company - Wyoming ****Detachment 1 – Sturgis, MI **146th Multifunctional Medical Battalion - Ypsilanti ***1171st Medical Company - Ypsilanti * 238 Avn Rgt DUI

3rd General Support Aviation Battalion, 238th Aviation Regiment -

Grand Ledge, MI Grand Ledge is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. The city lies mostly within Eaton County, though a small portion extends into Clinton County to the north. The city sits above the Grand River 12.7 miles (20.4 kilometers) west of downtown La ...

** Company B – Selfridge *** Detachment 1 ** Company C - Grand Ledge *** Detachment 1 ** Company D - Grand Ledge ** Company E - Grand Ledge * 112 Avn Rgt DUI

1st Battalion, 112th Aviation Regiment ** Company B at Grand Ledge * 147 Avn Rgt DUI

1st Battalion, 147th Aviation Regiment ** HHC *** Detachment 1 at Grand Ledge ** Company B at Grand Ledge ** Company C at Grand Ledge ** Company D *** Detachment 1 at Grand Ledge ** Company E *** Detachment 1 at Grand Ledge ** 351 Aviation Support ***Company B **** Detachment 2 at Grand Ledge * 46MPCmdSSI

46th Military Police Command The 46th Military Police Command is a command level military police headquarters element within the Michigan Army National Guard capable of training, deploying, and providing command and control for military police, corrections, and criminal inves ...

- Lansing * 177MBBDESSI

177th Military Police Brigade – Taylor, MI **210th Military Police Battalion - Taylor ***1775th Military Police Company -

Pontiac, MI Pontiac ( ') is a city in and the county seat of Oakland County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, the city had a total population of 61,606. A northern suburb of Metro Detroit, Pontiac is about northwest of Detroit. Founde ...

***1776th Military Police Company - Taylor ***144th Military Police Company -

Corunna, MI Corunna ( ''CORE-UN-NUH'') is a city and county seat of Shiawassee County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 3,497 at the 2010 census. The city is surrounded by Caledonia Charter Township and is slightly east of the city of Owo ...

***46th Military Police Company - Cheboygan, MI **777th Military Police Detachment - Taylor **156th Expeditionary Signal Battalion ***Company A, 156 ESB,

Wyoming, Michigan Wyoming is a city in Kent County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 76,501 at the 2020 census. Wyoming is the second most-populated community in the Grand Rapids metropolitan area and is bordered by Grand Rapids on the northeas ...

***Company B, 156 ESB, Kalamazoo, Michigan ***Company C, 156 ESB,

Howell, Michigan Howell is the largest city and county seat of Livingston County, Michigan. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 9,489. The city is mostly surrounded by Howell Township, but the two are administered autonomously. Howell is part o ...

*** HQ, 156 ESB,

**631st Troop Command - Lansing ***Company D (MICO), 837th BEB, 37th BCT - Lansing ***460th Chemical Company - Augusta ***126th Army Band – Wyoming * 107 Eng Bn DUI

107th Engineer Battalion - Ishpeming, MI **1430th Engineer Company - Traverse City, MI ***Detachment 1 - Marquette, MI **1431st Engineer Company - Calumet, MI ***Detachment 1 - Baraga, MI **1432nd Engineer Company - Kingsford, MI ***Detachment 1 -

Iron River, MI Iron River is a city in Iron County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 3,029. The city is situated at the southeast corner of Iron River Township, but is administratively autonomous. Iron River is the ...

**1437th Engineer Company -

Sault Ste. Marie, MI Sault Ste. Marie ( ') is the only city in, and county seat of, Chippewa County in the U.S. state of Michigan. With a population of 13,337 at the 2020 census, it is the second-most populated city in the Upper Peninsula after Marquette. It ...

*507th Engineer Battalion - Kalamazoo **1433rd Engineer Company (SAPPER) - Augusta **1434th Engineer Company - Ypsilanti **1436th Engineer Company - Montague, MI ***1440th Engineer Detachment - Grayling ***1439th Engineer Detachment - Grayling ***1442nd Engineer Detachment - Grayling **745th Explosive Ordnance Disposal - Grayling

Notable former members

Rosemarie Aquilina Rosemarie Elizabeth Aquilina (born April 25, 1958) is an American judge. She is a judge of the 30th circuit court in Ingham County, Michigan. Previously, Aquilina was the 55th District Court Judge, where she served as both a Sobriety Court Jud ...

, judge of the 30th circuit court in Ingham County, Michigan * Tom Barrett, member of the Michigan Senate * Kerry Bentivolio, former United States Representative for Michigan's 11th congressional district, 2013 to 2015 *

Jerry Cannon Nelson "Jerry" Cannon is a retired military general and the former sheriff of Kalkaska County, Michigan. In 2014, Cannon ran for Congress in Michigan's 1st congressional district, losing to Dan Benishek. Cannon is a member of the Democratic Party ...

, retired Major General * Marc Cayce, American film writer, director, and producer. * Louis Chapin Covell, United States army officer and businessman * Valde Garcia, member of the Michigan Senate from 2003 to 2010 * Alvin H. Kukuk, member of the Michigan House of Representatives from 1993 through 1998. * Harry Lovejoy Rogers,

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from 1918 to 1922. * J. Sumner Rogers, founder and longtime superintendent of the

Michigan Military Academy The Michigan Military Academy, also known as M.M.A., was an all-boys military prep school in Orchard Lake Village, Oakland County, Michigan. It was founded in 1877 by J. Sumner Rogers and closed in 1908 due to bankruptcy. Some journalists h ...

* Paul D. Rogers, 34th adjutant general of the Michigan National Guard. * John B. Sosnowski, politician from the U.S. state of Michigan * Leonard C. Ward, Brigadier General, Chief of the Army Division (now Director of the Army National Guard) at the National Guard Bureau.

References

External links

* Globalsecurity.org
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Units

Notable former members

See also

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