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The 304th Regiment was created primarily with men from Connecticut as part of the 76th Infantry Division on 29 August 1917, at Camp Devens, Massachusetts, for the purpose of fighting Imperial Germany in World War I. Colonel Joseph S. Herron was appointed as the unit's first commander and set sail with the unit from Boston Harbor on 7 July 1918.
The Maine Guard also bestows a number of state awards for local services rendered in or to the state of Maine. The current adjutant general for the Maine National Guard is Major General Douglas A. Farnham. The Maine Army National Guard is composed of 48 units spread across approximately 29 armories and is present in 26 communities in Maine.
Joe Raedle. U.S. Army reservists who worked with Maine gunman Robert Card deflected blame Thursday when an independent commission investigating the state’s worst mass shooting questioned whether ...
The Army Reserve Officer Training Corps (AROTC) program is the largest branch of ROTC, as the Army is the largest branch of the military. There are over 20,000 ROTC cadets in 273 ROTC programs at major universities throughout the United States. These schools are categorized as Military Colleges (MC), Military Junior Colleges (MJC) and Civilian ...
A fellow U.S. Army reservist interviewed by police about the Lewiston, Maine, mass shooter the month prior to the attack downplayed warnings about him, body camera recordings show.
Police in Maine feared that confronting an Army reservist in the weeks before he killed 18 people in the state's deadliest mass shooting would “throw a stick of dynamite on a pool of gas ...
The Army Reserve Components Overseas Training Ribbon (ARCOTR) was established by the United States Secretary of the Army (SECARMY) on 11 July 1984 as announced in DAGO 1990–15. It is awarded to members of the Reserve Component (RC) of the Army (ARNG and USAR), for successful completion of annual training or ADT for a period not less than 10 ...
The Maine Air National Guard origins date to the formation of the 132d Fighter Squadron at Dow Army Airfield, Bangor, receiving federal recognition on 4 February 1947. It was equipped with F-47D Thunderbolts and its mission was the air defense of the state. 18 September 1947, however, is considered the Maine Air National Guard's official birth ...