Camp Grayling

Northern Strike is one of the largest Department of Defense's military reserve training programs in the country, taking place from Aug. 2 through Aug. 16 at Camp Grayling. It brought 7,500 service members to Michigan from 36 states and nine countries.

Horizontal construction on the Saab munitions plant in Grayling began last week.

Some projects could break ground this year but questions over funding and public opinion remain.

Grayling residents are calling on the Department of Defense to pitch in and fund a project that would bring clean drinking water to contaminated parts of their community.

Locations in Oscoda, Grayling and Mount Clemens have made the list of nearly 40 communities where the DOD will implement PFAS cleanup actions this year.

Grayling Charter Township is hoping to construct a line that would bring municipal water to neighborhoods with PFAS-contaminated wells.

WCMU's Teresa Homsi toured Camp Grayling this past fall and is tuned into the PFAS cleanup process. She brings an overview of some ongoing National Guard initiatives.

Documents obtained through the Freedom of Information Act show a shapefile map detailing which specific public land parcels could be permitted to the National Guard to expand its training footprint has yet to be drawn.

Local officials in northern Michigan say the Memorandum of Understanding between the state and the Michigan National Guard lacks transparency.

Leaders from Michigan’s 12 federally-recognized tribal communities plan to discuss the proposed expansion of Camp Grayling with the Department of Natural Resources.