FY06 Annual Report final draft.pmd - STATES - The National Guard

DEPARTMENTS OF THE ARMY AND THE AIR FORCE
THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS MILITARY DIVISION
MASSACHUSETTS NATIONAL GUARD
OFFICE OF THE ADJUTANT GENERAL
50 MAPLE STREET
MILFORD, MA 01757
Citizens of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts:
January 1, 2007
On the following pages, you will find our annual report for fiscal year 2006.
I look back on the year with pride in what our Citizen-Soldiers and Airmen accomplished.
As we have for the past five years, the Massachusetts Air and Army National Guard continued to support
the Global War on Terrorism. We mobilized nearly 1,000 of our Soldiers and Airmen for overseas duty in
support of Operation Enduring Freedom, Operation Iraqi Freedom, the Kosovo Forces Eight rotation and
other missions.
At home, we mobilized more than 700 members in response to flooding along the North Shore of
Massachusetts and more than 250 to supplement security at Logan Airport. This in addition to missions
we have done on a regular basis, including protecting public safety at the Boston Marathon and at the
Esplanade during the 4th of July celebration.
Despite the high operations tempo, 2006 was the best recruiting year since 2002. We added more than
1,500 new Soldiers and Airmen, exceeding our goal of 1,400. Our combined attrition rate for the year was
roughly 17 percent, better than our goal of 18 percent. The net result was an overall increase in assigned
strength from roughly 7,500 to nearly 7,800 members, the first year of overall growth for the
Massachusetts National Guard in more than a decade.
There were other accomplishments, as well. The transformation to a new force structure on the Army
side is almost complete. On the Air Force side, the 104th Fighter Wing participated in Exercise Red Flag
and we announced that Otis Air National Guard Base would become home to a new Distributed Ground
Station unit.
The successes we have had over the past five years - during the highest operations tempo since World
War II - is a tribute the dedication of our Citizen-Soldiers and Airmen, and our civilian employees, and to
the support of their families. It is my honor serve as with them.
Sincerely,
Oliver J. Mason Jr.
Brigadier General, Massachusetts National Guard
The Adjutant General
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Governor
Mitt Romney
Exec. Secretary of Public
Safety Robert C. Haas
The Adjutant General,
Brig. Gen. Oliver J. Mason
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Massachusetts National Guard
Assistant Adjutant General and Executive Officer,
Col. (Mass.) Raymond M. Murphy
Assistant Adjutant General,
Brig. Gen. Marie T. Field
Assistant Adjutant General,
Brig. Gen. (Mass.) Samuel M. Shiver
Assistant Adjutant General,
Brig. Gen. Joseph C. Carter
State Command Sergeant Major,
Command Sgt. Maj. Richard P. Belanger
Command Chief Master Sergeant,
Command Chief Master Sgt. Richard C. Bedell
Commander, JFHQ-MA
Brig. Gen. Michael D. Akey
Deputy Commander, JFHQ-MA
Col. Thomas J. Sellars
Chief of Staff,
Col. Jay F. Daley
Deputy Chief of Staff,
Col. Sandra Warde
J-1, Manpower and Personnel Officer,
Col. David W. Cunha
J-2, Intelligence,
Col. L. Scott Rice
J-3, Operations,
Col. Richard V. Crivello
J-4, Logistics,
Col. Sheila M. Edwards
J-5/7, Plans and Policy,
Col. Richard E. Hens
J-6, Communication Systems,
Lt. Col. Paul Krueger
J-8, Resource Management,
Col. Stephen A. Garanin
U.S. Property and Fiscal Officer,
Col. Manuel J. Constantine
Chaplain,
Maj. Laurence J. Bazer
Military Personnel Officer,
Lt. Col. Cheryl L. Poppe
Senior Army Advisor,
Col. William F. Donaher
Joint Force Headquarters – Massachusetts
Director of Military Support,
Maj. Richard G. Rollins
Director of Installations Management,
Col. William F. FitzPatrick
Director of Public Affairs,
Lt. Col. Charles Perenick
Inspector General,
Col. Gilberto Villahermosa
Selective Service Officer,
Lt. Col. Charles F. Balboni, Jr.
Staff Judge Advocate,
Col. Christopher C. Henes
Director of Army Aviation,
Lt. Col. Kevin B. Keenan
Commander, Medical Command,
Col. Gordon Bennett
State Surgeon,
Col. Alexandra L. Accardi
Commonwealth of
Massachusetts
– Military Division
State Quartermaster,
Col. (Mass.) Mark P. Murray
State Judge Advocate,
Col. (Mass.) Robert H. Costello, Jr.
Director of Administration and Finance,
Mr. Joseph Wolfgang
Legislative Liaison,
Mr. Richard Dowdell

Major Commands
Massachusetts Air National Guard
102nd Fighter Wing
Col. Paul G. Worcester
Chief Master Sgt. Roy H. Piver Jr.
104th Fighter Wing
Col. Marcel E. Kerdavid Jr.
Chief Master Sgt. Laurence D. Heller
Massachusetts Army National Guard
26th “Yankee” Brigade Combat Team
Col. Bernard A. Flynn, Jr.
Command Sgt. Maj. John F. Helbert
51st Troop Command
Col. Paul G. Smith
Command Sgt. Maj. David Costa
79th Troop Command
Col. Francis M. McGinn
Command Sgt. Maj. Dennis J. Flynn
101st Regional Training Institute
Col. John G. Chapman
Command Sgt. Maj. Gregory J. Burke
151st Regional Support Group
Col. William J. Callahan
Command Sgt. Maj. Colleen M. Dickinson
Headquarters Camp Edwards
Army National Guard Training Site
Col. Steven E. Wujciak
Command Sgt. Maj. Gregory C. Hurlburt
Cover photo by Maj. Robert Whalen, JFHQ-MA PAO
Back cover photo by Sgt. 1st Class Steven Tedeschi, JFHQ-MA PAO
Introduction
to the Massachusetts
National Guard
The Massachusetts National Guard traces it origin to December 13,
1636 when the General Court ordered the organization of three
permanent militia regiments. These three regiments still serve in the
Massachusetts National Guard today and are among the oldest in
the world.
Since 1636, Soldiers and Airmen of the Massachusetts National
Guard have fought at Lexington, Concord, Bunker Hill, Bull Run,
Gettysburg, Cuba, in France during both World Wars, on
Guadalcanal and in Vietnam. Today Massachusetts National Guard
members are enforcing the peace in Kosovo and supporting
operations in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Nearly 7,700 Massachusetts National Guard Soldiers and Airmen
have been mobilized into federal service since September 11, 2001,
and more than 5,300 of those served overseas.
Today there are 7,800 Soldiers and Airmen in the Massachusetts
National Guard, serving in Air Force and Army units, in both combat
and support roles.
The Massachusetts National Guard has a unique dual mission:
first, to maintain properly trained and equipped units available as
needed to support the Department of Defense under the direction
of the President of the United States; and second, to provide trained
and disciplined forces for emergencies within the Commonwealth
of Massachusetts under the direction of the Governor of
Massachusetts.
The commonwealth gets a great deal of bang for its buck out of the
Massachusetts National Guard. The Massachusetts National
Guard's combined annual budget is roughly $300 million, and 96
percent of that is federally funded. It is a symbiotic relationship;
the federal government pays for our troops, their training and
equipment, but they are based here in armories paid for and
maintained by the commonwealth, ready to respond in case of an
emergency at home.
The Massachusetts National Guard has always been there to
support the community in time of need. Massachusetts Guard
members were activated to protect life and property during the
Blizzard of 1978, the airport security missions in 2001 and 2006, the
Democratic National Convention in 2004, relief efforts after Hurricane
Katrina and during the North Shore floods in the spring of 2006.
The Massachusetts National Guard is a Citizen-Soldier force that is
ready, reliable, robust and essential to the safety and security of
the commonwealth and nation. We have interstate compacts with
the National Guard from other states, so if we need an asset that we
don't have in Massachusetts, other states will lend us the personnel
and equipment.
