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PHOTO: Soldiers and airmen unload gear March 14 at the 101st Air Refueling Wing in Bangor, Maine. Approximately 75 soldiers returned home as the Maine National Guard wrapped up its support mission in the wake of the 59th Presidential Inauguration.(Maine Air National Guard Master Sgt. Travis Hill photo)
BANGOR — The Maine National Guard completed its security mission in the nation’s capital with the return of its second group of soldiers on Sunday, March 14.
“Maine’s soldiers represented their state well, working diligently around the clock, providing roving and static patrols around the Capitol,” said Capt. Garrett Clark, commander of Waterville’s 488th Military Police Company, and officer-in-charge for the group. “Seventy-six soldiers from eight different units around the state joined 20-plus states on this unprecedented mission, and they are eager to return to their families and friends.”
“We’re immensely grateful not only to our soldiers, but to their families and employers as well,” said Maj. Gen. Douglas Farnham, Maine’s adjutant general. “Between supporting the COVID response here at home, assisting in Washington D.C., and deploying soldiers and airmen overseas, our men and women are hard at work.”
The Maine National Guard responded twice to requests for assistance in Washington. The first wave of approximately 200 soldiers departed Jan.16 and returned on Jan. 26. A second group departed Jan. 26, and combined with about a dozen soldiers from the first group who volunteered to remain on duty, continued to provide security in Washington until this past weekend.
The unit was returned home on KC-135 aircraft from the 101st Air Refueling Wing, based in Bangor.
