Maine Army National Guard

Maine Army National Guard
Seal of the Army National Guard
Active	1820 as State Militia
Country	United States
Allegiance	Maine
Branch	Army National Guard Maine Department of Defense, Veterans, and Emergency Management
Part of	Maine National Guard
Garrison/HQ	Camp Keyes, Augusta, ME

The Maine Army National Guard is a component of the United States Army and the United States National Guard. Nationwide, the Army National Guard comprises approximately one half of the US Army's available combat forces and approximately one third of its support organization. National coordination of various state National Guard units are maintained through the National Guard Bureau.

Maine's Army National Guard units are trained and equipped as part of the United States Army. The same ranks and insignia are used and National Guardsmen are eligible to receive all United States military awards. The Maine Guard also bestows a number of state awards for local services rendered in or to the state of Maine.

The ME Army National Guard is composed of approximately 29 armories and is present in 26 communities. The headquarters is located in Camp Keyes, Augusta, ME

History

The Maine National Guard was officially established in 1820 as a State Militia, when Maine entered the Union (as a result of the Missouri Compromise). Forty years later, more than 72,000 soldiers from Maine fought to preserve the Union during the Civil War (1861–65).

For much of the final decades of the twentieth century, National Guard personnel typically served "One weekend a month, two weeks a year", with a portion working for the Guard in a full-time capacity. The current forces formation plans of the US Army call for the typical National Guard unit (or National Guardsman) to serve one year of active duty for every three years of service. More specifically, current Department of Defense policy is that no Guardsman will be involuntarily activated for a total of more than 24 months (cumulative) in one six year enlistment period (this policy is due to change 1 August 2007, the new policy states that soldiers will be given 24 months between deployments of no more than 24 months, individual states have differing policies).

The Maine Army National Guard previously had an Army Aviation Support Facility, a helicopter maintenance unit, located at Bangor International Airport. The AASF appears to now have disbanded.

Units

• Augusta
  • Joint Forces Headquarters
  • Training Site Detachment
  • 121st Public Affairs Detachment
  • 240th Regimental Training Institute
  • Drug Demand Reduction Counter | Drug Task Force
  • Recruiting and Retention
  • Medical Detachment
  • 1968th Contract Contingency Team
  • 120th Regional Support Group
  • 152nd Maintenance Company (-) (CRC)

• Bangor
  • Detachment 14 - OSACOM
  • 52nd Troop Command
  • 521st Troop Command
  • 195th Army Band
  • 1-224th Aviation, Company C (Detachment 2)
  • 1-126th Aviation, Higher Headquarters Company (Detachment 2)
  • 1-126th Aviation, Company C
  • 1-126th Aviation, Company D (Detachment 2)
  • 1-126th Aviation, Company E (Detachment 2)
  • 3-142nd Aviation, Higher Headquarters Company (Detachment 2)
  • 3-142nd Aviation, Company C (Assault, Detachment 1)
  • 3-142nd Aviation, Company D (Assault, Detachment 2)
  • 3-142nd Aviation, Company E (Assault, Detachment 2)
  • 1136th Transportation Company (-)
  • 152nd Maintenance Company (Detachment 1)
  • HHC 286th Combat Service Support Battalion

• Belfast
  • 262nd Engineer Company, Detachment 1 (Horizontal)

• Brewer
  • 3/172nd Infantry (Mountain), Bravo Company
  • 3/172nd Infantry (Mountain), Higher Headquarters Company (Detachment 1)
  • 186th Brigade Support Battalion, Company E (Detachment 1)

• Calais
  • 1136th Transportation Company (Detachment 2)

• Caribou
  • 185th Engineer Company, Headquarters (Support)

• Fort Kent
  • 185th Engineer Company, Detachment 1 (Support)

• Gardiner
  • 133rd Engineer Battalion
  • 133rd Engineer Battalion, Headquarters Support Company
  • 1035th Survey and Design Team

• Houlton
  • 488th Military Police Company, Detachment 1

• Lewiston
  • 136th Engineer Company, Detachment 1 (Vertical)

• Norway
  • 251st Engineer Company (Sapper)

• Portland
  • Forward Support Company

• Sanford
  • 1136th Transportation Company (Detachment 1)

• Skowhegan
  • 136th Engineer Company, Headquarters (Vertical)

• Waterville
• 11th Civil Support Team (Weapons of Mass Destruction)
• 488th Military Police Company, Headquarters

Westbrook

• 262nd Engineer Company, Headquarters (Horizontal)

References

Military of the United States portal

External links

• GlobalSecurity.org Maine Army National Guard
• Official Main Army Guard page