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Table of Contents
• Letter from The Adjutant General.......................................................................1
• Key Leaders......................................................................................................... 2
• Major Commands................................................................................................ 3
• Introduction to the Massachusetts National Guard.......................................... 3
• Fiscal Year 2004 Overview.................................................................................. 5
• Organization Chart.............................................................................................. 8
• Commonwealth of Massachusetts - Military Division..................................... 9
• J-1......................................................................................................................... 9
• J-2......................................................................................................................... 18
• J-3......................................................................................................................... 18
• J-4......................................................................................................................... 22
• J-5/7...................................................................................................................... 23
• J-6......................................................................................................................... 24
• J-8......................................................................................................................... 26
• Other Directorates and Special Staff
-Chaplain....................................................................................................... 28
-Construction and Facilities Management Office.................................. 28
-Inspector General........................................................................................ 29
-Selective Service......................................................................................... 29
-Staff Judge Advocate.................................................................................. 30
-Public Affairs Office.................................................................................... 30
• Historical Services Office................................................................................... 31
• Massachusetts Military Reservation.................................................................. 32
• Massachusetts Air National Guard
-102nd Fighter Wing..................................................................................... 35
-104th Fighter Wing...................................................................................... 36
-253rd Combat Communications Group.....................................................37
-212th Engineering Installation Squadron..................................................38
-Air National Guard Band of the Northeast................................................. 38
• Massachusetts Army National Guard
-26th Brigade Combat Team ....................................................................... 42
-151st Regional Support Battalion.............................................................. 44
-51st Troop Command.................................................................................. 48
-79th Troop Command.................................................................................. 51
-101st Regiment, Regional Training Institute.......................................... 54
-215th Army Band.......................................................................................... 54
Annual Report Compiled and Formatted by Massachusetts Joint Force Headquarters Public Affairs Office:
Lt. Col. Paul Landry and Maj. Winfield Danileson
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Overview of Fiscal Year 2006
Mission
The Massachusetts National Guard’s mission is to be trained and
ready to provide units that are capable of mobilizing for any
contingency, at home or abroad.
To accomplish this mission, we must sustain a ready, reliable, and
robust joint military team of Army, Air Force, civilian and family
members that will honor our responsibilities to nation and
community.
Fiscal Year 2006 Highlights
The Massachusetts National Guard continued its support for the
Global War on Terrorism in
fiscal year 2006, mobilizing
more than 1,000 Soldiers and
Airmen for overseas duty in
support of Operation Enduring
Freedom, Operation Iraqi
Freedom, the Kosovo Forces
Eight rotation and other
missions.
Nearly 1,200 Massachusetts
National Guard members
remained on federal active
duty at the end of the fiscal
year.
At home, the Guard mobilized
more than 700 Soldiers and
Airmen in response to
flooding along the North Shore
of Massachusetts and more
than 250 to supplement
security at Logan Airport.
Other missions within the
commonwealth included
protecting public safety at the
Boston Marathon and the 4th
of July celebration at Boston’s
Esplanade.
Fiscal year 2006 was the best recruiting year since 2002 for the
Massachusetts Guard, which added more than 1,500 new Soldiers
and Airmen.
The attrition rate for the year was under 17 percent, better than the
national goal of 18 percent. The net result was an overall increase in
assigned strength from roughly 7,500 to more than 7,800 members.
Fiscal Year 2006 Objectives and Results
In December 2005, The Adjutant General of the Massachusetts
National Guard, Brig. Gen. Oliver J. Mason Jr., announced his Vision
500 plan, a 500-day initiative to sustain a ready, reliable, essential,
robust and respectful joint team of Army, Air Force, civilian and
family members to accomplish our assigned missions, at home and
abroad, in times of peace and war.
Ready - The Massachusetts National Guard must be ready, fielding
trained and fully-manned units prepared to execute missions at
home and abroad.
Increasing the overall strength of the Massachusetts National Guard
during Fiscal Year 2006 was an important step towards this goal.
The organization grew by a net of more than 250 members, or 3.4
percent; it was still the first year of overall growth for the
Massachusetts National Guard in more than a decade.
Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Steven Tedeschi, Massachusetts National Guard Public Affairs
Despite the high operations
tempo, fiscal year 2006 was the
best recruiting year since 2002.
We added more than 1,500 new
Soldiers and Airmen,
exceeding our goal of 1,400.
Our combined attrition rate for
the year was roughly 17
percent, better than our goal
of 18 percent.
Factors contributing to
successful recruiting and
retention during the year
included including the Career
and Information Centers
opened in the past few years
in high-traffic areas, increased
bonuses, referral programs, the
tuition and fee waiver to state
colleges and universities
included in the Welcome
Home Bill, and increased
visibility as a result of our role
in relief efforts here in the U.S.,
in particular Hurricane Katrina
relief efforts and operations
during the North Shore floods
in the spring of 2006.
Reliable - The Massachusetts National Guard must be able to
deploy units to conduct repeated and sustained operations
effectively without failure or breakdown.
The organization accomplished this objective, supporting the
mobilization of more than 1,000 Soldiers and Airmen for deployment
to Afghanistan, Iraq, Kosovo and other countries in support of the
Global War on Terrorism.
The Massachusetts National Guard also mobilized more than 700
members in response to flooding along the North Shore of
Massachusetts and more than 250 to supplement security at Logan
Airport. These were in addition to routine missions, including
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protecting public safety at the Boston Marathon and at the
Esplanade during the 4th of July celebration.
Essential - The Massachusetts National Guard must field the types
of units and trained personnel necessary to respond to the needs
of the commonwealth and nation.
The transformation to a new force structure on the Army side,
which is almost complete, will ensure Massachusetts has the modular
and rapidly deployable units needed from missions at home and
abroad. On the Air Force side Barnes Air National Guard
Base is transitioning to an air sovereignty mission and
OtisAir National Guard Base was announced as home to a
new Distributed Ground Station unit.
Robust - The Massachusetts National Guard must be
capable of performing required missions regardless of other
demands or the operational environment.
Full-time manning is a force multiplier that can be leveraged
to help accomplish this objective. The goal was to achieve
Active Guard/Reserve manning at 100 percent and full-time
technician manning at 90 percent of our authorizations. By
the end of fiscal year 2006 AGR manning was effectively at
100 percent and technician manning was at about 93 percent.
Respectful - Members of the Massachusetts National
Guard must uphold and promote the values of the
military, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the
United States of America.
During the fiscal year, the Massachusetts National Guard
established a review board that meets quarterly to
establish and enforce sexual harassment and/or sexual
assault policies and procedures. Guidance was
published, awareness training CDs were distributed and
unit sexual assault coordinators were assigned. The
result was that 100 percent of the cases reported were
resolved in accordance with applicable regulations.
With respect to the misuse of government property, there
were no cases of inappropriate personal use of
government vehicles during fiscal year 2006.
As part of the Joint Substance Abuse Program, 3,900
Soldiers and Airmen were tested for substance abuse,
more than the 3,572 required by the program.
Though the Army side saw a slight increase in positive tests to
3.6 percent, the Air side’s rate is below one percent. In total, the
Massachusetts National Guard is doing better than the published
National Guard Bureau substance abuse benchmarks.Of the 167
cases processed by the Inspector General’s office during the
fiscal year, less than one third were related to alleged behavior
that ran contrary to the values of the military, the commonwealth
and the country. The majority were strictly assistance related
cases.
