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Camp Grayling was host to the 2015 Michigan National Guard Memorial and Pass in Review ceremony on Friday Aug. 21. Founded in 1913 by a land grant from Rasmus Hanson, Camp Grayling has prepared America’s military for every major conflict since WWI. The ceremony honored fallen Soldiers and displayed Michigan National Guard units in formation, assembled for review.
The Camp Grayling Joint Maneuver Training Center (CGJMTC) is the largest National Guard joint training center in the U.S. covering 147,000 acres spanning three northern Michigan counties. Units who train here come from both the active and reserve components of the Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force and Coast Guard, including service members from Canada, Latvia, the United Kingdom, Hungary and Serbia. More than 100 Michigan law enforcement agencies also train at Camp Grayling.
Visiting military dignitaries, local and state elected officials, and Michigan service members also participated in the ceremony. Select individuals were recognized for their outstanding contributions to the safety and security of their state and nation.
 Three military officers from the African nation of Liberia toured the Michigan State Emergency Operations Center in Lansing with members of the Michigan National Guard Operation Onward Liberty team, Aug. 20, 2015.
Michigan and Liberia have been partners under the U.S. National Guard's State Partnership Program for six years. The group tour and SEOC brief was conducted by Michigan State Police commander, 1st Lt. Gabe Covey. Covey and MING OOL commander, Col. Shawn Harris emphasized the importance of following an established chain of command when supporting and distributing emergency services and information. The Michigan SEOC uses the National Incident Management System to guide state departments and agencies at all levels of government, nongovernmental organizations, and the private sector to work together seamlessly to manage incidents involving all threats and hazards regardless of cause, size or location. The MING OOL team are planning a year-long mobilization to Liberia in fiscal year 2016. Photos from the SEOC tour have been posted to the MING Flickr page.
Lt. Col. White elected to ONB board
In August, Old National Bancorp elected Katherine White to its corporate board of directors. White is a law professor at Wayne State University and is the Command Judge Advocate for the Lansing-based, Michigan Army National Guard, 46th Military Police Command.
According to a Globe Newswire release, White is also a regent for the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, serving as Michigan Board of Regents Chair from 2008-09 and again from 2014 -15. She graduated from the U.S. Army War College in Carlisle, Penn., in 2014 with a Master of Strategic Studies Degree.
In her two previous military assignments, White served the U.S. Army Reserve as an Instructor of Law at the United States Military Academy at West Point, and as the reserve Associate Dean of the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General's Legal Center and School. She was on active duty from 1992-95, serving in the Honors Program of the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General's Corps as the Corps of Engineers' Intellectual Property Counsel. After completing her active duty service, White clerked for the Honorable Randall R. Rader, circuit judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
White earned a Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering from Princeton University and law degrees from George Washington Law School and the University of Washington School of Law.
The Michigan National Guard leadership team and many fellow Guardsmen offer Lt. Col. White congratulations, gratitude for her service to her state and nation, and many wishes for continued career success.
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