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Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center
Alpena; northern Lower Peninsula, Michigan, United States
Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center is the Air National Guard training campus near Alpena. Alpena and Camp Grayling are separate destinations; a shared exercise does not select one reporting point.
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- Service branch
- Air Force
- Location
- Alpena; northern Lower Peninsula, Michigan, United States
- Installation type
- National Guard training facility
- Status
- Active
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Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center is the Air National Guard training campus near Alpena. Visiting military and partner organizations arrange their own supported activities. [1]
Alpena and Camp Grayling are separate destinations; a shared exercise does not select one reporting point. [1]
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Current & former names: Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center · Alpena CRTC · Alpena Air National Guard Base
- Training role
Air Guard readiness center
Alpena supports joint and visiting-unit readiness training.
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What matters about this listing?
Alpena and Camp Grayling are separate destinations; a shared exercise does not select one reporting point.
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- Official organization resources Responsible command or organization · Checked 2026-11-04
- Reporting, access and contacts Responsible host · Checked 2026-11-04
- Accommodation and housing referrals Responsible host · Checked 2026-11-04
- Military-student transition contacts Military Interstate Children’s Compact Commission · Checked 2026-11-04
- Live state travel information State transportation agency · Checked 2026-11-04
- State preparedness resources State emergency management agency · Checked 2026-11-04
- Official image and original caption U.S. Air National Guard / Tech. Sgt. Kelvin McConnell · Checked 2026-11-04
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