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Fiscal Year 2006 Budget
During fiscal year 2006, the Massachusetts National Guard managed
a total of $295.6 million, to include $164.1 million for personnel, $96
million in operation and maintenance funds, $24.8 million in military
construction, and $10.7 million in funding by the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts
Military pay and allowance funds were adequate to support Global
War on Terrorism and recruiting efforts, but operations and
maintenance funding could not meet demands for installation
Massachusetts National Guard 2006 Budget
FEDERAL FUNDING
Massachusetts Army National Guard
Military Pay and Allowance $40,317,200
Civilian Payroll $26,548,000
Operations and Maintenance $40,695,550
Military Construction $18,253,788
Subtotal $125,814,538
Massachusetts Air National Guard
Military Pay and Allowance $45,558,055
Civilian Payroll $51,673,361
Operations and Maintenance $55,322,149
Military Construction $6,518,398
Subtotal $159,071,963
Total Federal Funding $284,886,501
STATE FUNDING
Payroll $2,724,177
Operations and Maintenance $4,564,833
Capital Improvements (Bond Funded) $266,696
State Active Duty $1,441,044
Hurricane Katrina Related $1,556,631
Friends of Guard Families Trust $181,852
Total Investment by the Commonwealth $10,735,233
TOTAL STATE AND FEDERAL FUNDING $295,621,734
logistics, recruiting and retention, sustainment, restoration and
modernization efforts. Massachusetts National Guard leadership
was able to reprogram and execute funds to meet top priorities, but
some programs and initiatives were cancelled or postponed.
Though it is only four percent of total funding, monies received by
the Massachusetts National Guard from the state are critical to the
organization.
State-funded employees maintain facilities, provide administrative
support, manage funds and perform legislative liaison functions.

State funding is also used to pay for utilities, maintenance and
improvements at the 42 armories and facilities in 40 communities
across the commonwealth.
Finally, state funding is used to mobilize Soldiers and Airmen for
state active duty to protect the safety and security of
Massachusetts citizens during domestic emergencies and special
events.
More than 1,700 Guard members were mobilized during the fiscal
year to assist with securing key facilities, protecting public safety
at public events and responding to local emergencies.
Massachusetts is getting a considerable return on it’s investment
from the National Guard; a force of approximately 7,800 Soldiers
and Airmen, along with specialized equipment including
communications gear, helicopters and off-road capable vehicles,
which are not readily available elsewhere in the commonwealth.
Guard assets served Massachusetts well during the North Shore
floods, and in protecting safety at the Boston Marathon and the
4th of July at the Esplanade.
Fiscal Year 2007 Objectives
Vision 500 remains the focus for fiscal year 2007. As in fiscal year
2006, the plan’s goal is to sustain a ready, reliable, essential, robust
and respectful joint team that will accomplish all assigned missions.
Ready - The Massachusetts National Guard must continue to field
trained and fully-manned units prepared to execute missions at
home and abroad.
Increasing the overall strength of the Massachusetts National Guard
by five percent during Fiscal Year 2007 will be an important step
towards this objective.
Reliable - The Massachusetts National Guard must remain able to
deploy units to conduct repeated and sustained operations
effectively without breakdown. The organization must support all
mobilizations for deployment and respond to domestic emergencies
during fiscal year 2007.
Essential - The Massachusetts National Guard must field the types
of units and trained personnel necessary to respond to the needs
of the commonwealth and nation.
Increasing compliance with military and civilian education
requirements for officers and noncommissioned officers over fiscal
year 2006 levels is an important part of this objective.
Also critical will be identifying new Air National Guard force structure
to back-fill the positions that will be lost when the 102nd Fighter
Wing transitions to new missions.
Robust - The Massachusetts National Guard must remain capable
of performing required missions regardless of other demands or the
operational environment.
Maintaining the outstanding full-time manning percentage achieved
during fiscal year 2006 will help accomplish this objective during
fiscal year 2007.
The goals fot thenext fiscal year remain Active Guard/Reserve
manning at 100 percent and full-time technician manning at 90
percent.
Respectful - Members of the Massachusetts National Guard must
set the example, personifying the values of the military, the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the United States of America.
Sexual harassment, misuse of government property for personal
gain, and discrimination will not be tolerated in any form. During
fiscal year 2007 the objectives are to reduce sexual harassment
incidents and to reduce the number of complaints to the
Massachusetts National Guard Inspector General.
Fiscal Year 2007 Challenges
As in fiscal year 2006, the primary challenges for 2007 will be meeting
objectives, supporting homeland defense and the Global War on
Terrorism while continuing the transformation of Air and Army
National Guard units to a new force structure.
Simultaneously, The Massachusetts National Guard must continue
to ensure that the Guard members’ family needs are taken care of so
they can focus on their missions.
Supporting operational, training and administrative requirements
becomes increasingly difficult each year.
The Massachusetts National Guard has thus far been able to adjust
and meet demands by transferring funds, personnel and equipment
from non-critical to critical areas.
Current federal funding levels will not, however, be sufficient to
replace equipment worn by deployments and pay for supplemental
personnel over the long term.
Although the Massachusetts National Guard is authorized modern
equipment, the reality is that many units train with much older
equipment than their active duty counterparts.
Deploying units are normally provided with the most modern
equipment prior to deployment, but that equipment is often left in
theater when the unit returns.
To meet these challanges in the future, the Massachusetts National
Guard will require additional federal funding to acquire new vehicles,
weapons, communications and other support items.
Critical shortages have been identified and the Massachusetts
National Guard is working closely with National Guard Bureau and
our elected officials to address them.
Every state’s National Guard faces similar challenges, however,
and they will likely not be solved in the short term.
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Organization
102nd 102 Fighter Wing
Cape Cod
nd Fighter Wing
Cape Cod
104th 104 Fighter Wing
Westfield
th Fighter Wing
Westfield
253rd 253 Combat
Communications Group
Cape Cod
rd Combat
Communications Group
Cape Cod
212th 212 Engineering
Installation Squadron
Milford
th Engineering
Installation Squadron
Milford
Air National Guard
Band of the Northeast
Milford
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Massachusetts Air
National Guard
Milford
Joint Force
Headquarters
Milford
Massachusetts Army
National Guard
Milford
26th 26 Infantry Brigade
Combat Team
Devens RFTA
th Infantry Brigade
Combat Team
Devens RFTA
51st 51 Troop
Command
Reading
st Troop
Command
Reading
79th 79 Troop
Command
Rehoboth
th Troop
Command
Rehoboth
151st 151 Regional
Support Group
Wellesley
st Regional
Support Group
Wellesley
Headquarters
Camp Edwards
Cape Cod
101st 101 Regional
Training Institute
Cape Cod
st Regional
Training Institute
Cape Cod
Massachusetts Medical
Command
Bedford
Recruiting and
Retention Command
Milford
1st Civil
Support Team
Wellesley

Massachusetts Military Division
The Military Division is the state agency that provides combatready
units to the U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force; readies units and
soldiers to protect, defend and preserve life, property and public
order under the authority of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts;
and improves the quality of life within our communities through
civic actions, partnerships and co-facility usage.
At the head of the Military Division is the Office of The Adjutant
General, to which all Massachusetts Air and Army National Guard
organizations report.
The division is staffed with 64 full-time state employees who support
7,900 Massachusetts National Guard members by maintaining
facilities, providing administrative support to senior officials,
managing state funds and performing legislative liaison functions.
The positions are critical, as their support directly impacts the ability
of the Massachusetts National Guard to maintain force structure.
Without these positions, the overall strength of the Massachusetts
National Guard may have to be further reduced, potentially impacting
the nearly $300 million in federal funds coming into the state to
support the Massachusetts National Guard.
State Quartermaster
The State Quartermaster is responsible for the care and maintenance
of all property in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts used for
J-1: Manpower and Personnel
The J-1 manages manpower and personnel for the Massachusetts
Air and Army National Guard. The Human Resources Office and
Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel are the subordinate sections
under the J-1.
Human Resources Office
The Human Resources Office provides administrative services and
support for approximately 1,670 full-time support personnel, both
technicians and Active Guard Reserve (AGR), employed by the
Massachusetts National Guard.
Services include employee relations, staffing, employee
development and military support. The Human Resources Office
also manages the Army National Guard federal technician payroll.
National Guard technicians are, for the most part, in the Excepted
Federal Service and are employed under the provisions of Public
Law 90-486, the Technician Act. They are required to be
Massachusetts National Guard members and must hold military
assignments that are compatible with their full-time employment.
