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((Short description|Component of the US Army and military of the U.S. state of Maine))
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((Infobox military unit
| unit_name                     = Maine Army National Guard
| image                         = Maine Army National Guard Shoulder Sleeve Insigna.png
| image_size                    = 
| caption                       = Shoulder sleeve insignia of the Maine National Guard
| dates                         = 1820 – present
| country                       = ((flag|United States))
| allegiance                    = ((flag|Maine))
| branch                        = [[Army National Guard]]<br>[[Maine Department of Defense, Veterans, and Emergency Management]]
| type                          = 
| role                          = [[Military reserve force]]
| size                          = 
| command_structure             = [[Maine National Guard]]
| garrison                      = Camp Chamberlain, [[Augusta, ME]]
| ceremonial_chief              = 
| commander2_label              = Adjutant General of Maine National Guard
| colonel_of_the_regiment       = Brig. Gen. Dean Preston
| commander3_label              = Maine Army National Guard Commander
| commander4                    = Command Sgt. Maj. Alexander Clifford
| commander6_label              = Command Sargeant Major
| nickname                      = 
| patron                        = 
| motto                         = [[wikt:dirigo#Latin|Dirigo]]
| colors                        = 
| march                         = "The Dirigo March"
| mascot                        = 
| battles                       = 
| notable_commanders            = 
| anniversaries                 = <!-- Commanders -->
| current_commander             = 
| commander1                    = [[President of the United States|President]] [[Joe Biden]]<br/>'''Commander-in-Chief'''<br/>[[Governor of Maine|Governor]] [[Janet Mills]]<br/>'''Governor of Maine'''
| commander1_label              = Civilian leadership
| commander2                    = Brig. Gen. Dianne Dunn
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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]]. The Guard is administered by the adjutant general, an appointee of the governor of Maine. The Constitution of the United States specifically charges the National Guard with dual federal and state missions. Those functions range from limited actions during non-emergency situations to full-scale law enforcement of martial law when local law enforcement officials can no longer maintain civil control.

Maine's Army National Guard units are trained and equipped as part of the United States Army.  The same ranks ([[United States Army enlisted rank insignia|enlisted]]/[[United States Army officer rank insignia|officer]]) and insignia are used and National Guardsmen are eligible to receive all [[Awards and decorations of the United States military|United States military awards]]. The Maine Guard also bestows a number of [[Awards and decorations of the National Guard|state awards]] for local services rendered in or to the state of [[Maine]].

The current adjutant general for the Maine National Guard is Brigadier General Dianne Dunn.<ref>((Cite web|url=https://www.me.ng.mil/About/Leadership/|title = Leadership))</ref>

The Maine Army National Guard is composed of 48 units spread across approximately 29 armories and is present in 26 communities in Maine. The headquarters is located in Camp Chamberlain, [[Augusta, ME]].

'''The larger units in the state specialize in:'''
* Combat Sustainment and Support - 286th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion
* Engineering and construction - [[133rd Engineer Battalion]]
* Aviation - Companies of the 142d & 126th Aviation Regiments

'''Smaller units specialties include:'''
* Military police
* Transportation and maintenance
* Infantry
* Headquarters related support units
* [http://www.me.ngb.army.mil/units/ Full List of Units]

In addition, it includes the 11th WMD [[Civil Support Team]]. The 11th WMD CST was of the first of the now 57 teams that are spread across the United States of America that is tasked with immediate (less than four-hour) response to any unknown [[CBRN defense|chemical, biological, or radiological incident]]. The joint Army/Air Guard team can self-sustain for 72 hours of continuous operation and is constantly training to stay on top of the technology and techniques for sampling, evidence collection, identification, and education of the possibilities that the team may be alerted for.

