Stories about Maine National Guard
Maine National Guard general stepping down after 32-year military career
The Associated Press on Nov. 06, 2012, at 5:34 a.m.
AUGUSTA, Maine — The Maine National Guard’s No. 2 commander is hanging up his uniform. Brig. Gen. Donald McCormack is stepping down as Maine’s Assistant Adjutant General, Air. His retirement marks the end of a 32-year military career that began after his 1980 graduation from the Air Force Academy. McCormack ...
First lady Ann LePage to attend Operation Military Kids camp
GILEAD, Maine — First lady Ann LePage will join 100 Maine military children at camp next week, Capt. Shanon Cotta, spokesman for the Maine Army National Guard, said in a press release. Operation Military Kids, for children of Maine National Guard members, will be held July 9 at the Bog ...
South Portland-based airmen return from Afghanistan; 134 Guard members from Maine still deployed
SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine — Members of the South Portland-based 243rd Engineering Installation Squadron returned home from Afghanistan on Wednesday, reducing the number of Maine National Guard members serving overseas, or soon to be overseas, to 134. “Everybody is home safe and sound,” Maj. Larry O’Connell of the 243rd said Thursday ...
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Maine National Guard gets training in prevention of violence against women
BANGOR, Maine — Representatives of the Maine National Guard and the Navy, as well as officials from area domestic and sexual violence and prevention groups, learned more about how to stem sexism and the abuses that can stem from it during training sessions Monday. Drew Wing, executive director of Boys ...
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26-mile military march honors fallen service members
PORTLAND, Maine — There are big sacrifices and little ones. A little sacrifice is giving up a Sunday to march more than 26 miles in the pouring rain carrying a pack that becomes heavier with every step. A big sacrifice is a member of the armed services giving his or ...
91-year-old Rockland man receives WWII service medals
The Associated Press on Sept. 28, 2011, at 5:14 a.m.
AUGUSTA, Maine — A 91-year-old World War II veteran is getting some long-awaited service medals. Sen. Susan Collins said she and Maj. Gen. Bill Libby of the Maine National Guard will present Bernard Jackson, of Rockland, with more than half a dozen medals at a ceremony Wednesday at Camp Keyes ...
LePage, first lady to attend Guard’s sexual assault, domestic violence prevention event
on Sept. 27, 2011, at 6:08 p.m.
WATERVILLE, Maine — Gov. Paul LePage and first lady Ann LePage have been invited as special guests at the Maine National Guard’s Sexual Assault & Domestic Violence Prevention event, scheduled for Wednesday evening at the Waterville Grand Hotel. The Maine National Guard will sponsor a training session around the topics ...
Maine National Guard to help Vt. flood recovery
The Associated Press on Sept. 02, 2011, at 9:18 a.m.
MONTPELIER, Vt. — Almost 200 National Guard soldiers from Maine and 50 from West Virginia are on their way to Vermont to help the state recover from flooding caused by Tropical Storm Irene. The Maine soldiers belong to the 262nd Engineers. The Vermont Guard is asking other states for dump ...
Brunswick WWII veteran to be honored Wednesday in Augusta
AUGUSTA, Maine — Command Sgt. Maj. Herman J. Boudreau of Brunswick began his long and distinguished military career during World War II, and has earned quite a few medals for his service over the years. Maine Veterans’ Services will present the 91-year-old with another medal on Wednesday when he is ...
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Maine’s part-time military personnel line up for free tickets to Toby Keith concert
BANGOR, Maine — Ashley Hebert is a big Toby Keith fan. So, when her boyfriend, a reservist in the U.S. Coast Guard, received an e-mail from the Maine Military Family Assistance Center about a concert ticket give-away, she made sure he entered. Ethan Chittim, 26, and Hebert, 20, both of ...
Aroostook County military news, June 7
on June 07, 2011, at 6:11 p.m.
AUGUSTA, Maine — Maj. Gen. John W. Libby, adjutant general of the Maine National Guard, has announced promotions to the rank specified for the following Maine Army National Guard soldiers: Harold Maker, 1st Sgt., Houlton, 262nd Engineer Company; Steve Taggett, Sgt. 1st Class, Mars Hill, 120th Regional Support Group; Anthony ...
Veterans group looking for 103rd Infantry members for recognition ceremony
AUGUSTA, Maine — Maine Veterans’ Services is looking for old Army buddies from World War II who served with the 103rd Infantry Regiment and their surviving family members for a special recognition service next week. “The state of Maine wants you to attend a special recognition ceremony on Saturday, June ...
Troop greeters honored at BIA ceremony on Armed Forces Day
BANGOR, Maine — Saturday’s joint open house-celebration honoring members of the military on Armed Forces Day and the Maine Troop Greeters who have sent them off and welcomed them back, no matter what the time or weather was, couldn’t have been scripted any better. In fact, the best part of ...
Military news for May 16, 2011
on May 16, 2011, at 1:58 p.m.
Maj. Gen. John W. Libby, adjutant general of the Maine National Guard, has announced the promotion of Cyrus Brissette of Dennysville to sergeant, AST BN 224th Aviation (S&S) (OH-58).
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Not even chemotherapy could quell Maine woman’s longing to be in the kitchen
Keyboardist Ray Manzarek of The Doors dies at age 74
From a mountaintop…of sorts
Penobscot Theatre Company ends season with whirlwind production of ‘Around the World in 80 Days’