They must be physically fit and available for deployment.
Soldiers and Airmen employed under the AGR program are governed
by military regulations administered by the Human Resources
Office, consistent with The Adjutant General’s guidance.
state military purposes. As the contracting officer for the Military
Division, the State Quartermaster executed more than 58 contracts
during the year at a cost of approximately $10.2 million.
The State Quartermaster is the state official charged with the
management and implementation of the Master Cooperative
Agreement with the federal government and, using federal and state
funds, provides support to both Army and Air National Guard
facilities within the Massachusetts National Guard’s control. The
office employs 200 in that capacity and was responsible for the
expenditure of approximately $36 million in federal funds in
accordance with the agreement.
Within the State Quartermaster’s Office are 39 armorers, who are
responsible for the day-to-day care and maintenance of National
Guard armories. Those armories are divided into four geographic
regions, each with a team leader who supervises the armorers within
his region. Three other employees oversee the overall maintenance
of the armories statewide, and ensure the necessary supplies and
services are provided.
It is The Adjutant General’s desire to further regionalize Guard facilities
to meet the needs of new force structure as the Massachusetts
Army National Guard is transformed. The State Quartermaster’s
objective is to support this goal while providing the finest facilities
to our Soldiers and Airmen allowable and available with the federal
and state funds provided.
The full-time support program provides continuity between training
assemblies and annual training or active duty. The primary mission
is to maintain the high level of personnel and equipment readiness
necessary to meet federal and state missions. The full-time staff is
a valuable asset that forms a highly trained cadre during mobilization.
The Human Resources Office manages a spectrum of Excepted
Civil Service programs for technicians including staffing, recruiting
and employee orientation. In addition, they manage employee
benefits to include health and life insurance and the Federal
Retirement System.
Personnel programs are updated to incorporate new legislation and
changes in federal regulations.
For the 665 members of the AGR program, the office manages dayto-day
personnel activities including pay and allowances, leave,
assignments, transfers, retirement and recruiting for job vacancies.
Labor-management relations are managed through the labor
relations staff in the office. The Massachusetts National Guard has
maintained an effective labor management program. Emphasis is
placed on conflict resolution at the lowest level.
The agency maintains a work force made up of all segments of
society that is free of discrimination and provides equal
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opportunities for promotion. As a result, the agency has endeavored
to recruit and hire a diverse work force.
In fiscal year 2006, the Human Resources Office:
• Briefed hundreds of full-time Army and Air Guard technicians
mobilized in support of Operations Noble Eagle and Iraqi Freedom
on benefits
• Briefed hundreds of full-time personnel on benefits after
completion of their mobilizations
• Prepared for the impact of base realignment and closure (BRAC)
actions and conversion to the National Security Personnel System
(NSPS)
• Researched, prepared and submitted hundreds of Thrift Savings
Plan actions
• Processed 1,400 technician personnel actions for Army and Air
Guard units
• Published 342 technician vacancy announcements
• Published 155 Active Guard Reserve vacancy announcements
Deputy Chief of Staff, Personnel
The Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel (DCSPER) is responsible
for the overall administration and management of personnel policies,
plans and programs affecting 5,800 Massachusetts Army National
Guard Soldiers.
The DCSPER provides guidance and counsel to The Adjutant
General on the personnel readiness of all Soldiers. The office also
provides guidance to senior-level commanders and key management
staff at both the state and federal level regarding military personnel
management issues.
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Photo by Sgt. June Norton, Massachusetts National Guard Public Affairs
The DCSPER supports various missions associated with the Global
War on Terrorism and domestic operations. The office continues to
prepare Soldiers and their families for deployment in support of
Operation Noble Eagle, Operation Enduring Freedom, Operation
Iraqi Freedom and homeland defense missions.
The DCSPER responds to daily requests for assistance from
individual Soldiers and retirees; local, state and federal agencies,
political representatives and supported units.
The office also has responsibility for the Casualty Operations
program to include training and coordination with the Army Casualty
Command, chaplain, the Critical Incident Stress Management Team
and subordinate commands.
The DCSPER assigns casualty notification officers and casualty
assistance officers as required. In 2006, the office conducted 26
casualty assistance missions.
Enlisted Branch
The Enlisted Personnel Branch’s mission is to support the
administrative needs of the Massachusetts National Guard Soldiers.
This is done through effective leadership and administrative
techniques. The branch’s personnel have a genuine concern for all
members of the Massachusetts Army National Guard.
The Enlisted Branch manages the Enlisted Promotion System (EPS),
processes personnel orders and recommendations for federal and
state awards, investigates The Adjutant General hotline and
Congressional inquiries, reviews documents and prepares for the
annual Qualitative Retention Board; prepares for and monitors the

annual Inactive National Guard
Muster, processes Recruiting
and Retention enlistment
waivers, monitors the Military
Occupational Specialty and
Medical Review Boards, reviews
policy and advises the DCSPER
on all enlisted personnel matters.
Massachusetts National Guard
Full-Time Manning
Army National Guard: 919
Air National Guard: 751
Total Full-Time Personnel: 1,670
In fiscal year 2006, the Enlisted
Branch processed:
• 5,625 personnel-type orders
• 1,175 individual mobilization orders and amendments
• 172 federal and 29 state award recommendations
• 131 retroactive Combat Action Badges
• 214 recruiting waivers for enlistment and 25 personnel-type waivers
• Three Soldier casualty reports and two family member casualty
reports
The Enlisted Personnel Promotion Section (EPPS) processed 4,000
enlisted promotion point worksheets. Upon return of the forms,
EPPS processed about 1,600 documents and prepared them for the
promotion boards.
Upon completion of the boards, the EPPS processed about 10,000
documents to be input into the Standard Installation/Division
Personnel System (SIDPERS) and filed them. Enlisted Branch
annually reviews, processes and approves every EPS-related
transfer, duty position change, flagging action and promotion action
prior to input into the database.
Some 380 Soldiers were promoted during the fiscal year.
Officer Branch
The Officer Personnel Branch is responsible for the development,
implementation and operation of the Officer Personnel Management
System.
It supports the administrative needs of the officers of the
Massachusetts Army National Guard. The office provides liaison
between National Guard Bureau and the subordinate major
commands; assists in preparing and executing the leadership,
selective retention and officer candidate selection boards; and
conducts monthly federal recognition boards.
During fiscal year 2006 Officer Branch processed:
• 880 officer evaluation reports
• 217 promotions and appointments
• 1,046 orders
• 46 functional area memos
• 22 conditional releases
Personnel Automated Records Center
The Personnel Automated Records Center (PARC) processes and
reports data as management tools for all sections under the DCSPER.
The PARC provides automated
information to effectively
support the personnel needs of
Soldiers and units.
During daily operations and
mobilizations, the PARC
validates Soldier readiness and
prepares paper and electronic
records to ensure accurate
accountability.
In fiscal year 2006, the PARC:
• Processed more than 5,871 transactions through SIDPERS
• Scanned and indexed 5,300 discharge records
• Completed 35,664 document problem resolutions, ranking the
PARC first in the nation in problem resolution
• Trained all the PARC Soldiers in Personnel Electronic Records
Management System (PERMS) and conducted eight classes that
trained 91 personnel NCOs in the application, allowing the NCOs to
assist Soldiers in reviewing their records at the unit level
• Established a system in which more than half of the enlisted
Soldiers conduct annual record reviews online
• Issued 1,726 military Common Access Cards (CACs), 168 Defense
Department CACs, 602 dependent identification cards and 169
other identification cards for a total of 2,665
• Completed 4,643 Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System
transactions for military families
• Supported the National Family Programs Conference in Boston
• Shipped 1,680 medical and dental records to the Veterans
Administration
• Completed about 120 individual record requests and 100 recruiter
requests for records
• Conducted monthly survivor benefit briefings attended by 230
Soldiers and spouses
• Produced 221 “20-year” retirement letters
• Reviewed more than 1,200 individual orders for Soldiers who
performed active duty in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina
• Assisted in the transformation of the Guard to the Brigade Combat
Team force structure, requiring approximately 81 unit reorganizations,
26 new unit organizations and 27 derivative unit organizations
The PARC functions as a cohesive team with weekly organized
physical fitness training, technical training and NCO development
training. This has enabled our assigned Soldiers to perform at a
high level upon attendance at military leadership courses.