==History==
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===Early history===
The Maine National Guard, like Maine itself, existed before the establishment of the United States.  Its roots trace back to the first colonists in the early 1600s.  In 1607, Captain George Popham and over a hundred colonists established a settlement at the mouth of the Kennebec near Phippsburg.  The colony built a Fort Popham for their defense but sailed back to England in 1608.  Colonists would return again in 1622, when the settlements were organised into the Province of Maine.<ref name=":0">((Cite web |title=Settlement of the Province of Maine |url=https://www.me.ng.mil/About/Our-History/Settlement-of-the-Province-of-Maine/ |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=www.me.ng.mil))</ref>

Settlers would face frequent skirmishes with French forces from the north; however, a true militia would not form until Maine was acquired by the Massachusetts Bay Colony, with the formation of the York Company of milita in 1652, named for York County.  This would be expanded to multiple companies throughout the mid-1600s, and the Maine National Guard itself considers May 31, 1671 to be its proper birthday.

They would first see true conflict in 1675 with the onset of King Phillip's War.  During this war, much of the coastline was entirely depopulated.  Militia companies were often called out in this conflict as raids on major towns were frequent.  A force was established at Black Point (Scarborough) as the “Maine Guard,” the first such use of the term.<ref name=":0" />

===18th and 19th centuries===

In 1775, Maine Soldiers rushed to the [[Battle of Bunker Hill]] and the siege of Boston.  Mainers would continue to serve through the end of the war.

Maine saw incursions from the British yet again during the [[War of 1812]].  British forces threatened the city of Portland in 1814, having seized Bangor and Castine earlier that year. The citizens of Southern Maine appealed to the government of Massachusetts for aid, as Maine was still part of Massachusetts. The federal government also ordered [[Massachusetts Governor]] [[Caleb Strong]] to send troops to defend Maine. Governor Strong declined, as his politics differed from those of President Madison. He would leave Maine to the British.

This understandably outraged the citizens of Maine, who rallied their own militia for their defense. The commander of the militia, General Alfond Richardson, began preparations for the defense of the town of Portland in defiance of Governor Strong's orders, stating that even though he was only an officer of the militia, he was still a soldier of the United States and was bound under the Constitution to protect those under him. [[Fort Scammel|Forts Scammel]] and [[Fort Preble|Preble]] were both manned with 200 troops and the batteries on those islands were reinforced. In addition, batteries and redoubts were built on the landward side of town to protect from an invasion overland. The Portland Light Infantry Company manned the forts in the harbor from September through October, but following the failed British assaults on New York, Maryland and Louisiana launched from Canada, major offensives effectively ended altogether and no defense of southern Maine was necessary. Formed in 1803 in Portland, the company is the longest serving unit in the Maine Army National Guard.

Due to the actions of Major General Richardson and the men of the Maine Division of Militia, the British decided that the fortifications around Portland were too strong and cancelled the attack.  However, the implications of this event carried over into the political realm in a major way.  The [[District of Maine]], which had been dissatisfied with the government of Massachusetts since its annexation in the 1600s, now had enough with being a part of a state that would abandon it to the British.  The actions of Major General Richardson propelled the push for Maine's statehood, which would occur six years later in 1820.

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).

===20th century===

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 [[United States Department of Defense|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).

Since its establishment, soldiers from the Maine Army National Guard have served in every military conflict, either in a support role, or active theater operations.<ref>((Cite web|url=http://www.me.ngb.army.mil/about/history/|title = Home))</ref>

According to a 2 March 2013 article in [[the Economist]], "No state has lost more soldiers in Afghanistan, per person, than Maine—a fertile recruiting ground in every conflict since the civil war and still today home to an unusual number of veterans."<ref>((Cite news|url=https://www.economist.com/news/united-states/21572810-barack-obamas-talk-peace-does-not-convince-city-marked-war-view-maine|title=The view from Maine streets|newspaper=The Economist|date=2 March 2013))</ref>

==Historic units==
* [[File:133 Engineer Bn coa.png|50px]] [[103rd Infantry Regiment (United States)|103rd Infantry Regiment]]
* [[20th Maine Infantry Regiment]]
* [[List of Maine Civil War units|Maine National Guard units in the Civil War]]

