Company F, 425th Infantry

Company F, 425th Infantry was a long range surveillance unit of the Michigan National Guard that was inactivated on 12 June 2011.

[1] According to the United States Army Center of Military History, it was reorganized and redesignated as the 425th Infantry Detachment (LRS) effective 1 September 2008 and was relocated from the State of Michigan Pontiac Armory to the Selfridge Air National Guard Base near Mount Clemens, 15 miles northeast of Detroit.

At the conclusion of World War II the 125th Infantry Regiment, Michigan National Guard, returned to Detroit.

[2] Company F's first action was as part of the National Guard force brought to Highland Park to quell the Detroit riot of 1968, and performed its duties without casualties.

In 1987, Airborne and Ranger-qualified personnel from Company F deployed to the United Kingdom and jointly trained with 21 Special Air Services (SAS).

[2] After the 9/11 attacks, several members of Company F were mobilized as a vanguard for the unit and were deployed to Iraq during the first phase of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Though several members were wounded through enemy action and received Purple Heart medals, Company F returned to Michigan with all soldiers that deployed a year earlier.

Following its deployment, Company F continued training with the benefit of combat experience as a result of its one-year tour of duty in Iraq.