During the fiscal year, PARC welcomed back the 26th Personnel
Service Detachment, the primary supporting organization, upon
the unit’s return from deployment in support of Operation Iraqi
Freedom.
Education Services Office
The Education Service Office (ESO) supports the voluntary civilian
education needs of National Guard Soldiers.
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Air National Guard educational assistance is managed by assistance
offices at Barnes and Otis Air National Guard bases.
Legislation directly benefiting the education needs of
Massachusetts National Guard Soldiers and Airmen was signed on
Nov. 11, 2005 through House Bill 4469, the “Welcome Home Bill.”
Effective July 1, 2006, all Massachusetts National Guard Soldiers in
good standing are eligible to receive waivers for 100 percent of
tuition and academic fees to any state college or university in
Massachusetts.
This program is the first of its kind in the country and eliminates the
majority of expenses borne by Guard members attending state
educational institutions.
The Education Services Office issued 100 Percent Tuition Waivers
to 212 Massachusetts Army National Guard Soldiers until the new
program inception in fiscal year 2006. Since the start of the new
program, 227 additional 100 Percent Tuition and Academic Fee
Waivers have been issued totaling 439 for the fiscal year.
The Army National Guard Federal Tuition Assistance budget this
year totaled more than $1.1 million. This amount was a slight increase
over last year. However, it was still not sufficient for the number of
Soldiers requesting tuition assistance. The ESO is engaged in
procuring additional funding for Soldiers.
Enlisted Soldiers, warrant officers and officers received funding for
613 course enrollments ranging from vocational and technical
certificates and licenses, to associate, bachelor’s and master’s
degrees.
Incentive Branch
The Incentive Branch processes bonuses for enlistment,
reenlistment, affiliation, and civilian acquired skills and administers
student loan repayments and the health loan repayments for Army
National Guard Soldiers. Air National Guard incentives are managed
by offices at Barnes and Otis Air National Guard bases.
In fiscal year 2006, the Incentive Branch approved 1,451 bonus
contracts and processed 2,104 payments for Soldiers.
The results of a United States Property and Fiscal Office (USPFO)
audit revealed that the number of Soldiers absent without leave
(AWOL) receiving incentives was less than nine. Incentive Branch
also improved the timeliness of bonus payments.
Health Services
The Health Systems Specialist (HSS) is responsible for the oversight,
administration and implementation of policies pertaining to state
medical affairs and exercise of programs such as line of duty
investigations, active duty medical extensions, medical retention
processing, incapacitation pay, military occupational specialty
medical reviews, medical claims processing, medical and physical
evaluations and HIV screenings.
For the Air National Guard, these programs are managed by medical
groups at Barnes and Otis Air National Guard bases.
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Photo by Pfc. James Deady, 65th Public Affairs Operations Center
The HSS manages physical examinations for injured Soldiers. The
office provides liaison between Joint Forces Headquarters and
commands such as the Medical Command, the National Guard
Bureau, the Military Medical Support Office, TRICARE, Human
Resource Command, the Community Based Health Care Organization
- Massachusetts, and all the military services’ regional medical
treatment facilities.
During fiscal year 2006, the office managed more than $300,000 and
processed more than 50 incapacitation pay requests. Along with
multiple visits to units and treatment facilities, the HSS attended
personnel and medical conferences to provide commanders with
tools to establish a high rate of medical readiness among their war
fighters.
Medical Command
MEDCOM coordinates and provides medical and dental health
care to meet the peacetime and mobilization readiness requirements
of the Massachusetts Army National Guard.
The Medical Command worked closely with the Military Personnel
Office (MILPO), State Surgeon and Health Systems Specialist to
deliver quality support to all Soldiers.

During 2006, the command:
• Conducted 1,270 physical examinations
• Processed 5,450 annual medical certifications
• Reviewed 340 medical profiles
• Conducted 2,435 dental screenings
• Administered 6,250 immunizations to 2,804 Soldiers
MEDCOM improved its DNA recording completion rate to more
than 96 percent and HIV screening to more than 94 percent.
The command provided Soldier readiness processing for more
than 2,000 mobilizing or demobilizing Soldiers and conducted training
and certification in combat lifesaving, cardio-pulmonary
resuscitation, advanced cardiac life support and basic trauma life
support.
MEDCOM continued its commitment to real-world responsiveness
during flood relief efforts in the spring. The command also hosted
the 9th annual Army Medical Department Region 1 conference at
Hanscom Air Force Base in January 2006.
Military Funeral Honors
Military Funeral Honors (MFH) office runs The Adjutant General’s
Funeral Honors Program.
In 2002, Congress passed Public Law 106-65, which states that the
Department of Defense must provide at a minimum of two active
members of the Armed Forces to play “Taps” and fold and present
the American flag to the next of kin for each veteran who dies.
Massachusetts veterans who complete their initial tour of service
and are discharged or retired from service, who receive anything
but a “Discharge under Dishonorable Conditions,” may receive
honors at their internment. The Adjutant General’s Ceremonial Unit
also conducts services for those killed in action and other highprofile
services. The ceremonial unit conducted six killed-in-action
services, two repatriated remains from World War II, and four highprofile
services and numerous regular services during the fiscal
year.
The Military Funeral Honors program has steadily grown over the
last three years from 30 in 2004 to 300 in 2005 to 749 known services
in 2006.
Of the 749 services there were:
• 561 Army veterans
• 66 Sailors
• 24 Marines
• 54 Airmen
• 6 Coast Guard veterans
• 286 WWII veterans
• 98 Korean War veterans
• 55 Vietnam War veterans
• 1 Persian Gulf War veteran
• 6 remains of Civil War veterans
• 29 Army Air Corps veterans
• 9 National Guard members
Most of these were conducted at the National Cemetery in Bourne.
In February 2006, we added a six-man team to work full-time at the
National Cemetery in Bourne. This has increased the number of
services the MFH team was able to provide to 85 per month this
year.
The initial goal for fiscal year 2007 is to add 10 three-man teams to
provide more services at local cemeteries. Later that year, the Guard
plans to add another five teams.
There are 1,500 veterans dying each month in Massachusetts.
Approximately 950 are Army veterans. The MFH team’s mission is
to fulfill the mandate by Congress and offer services to all deceased
Army veterans in Massachusetts.
The Adjutant General’s Selected Honor Guard
The Adjutant General’s Selected Honor Guard is an all volunteer
organization. Members accept an additional duty assignment while
still attending drills and annual training with their units. Created in
Photo by Capt. Brad Leighton, 65th Public Affairs Operations Center
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1983, it is one of only three federally recognized and accredited
honor guards in the country under the tab of the 3rd Infantry
Regiment (Old Guard) based at Fort Myer, Va. Soldiers that volunteer
and are selected receive no pay or allowances except in extreme
circumstances.
The main missions of the Adjutant General’s Selected Honor Guard
are to represent the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the
Massachusetts National Guard at ceremonies and patriotic events
held throughout the state and nation and to provide military funeral
honors to deceased military personnel.
In Fiscal Year 2006, The Adjutant General’s Selected Honor Guard
performed over 50 missions, including:
• 5 parades
• 4 Statehouse ceremonies
• 5 military wedding details
• 6 award and promotion ceremonies
• The annual State Veteran’s Day ceremony
• The annual State Memorial Day ceremony
• The annual State September 11th Memorial ceremony
• 11 high-profile funeral details including three Soldiers killed in
action, two repatriated Soldiers who were missing in action, one
Soldier killed in the line of duty, one former Massachusetts governor,
one former Massachusetts State command sergeant major and three
military retirees.