==Current units==
[[File:Maine National Guard (37175025524).jpg|thumb|right|Spc. Glen Mallett of the Maine Army National Guard kicks off the wall while rappelling down the rock face at Eagles Bluff]]
[[File:Maine National Guard (36951380791).jpg|thumb|right|Maine Army National Guardsmen using a simulator to practice safely exiting a rolled over vehicle as part of their mobilization training]]
[[File:Maine Army National Guard Unit Provides Force Protection in Kabul DVIDS328911.jpg|thumb|right|Spc. Adam Hatch of the Maine Army National Guard checks the underside of a truck for bombs, drugs or any other harmful substance at Camp Eggers in Kabul]]
[[File:U.S. Soldiers with the 136th Engineering Company, Maine Army National Guard build a school during Beyond the Horizon (BTH) 2013 in El Castano, El Salvador, May 19, 2013 130519-A-EJ090-091.jpg|thumb|right|Maine Army National Guardsmen building a school during Beyond the Horizon (BTH) 2013 in El Castano, El Salvador]]
[[File:U.S. Army Sgt. Anthony Sturgis, with the Maine Army National Guard's 11th Civil Support Team, rushes out from the rear of an M113 Armored Personnel Carrier during the 2013 Army National Guard Best Warrior 130723-A-UV705-249.jpg|thumb|right|U.S. Army Sgt. Anthony Sturgis, with the Maine Army National Guard's 11th Civil Support Team, rushes out from the rear of an M113 armored personnel carrier]]
Structure:<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.me.ngb.army.mil/units/|title=Maine Army National Guard Units|publisher=Maine Army National Guard|date=18 December 2016))</ref>
* Augusta
** Joint Forces Headquarters
** Training Site Detachment
** 121st [[Public affairs (military)|Public Affairs Detachment]]
** 240th Regiment (Regional Training Institute)
** Drug Demand Reduction Counter | Drug Task Force
** Recruiting and Retention
** Medical Detachment
** 1968th Contingency Contracting Team
** 52nd Troop Command
** 152nd Maintenance Company (-) (CRC)
* Bangor
** Detachment 14 - OSACOM
** 120th Regional Support Group
***Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment
** 521st Troop Command
** 195th Army Band
** 1st Battalion (Security & Support), [[224th Aviation Regiment (United States)|224th Aviation Regiment]]
** 1st Battalion (General Support), [[126th Aviation Regiment (United States)|126th Aviation Regiment]]
*** Headquarters and Headquarters Company 
**** Detachment 2
*** Company C
*** Company D 
****Detachment 2
*** Company E 
****Detachment 2
** [[142nd Aviation Regiment (United States)|3rd Battalion, 142nd Aviation Regiment]]
***Headquarters and Headquarters Company
**** Detachment 2
*** Company C 
**** Detachment 1
*** Company D 
**** Detachment 2
*** Company E 
**** Detachment 2
** 1136th Transportation Company (-)
** 152nd Maintenance Company (Detachment 1)
** 286th Combat Service Support Battalion
***Headquarters and Headquarter Company
* Belfast
** Pending Unit Assignment
* Brewer
** Company B, 3rd Battalion, [[172nd Infantry Regiment (United States)|172nd Infantry Regiment]] (Mountain)
** Headquarters & Headquarters Company (Detachment 1), 3rd Battalion, [[172nd Infantry Regiment (United States)|172nd Infantry Regiment]] (Mountain)
** Company E (Detachment 1), 186th Brigade Support Battalion, [[86th Infantry Brigade Combat Team]] (Mountain) (supports 3-172nd Infantry Regiment)
* Calais
** 1136th Transportation Company (Detachment 2)
* Caribou
** HQ 185th Engineer Company (Support)
* Brunswick
** [[133rd Engineer Battalion]]
***Headquarters and Headquarters Company
***Forward Support Company
* Houlton
** 185th Engineer Company, Detachment 1 (Support)
* Lewiston
** 136th Engineer Company, Detachment 1 (Vertical)
* Norway
** 251st Engineer Company (Sapper)
* Sanford
** 262nd Engineer Company, Detachment 1 (Horizontal)
* Skowhegan
** 136th Engineer Company, Headquarters (Vertical)
* Waterville
** 11th [[Civil Support Team]] (Weapons of Mass Destruction)
** 488th Military Police Company
* Westbrook
** HQ 262nd Engineer Company (Horizontal)

==See also==
*[[Maine State Guard]]

==References==
((Reflist))

==External links==
*[http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/army/arng-me.htm GlobalSecurity.org Maine Army National Guard]
*[https://www.nationalguard.com/select-your-state/ME Official website]

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