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| Michigan Militia member Fritz Benton stands next to his car fixing the strap around is Hellpupp AK pistol at Island Lake Organizational Campground in Brighton, MI before starting an obstacle course training exercise. Benton joined the militia in 2007 after previously moving to the states in 1991 from the Netherlands. |
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| Michigan Militia member Fritz Benton stands smoking out his pipe at Island Lake Organizational Campground in Brighton, MI before starting a navigational plot course training exercise. Benton joined the militia in 2007 after previously moving to the states in 1991 from the Netherlands. Benton checked them out before joining, "I made sure they weren't a bunch of nuts," said Benton. |
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| Noel Benton, 5, granddaughter of militia member Fritz Benton stands in the woods of Island Lake Organizational Campgroundin Brighton, MI with members of the Michigan Militia during a training weekend. Noel goes out with the militia three or four times a year but not during long hikes or winter training. |
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| Michigan Militia member Fritz Benton kneels in the woods during an obstacle course training exercise at Island Lake Organizational Campground in Brighton, MI. Benton joined the militia in 2007 after previously moving to the states in 1991 from the Netherlands. "I would have joined earlier but I didnt know they existed," said Benton. |
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| Michigan Militia members Fritz Benton (left) and David a.k.a. "Toad" (right) stand deep in the woods during a training exercise in which they use specific grid points to locate check points throughout the woods at Island Lake Organizational Campground in Brighton, MI. The objective was to locate six different checkpoints while being hunted by a separate team, throughout the woods. |
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| Michigan Militia member Fritz Benton looks at the map for the navigation grid point exercise with compass in hand at Island Lake Organizational Campground in Brighton, MI. Specific grid points were written on the map leading to checkpoints throughout the park. The goal was to locate the checkpoints with out being caught by a separate team hunting the other teams down. |
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| Michigan Militia members Fritz Benton (left) and David a.k.a. "Toad" take a rest break during a navigational grid point exercise at at Island Lake Organizational Campground in Brighton, MI. |
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| Michigan Militia member Fritz Benton holds his granddaughter Noel Benton, 5, smiling as she tries to put a flower in his mouth. Noel traveled with her grandfather to Island Lake Organizational Campground in Brighton, MI for a training weekend with the Michigan Militia. |