In total, members volunteered more than 3,500 hours in unit training
and details in fiscal year 2006.
Employer Support of the Guard and Reserves
Employee Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR) is an agency
within the office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve
Affairs with the mission to “gain and maintain active support from
all public and private employers for the men and women of the
National Guard and Reserve as defined by a demonstrated employer
commitment to employee military service.”
The agency operates a proactive program directed toward
employers, employees and communities that ensures understanding
and appreciation of the National Guard and Reserve.
In fiscal year 2006, the Massachusetts Committee for the ESGR was
honored by having the Commonwealth of Massachusetts receive
the Secretary of Defense Employer Support Freedom Award. A
maximum of 15 such awards are issued each year for the entire
nation.
Within Massachusetts, ESGR issued the Pro Patria Award, the
highest award issued at the state level to the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts for the public sector category, Raytheon for the
large business category and Numeric Investors Inc. in the small
business category.
During 2006, ESGR recognized more than 23 employers with Above
and Beyond awards. The recipients demonstrated support to their
Guard and Reserve employees in a manner above and beyond what
the law requires.
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In addition, ESGR recognized 11 individuals with the Seven Seals
Award for their support of the Employer Support of the Guard and
Reserve. This award is named after the seven service branches that
compose the Guard and Reserve.
Massachusetts conducted a “boss-lift” to Fort Bragg, North
Carolina. The event brought 19 employers from Massachusetts
and 21 employers from Connecticut to see the training, leadership
skills and confidence courses their Guard and Reserve employees
receive while away from civilian employment.
ESGR also conducted two in-state employer appreciation events:
one at the Otis/Edwards complex on the Cape Cod and one at
Westover Air Reserve Base in Chicopee.
The ESGR committee reached more than 250 employers and obtained
pledges to abide by National and State laws and to not discriminate
against those employees that serve in the Guard or Reserve.
The ESGR committee conducted more than 65 briefings at Guard
and Reserve mobilizations, demobilizations and family readiness
meetings, informing service members about their rights and
obligations under the federal Uniformed Services Employment and
Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA).
The agency’s ombudsman conducted 87 recorded USERRA cases
for Guard and Reserve members. ESGR was successful in resolving
95 percent of these cases. By resolution of these cases, Department
of Labor USERRA cases were reduced to 11.
Because of the ability of ESGR to function informally and not require
that a case be opened, it is frequently the first stop for support.
State Benefits Advisor
The purpose of the state benefits advisor is to provide advice to
managers, supervisors, Guard members and their families as to
benefits and entitlements available through the Department of
Veterans Affairs and to provide assistance and referrals in resolving
problems with Veterans Affairs Health Care, benefits and TRICARE.
The advisor coordinates with the Air National Guard, Army National
Guard and the Family Program Office in Massachusetts, ensuring
education and awareness of outreach programs that are available
to Guard members and families.
Substance Abuse Program
The Substance Abuse Office trains, administers and monitors
substance abuse programs for all Massachusetts National Guard
personnel. The office became a joint office in October 2005,
combining the Army and Air Guard programs.
Since the Substance Abuse Office was assigned to the DCSPER in
2002, there has been progress in every facet of the program. The
Alcohol Drug Intervention Council was re-energized and has
involved the subordinate major commands in more of its programs.
The assignment of an administrative separation procedure manager
has led to a reduction in the time it takes a Soldier or Airan to be
adjudicated and a tremendous reduction in the amount of
outstanding separation packets.

The Substance Abuse Office statistical database provides
commanders at all levels with the information to target drug abuse
with prevention training. Unit Prevention Leader (UPL) classes
trained more than 200 Soldiers and Airmen statewide. All UPLs
received training in drug abuse prevention.
The Substance Abuse Office developed a major educational seminar
for unit commanders, first sergeants and readiness NCOs. This
training provided information on procedures for administrative
review of Guard members who test positive for illegal substances,
the legal rights of Soldiers and Airmen, the policies and procedures
of the lab where samples are tested and drugs, and issues specific
to Massachusetts.
Family Programs Office
The Family Program Office facilitates communication, involvement,
support and recognition between Guard families and the Guard. It
develops and maintains Family Readiness Groups (FRGs); supports
families before, during and after deployments; and advises The
Adjutant General on family quality-of-life issues.
The State Family Program Office consists of professionals working
together through a joint program. This year, the program has helped
more than 2,600 activated Guard members and their families.
Services were provided through participation in the Soldier
Readiness Process (SRP), family/Soldier deployment briefings, the
Photo by Maj. Winfield Danielson, Massachusetts National Guard Public Affairs
establishment of Family Readiness Groups, direct access to Family
Assistance Centers (FACs), youth activities, youth and adult reunion
briefings, welcome home gatherings and marriage enrichment
training.
FACs are located throughout the state with family resources also
available at Otis and Barnes Air National Guard bases.
FACs operate as an information and referral center for benefits and
entitlements, social service and legal issues, financial and chaplain
assistance, communication, and video teleconferencing. They also
provide contacts to community, state and national resources.
Four Prevention and Relationship Enhancement Programs were
presented this year to both pre and post-deployed Guard members
and their spouses. Fifty-four couples attended a full day of skills
training addressing effective communication, realistic expectations,
understanding and sensuality. This program is designed as an
experience that will enable the re-establishment of healthy
relationships.
FRGs help families meet the challenges of military life. Each FRG
operates under the direction of the unit commander.
The FRG is a voluntary organization that determines its own goals
and activities. FRGs help members communicate, share, and support
one another - especially during periods of deployment.
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FRG Leadership workshops are held to certify and enhance skills
of key FRG personnel as well as educate and update group leaders.
This year FAC coordinators hosted four leadership training sessions
throughout the state. More than 30 key FRG leaders, commanders,
and rear detachment personnel attended this course.
This year’s State Family Program Tri-State Workshop was held in
Hartford, Conn. Fifty Massachusetts volunteers attended. The
conference’s purpose is to educate Family Readiness Group lead
volunteers and provide networking opportunities.
The Massachusetts National Guard Youth Program continues to
grow. Our partnership with Operation Military Kids expanded as
we participated in four regional “Ready, Set, Go” training sessions
and sponsored a “Speak Out for Military Kids” overnight event at
Camp Edwards.
The program sponsored two youth participants to the Lewis and
Clark Youth Rendezvous in North Dakota and hosted 30 children
from neighboring state programs in support of the Stoneham
Veteran’s Day Road Race.
The “Youth Service Medal” was implemented during the fiscal year.
The medal recognizes Guard youngsters for the sacrifices they
make during their parents’ deployment. It is presented by the state
chaplain at each family reunion briefing.
An addition to the program is the unit FRG youth volunteer
coordinator. Each unit FRG is working to identify a volunteer who
will help design a unit-based youth program.
A highlight of the youth program this year was the hosting of the
Military Child Education Coalition’s “Supporting the Children of
the Guard and Reserve Institute.” The event was attended by 60
guidance counselors, school nurses, administrators and social
service professionals, who received information on how to recognize
and respond to the issues and stresses facing the military children
of Massachusetts.
Recruiting and Retention Command
Recruiting and Retention Command’s mission is to recruit and retain
quality Soldiers and to improve the strength, posture, and readiness
of the Massachusetts Army National Guard.
Recruiting and Retention for the Massachusetts Air National Guard
is managed at wing-level recruiting offices at Barnes and Otis Air
National Guard bases.
In fiscal year 2006, the Recruiting and Retention Command (RRC)
met its goal to bring more Soldiers into the Massachusetts Army
National Guard, even with our country involved in the Global War
on Terrorism. Recruiting has seen a 66 percent increase in new
recruits over last year, with 1,293 new Soldiers entering the
Massachusetts Army National Guard.
One of the best programs for the RRC is the Guard Recruiting
Assistant Program (G-RAP). Recruiting assistants, who are uniquely
positioned to tell the Guard story to potential Soldiers, are embedded
in their communities.
