- Maine Department of Defense, Veterans, and Emergency Management
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KC-135 Stratotanker refuels an F-22
The Maine Department of Defense, Veterans, and Emergency Management (DVEM) is a government agency of Maine. It comprises the two components of the Maine National Guard, the Maine Army National Guard and the Maine Air National Guard, the Bureau of Veterans' Affairs, and the Maine Emergency Management Agency. The Adjutant General of Maine, Major General John W. ("Bill") Libby, commands the Maine National Guard and serves as the State's Commissioner of Defense, Veterans, and Emergency Management (DVEM).[1]
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Bureau of Veterans' Affairs
Maine National Guard
The headquarters for the Maine National Guard is at Camp Keyes in Augusta, Maine.
Maine Army National Guard
The Maine Army National Guard maintains 29 units in 26 communities across the state.
As of 2006, the Maine Army National Guard had produced 200 "Flat Daddy" and "Flat Mommy" cutouts for the families of soldiers deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan. The Maine program was started based on information received at a National Guard conference. The state's family-support director noted the enthusiastic response to the program, stating that "If there's something we can do to make it a little easier on the families, then that's our job and our responsibility. It brings them a little bit closer and might help them somewhere down the line."[2][3]
The only substantial force appears to be B Company, 3rd Battalion, 172nd Infantry Regiment (Mountain), whose headquarters are with the Vermont National Guard. Other units include the 136th and 262nd Engineer Companies, the 126th (Bangor) and 488th Military Police Companies, and small detachments of the 126th and 142nd Aviation Regiments, and the 186th Brigade Support Battalion of the 86th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (United States).
Maine Air National Guard
The Maine Air National Guard consists of three units. The most important unit is the 101st Air Refueling Wing, which is based at Bangor International Airport (the former Dow Air Force Base) and operates the KC-135R. Additionally there are the 243rd Engineering and Installation Squadron and 265th Combat Communications Squadron, both based at South Portland, ME.
Maine Emergency Management Agency
References
- ^ http://www.me.ngb.army.mil/leadership/
- ^ MacQuarrie, Brian via The Boston Globe. "HE’S FLAT, BUT HE’S HOME: Life-size replicas comfort families of Guard members", San Francisco Chronicle, August 31, 2006. Accessed August 25, 2008.
- ^ "Sexual Harassment Scandal Forces Florida Representative Mark Foley To Resign; Thwarted Plot To Attack Inside Green Zone; 1st Cavalry Division Deployed to Iraq; Life-Size Pictures of Soldiers Help Families Back Home; Tips on Easing Pain Of Parent Sent To War; Destructive Squirrel on Texas Campus", CNN Newsroom, September 30, 2006. Accessed August 25, 2008.
External links
- Maine Army National Guard
- Maine Air National Guard
- Bibliography of Maine Army National Guard History compiled by the United States Army Center of Military History
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