Michigan Army National Guard Soldier from Marine City Receives Award

Photo By Sgt. 1st Class Thomas Vega | Spc. Kalyn Marie Richmond of Marine City, Michigan, was awarded the Michigan National Guard State Command Sergeant Major’s Coin of Excellence August 4, 2017 for outstanding performance during Exercise Northern Strike 2017. MING State Command Sergeant Major Dale Clarmont presented Richmond with the coin during a visit to Camp Grayling Joint Maneuver Training Center as part of Exercise Northern Strike 2017. Northern Strike 17 is a National Guard Bureau-sponsored exercise uniting approximately 5,000 service members from 13 states and five coalition countries during the first two weeks of August 2017 at the Camp Grayling Joint Maneuver Training Center and the Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center, both located in northern Michigan and operated by the Michigan National Guard (Michigan National Guard Photo by Staff Sgt. Thomas Vega)  

GRAYLING, MICHIGAN, UNITED STATES

08.04.2017

Story by Staff Sgt. Thomas Vega 

126th Theater Public Affairs Support Element

Spc. Kalyn Marie Richmond of Marine City, Michigan, has been awarded the Michigan National Guard State Command Sergeant Major’s Coin of Excellence for outstanding performance during Exercise Northern Strike 2017. MING State Command Sergeant Major Dale Clarmont presented Richmond with the coin during a visit to Camp Grayling Joint Maneuver Training Center as part of Exercise Northern Strike 2017.

Richmond is assigned to the 464th Quartermaster Company based in Lapeer, Michigan. She has been a member of the Michigan National Guard for four years and serves as a Shower/Laundry and Clothing Repair Specialist (92S).

Richmond practices cosmetology, hairdressing, and grooming and hopes to one day open her own barbershop. She also has a one-year-old daughter named Summer.

• Date Taken: 08.04.2017
• Date Posted: 08.04.2017 14:53
• Story ID: 243790
• Location: GRAYLING, MICHIGAN, US