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Recruiting assistants can earn $2,000 for each new recruit he or she
brings in. More than 2,100 Soldiers have become recruiter assistants
throughout the state, some earning as much as $18,000. The
assistants have brought 254 new Soldiers into the Massachusetts
National Guard.
Recruiting and Retention opened a new Career and Information
Center in the Westgate Mall in Brockton this year. All the Career
and Information Centers are in malls and other high-traffic areas,
getting the Massachusetts National Guard out into the community.
They offer the community a place to get information about the
National Guard and for the recruiters to be more in touch with those
interested in joining.
Recruiting and Retention continued its success with the Recruit
Sustainment Program (RSP) during fiscal year 2006.
The program’s intent is to reduce training pipeline losses for the
state by introducing newly enlisted Soldiers to the military
environment, thereby easing their transition to basic training. This
year the program has more than 600 Soldiers. The training pipeline
loss percentage has dropped by 17 percent.
Instruction includes academics, physical readiness, common task
training and dynamic training. The dynamic training, regularly
supported by Guard units, motivates the young Soldiers to keep on
track so that they can become fully trained Soldiers. It also serves
as a recruiting tool, motivating Soldiers to refer friends and contacts
to the Massachusetts Army National Guard, not only because of
the benefits, but also because of the high-speed training.
A hometown news release program is used to let the community
know about a Soldier joining the Massachusetts Army National
Guard.
Each new Soldier is also given a framed picture and letter from The
Adjutant General to give to their parents as a keepsake of their
participation in the Recruit Sustainment Program.
RRC Marketing had an active and successful year. Events included
a concert series at the Tweeter Center where recruiters had set-ups
and tickets for new applicants for such shows as Ozzfest, Jimmy
Buffet, Locobazzooka (an all day rock concert), Tobey Keith, Black
Eyed Peas, and the Pussy Cat Dolls, as well as the Godsmack/Rob
Zombie show and the Korn Family Values Tour.
Marketing provided booth space for Jamin 94.5 Summer Jam and
Monster Jam events at TD Banknorth Garden and the Tweeter Center,
spent a week at the Big E with the NGB Mobile Event Team and
provided a climbing wall at Fenway Park for two Red Sox home
games during the year.
RRC provided booth space at various other NGB approved events,
including the Bayside Car Show, a basketball tournament at Suffolk
Downs in Boston and the Ski and Snowboard Show at the Bayside
Expo Center.
One of the highlights of the year was the two enlistment and one reenlistment
ceremonies that took place during half time at Gillette

Stadium during the New England Patriots home football games.
RRC also set-up a information booth during the Patriots’ two-week
training camp.
A great relationship has developed with radio station WAAF,
throughout the year. RRC has been involved with many WAAF
events such as World of Wheels, Luge Competition, Paintball
Competition, Motorcycle Ride, Hockey Expo and the Walk for
Change, where Soldiers walked from Natick to Boston for charity.
The Worcester Latino Festival proved to be a successful event,
generating many leads. RRC participated for the second year in this
two-day event at City Hall Plaza.
Recruiting and Retention Command contributed personnel and
equipment to the American Legion’s “Boys State” program held at
Stonehill College. Boys State brings together boys with outstanding
qualities in leadership, character, scholarship, loyalty and service
to their school to participate in programs in government leadership.
Guard Soldiers taught classes in leadership and career direction.
Also this year, more than 4,800 students took part in “Career
Direction” seminars in schools throughout the state. The seminars
are designed to get the students thinking about how to channel
their strengths for successful employment. It also gives recruiters a
chance to meet students who may be interested in joining the
Massachusetts National Guard.
The program consists of two stages: First a recruiter distributes a
questionnaire that asks the students about themselves and their
interests; and second, results scored by the recruiters and
individual results are given back to the students with suggestions
as to which careers might suit them best.
In addition, participants are directed to Web sites to search for
explanations on the salary ranges and educational requirements for
the jobs the program suggests for them.
All the major events participated in by RRC increased recruiting
efforts and improved morale and retention.
The partnerships forged with partner organizations went deeper
than conducting traditional information displays; they were about
relationship building between recruiters and community leaders.
They provided the recruiters with a tool to reach potential enlistees,
showed appreciation to unit family support groups and provided
much deserved incentives to our Soldiers.
Photo by Sgt. Jamie Gaitan, Recruiting and Retention Command
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J-2: Intelligence and Security
Fiscal year 2006 saw major contributions by the J-2 staff to the
overall operational security of the Massachusetts Guard.
The J-2 was involved in all major operations including National
Guard call-ups during severe spring flooding. The directorate also
took part in numerous Joint Operation Center exercises throughout
2006, improving the center’s capabilities.
The Intelligence and Security office processed a record number of
personnel security actions in 2006, improving personnel security
of subordinate units. The J-2 handed off language testing
responsibilities to the education office and will focus on security.
The J2 staff provided The Adjutant General with a comprehensive
review of the state of physical security in the commonwealth in
2006. This effort led to the establishment of a physical security
council, led by Brig. Gen. Joseph Carter. The goal of the council is
to identify physical security problems and seek long-term solutions
to improve the physical security of Guard property and facilities.
The Intelligence and Security team continues to increase awareness
of physical security as the foundation of force protection. A new
page on an Intranet site provides easy access to physical security
regulations, inspection schedules and results to unit security
J-3: Operations and Training
The federal mission of the Massachusetts Army National Guard
Operations and Training Directorate (J-3) is to organize, train, and
employ elements of the Massachusetts Army National Guard to
provide combatant commanders with deployable individuals and
units. The state mission is to support state emergency management
officials in civil emergencies.
The directorate is headed by Col. Richard V. Crivello, who succeeded
Col. Raymond Murphy on Feb. 1, 2006.
Fiscal year 2006 marked the expansion of the Joint Operations Center
to a 24-hour-a-day, 7-day-a-week operation. This facility provides
command and control, integrates requirements, and develops
situational awareness for forces in Massachusetts.
The J-3 continued to mobilize forces for the Global War on Terrorism
during the year, with 56 units either mobilized or demobilized in the
fiscal year.
Operations and Training was the central force in transforming the
Massachusetts Army National Guard into a brigade-centric,
capabilities-based organization. Although hindered by large
deployments, much of the transformation was completed in fiscal
year 2006. The transformation is projected to be complete in the
spring of 2007.
Training Division
During fiscal year 2006, the Massachusetts Army National Guard
had 38 units conduct their annual two-week training cycle. Twenty-
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personnel. A new electronic inspection checklist increases the
accuracy of reporting. These tools allow the team to quickly upload
inspection results to a central database and share those results
with Guard staff and inspected units. This is a step toward to a
paperless inspection system.
The J-2 will implement a physical security conference in 2007 to
bring all Massachusetts National Guard units up to speed on
security regulations and requirements.
The directorate provides monthly briefings to The Adjutant General
on global, national and regional threats. The Air and Army
intelligence staff officers have increased capability to access
classified databases and have established classified work areas to
allow intelligence staff analysis of this information in a secure
environment.
The J-2 was recognized for its full compliance with intelligence
oversight requirements during 2006 inspections.
Several new officers joined the Army intelligence and security team
during 2006. These officers served in intelligence while deployed
to Iraq and bring recent and relevant information back to
Massachusetts that will help improve J-2 training and operations.
one trained in Massachusetts - 19 at Camp Edwards and two at
Devens Reserve Forces Training Area. Seventeen units trained out
of state and wo units trained in Kyrgyzstan as part of a regional
cooperation exercise.
Forty-seven units split up their two weeks of annual training into
individual training days used throughout the fiscal year.
Twenty units did not conduct annual training because they were
deployed overseas in support of Operation Enduring Freedom or
Operation Iraqi Freedom.
In all:
• Some 2,230 Soldiers participated in annual training with their unit
of assignment
• About 1,520 Soldiers attended a military school in lieu of
participating in annual training
• About 970 Soldiers split up their annual training, participating in
individual training days throughout the year
• Just under 81 percent of Massachusetts National Guard Soldiers
attended two weeks of annual training.
• Some $2.65 million was spent on ammunition for live-fire training,
a decrease of about $49,000 from the previous year.
About 200 soldiers took part in Operation Helping Hands during
the year, providing shelter to the victims of Hurricane Katrina.
Another 423 soldiers were activated in May to assist flood victims
in Massachusetts.

Mobilization Readiness Branch
The Mobilization Readiness Branch implements unit status
reporting procedures and analyzes the data from these reports;
conducts readiness meetings and reviews and analyzes readiness;
prepares and updates mobilization and demobilization plans and
conducts mobilization readiness exercises; develops and implements
force structure changes; and coordinates force modernization and
participates in strategic planning.
The branch also prepares and provides the Program Budget
Advisory Committee with information and reconciliations and
reviews and coordinates for necessary additional funding with the
National Guard Bureau.
During fiscal year 2006, the
Mobilization Readiness Office’s
main focus was the
transformation of Army National
Guard force structure in the
commonwealth. The major task
of transformation was standing
up of the 26th Infantry Brigade
Combat Team. The office’s share
of this project was ensuring unit
stationing was coordinated and
the stationing plan was updated
to reflect the new force structure.
The office also was the lead on
31 unit mobilizations and 25 unit
demobilizations during fiscal
year 2006.
The readiness office
coordinated the submission of
each quarterly unit readiness
report. This was made
particularly difficult given the
force structure changes also
under way.
Finally, the Mobilization
Readiness Branch coordinated
six programs to train Soldiers on
new equipment coming into the
Massachusetts National Guard.
Military Support Office
The Military Support Office plans and coordinates military support
to civil authorities for domestic emergencies, civil defense and
community involvement.
The office coordinates with federal, state and local government
agencies, law enforcement agencies and various other civil groups
and organizations. Military Support works with local law
enforcement agencies at special events to enhance public safety
and security.
During fiscal year 2006, the National Guard provided 400 Soldiers
along the route of the Boston Marathon and 200 Soldiers for the
Fourth of July Celebration on the Esplanade.
The Massachusetts Guard also deployed 700 Soldiers and Airmen
to support the communities in the North Shore during the Mother’s
Day flood in May. The Military Support Office worked with the
Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency to evacuate
residents, remove debris and control traffic.
In August, the Massachusetts National Guard was called up by the
governor to deploy 250 Soldiers and Airmen to Logan International
Airport when the threat condition level was raised as the result of
intelligence that flights from the United Kingdom to the United
States were being targeted by
terrorists who would attempt to
attack airplanes with disguised
liquid explosives.
During the fiscal year, the office
continued to develop and train
the Chemical, Biological,
Radiological/Nuclear and High
Explosive Response Force
Package (CERF-P) team.
The CERF-P is comprised of
traditional Soldiers and Airmen
task organized from existing
National Guard units and have
the ability to respond to a
weapon of mass destruction
incident. Its mission is to assist
local, state, and federal agencies
in managing the incident by
decontaminating personnel,
providing emergency medical
services, and searching for and
extracting casualties.
The CERF-P team conducted a
mass casualty extraction exercise
in August in Beverly.
The team used members of the
Massachusetts Volunteer Militia
to play victims in a simulated
building collapse. The CERF-P
arrived and conducted
emergency extraction, decontamination, and medical evaluation.
Photo by Senior Airman Matthew Benedetti, 102nd Fighter Wing Public Affairs
Military Support coordinates and provides emergency and nonemergency
support to federal, state, and community agencies.
During fiscal year 2006, members of the National Guard supported
over 400 community events. The events included participating in
deployment ceremonies, town celebrations, youth organization
functions, veteran groups, sporting events, charity sponsored
activities and many others.
The 1st Civil Support Team (CST) also falls under the J-3. The CST
is a highly specialized unit made up of 22 full-time AGR personnel.
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It is the only full-time operational unit in the Massachusetts National
Guard.
At the request of the civil authorities, the 1st CST’s mission is to
deploy to an incident to: assess a known or suspected nuclear,
biological, chemical, or radiological event using agent identification,
plume modeling, and reach-back to expert agencies and individuals;
advise the incident commander on the appropriate actions to take
regarding medical treatment of casualties and mitigation of the
hazard; and facilitate the incident commander’s request for
assistance to expedite the arrival of additional state and federal
assets to help save lives, prevent human suffering and mitigate
property damage.
Training on chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and high
explosives devices is usually conducted with outside agencies
including local to major metropolitan fire departments, such as
Boston, Worcester and Manchester; the Massachusetts District
HAZMAT Teams; and the South East New Hampshire Hazardous
Materials Mutual Aid District. In addition, the CST conducts regular
joint training with many federal agencies, including the ATF, FBI,
DEA, EPA, and the Defense Threat Reduction Agency.
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Photo by 1st Sgt. James Raymond, A Company 3rd Battalion126th Aviation
The 1st CST has well-established relationships with area local
emergency planning committees, the Massachusetts State Police,
Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection, the
Departments of Public Health and Emergency Management
Agencies for all six New England states.
Army Aviation and Safety
The Aviation and Safety office is based at Massachusetts Guard
headquarters in Milford. The office supervises the Massachusetts
aviation and safety programs.
The StateArmy Aviation Officer (SAAO) supervises the State Safety
Office, Army Aviation Support Facility #1, Army Aviation Support
Facility #2, and Detachment 12 Operational Support Airlift Command
(OSACOM).
The SAAO ensures regulatory and programs compliance for the
Massachusetts Reconnaissance and Interdiction Detachment, as
well as all other Massachusetts Army Guard aviation units.
The office is authorized 89 full-time employees with 53 positions
currently filled.

The State Safety Office works for the SAAO. It establishes and
maintains a climate ensuring a safe training and work environment
for all Massachusetts Guard military and civilian employees.
The State Safety Office assists units in educating personnel in all
aspects of the Army Safety Program, conducts Occupational Safety
and Health Administration (OSHA) safety inspections of all
Massachusetts Guard facilities, and acts as program manager for
the safety and occupational health budget.
The State Safety Office also investigates and reports on
Massachusetts Army Guard ground accidents. It reviews and
identifies accident trends and makes recommendations for accident
prevention.
In fiscal year 2006, the office:
• Oversaw a fatal 5-ton truck rollover investigation
• Implemented the first Army Safe Driver Training Program at the
state level
• Completed OSHA inspections at maintenance facilities
• Provided forklift safety training for 33 technicians
• Implemented seatbelt and speed reduction programs at Camp
Edwards
• Provided medical emergency response training certification for
more than 100 personnel
• Provided medical physical examinations to 226 technicians
The Army Aviation Support Facilities (AASF) 1 and 2 perform
maintenance for Army National Guard aircraft. Support facility
personnel provide training and standardization for aviators,
crewmembers, mechanics, and ground support personnel.
Army aviation in Massachusetts provides support to the state
following domestic emergencies such as floods, fires and severe
storms, and at other times as directed by The Adjutant General.
During fiscal year 2006, more than 200 personnel and 11 UH-60
aircraft were deployed to Operation Iraqi Freedom. This left the
Massachusetts Guard had with two UH-60 aircraft and two OH-58
aircraft in the commonwealth to perform domestic missions.
AASF 1 is based at Camp Edwards on Cape Cod. It supports the
3rd Squadron 126th General Support Aviation Battalion and
Detachment 12 Operational Support Airlift Command.
The facility is authorized 45 full-time soldiers. It has no organic
aircraft, but supports 8 UH-60 Blackhawk helicopters belonging to
the 3/126 and a C-26 aircraft assigned to Detachment 12.
AASF 2 is at Barnes Air National Guard Base in Westfield. It
supports the 226th Division Aviation Support Battalion, the 3/126th
Aviation and the Reconnaissance and Aerial Interdiction
Detachment (RAID).
The facility employs 40 Soldiers. It is collocated with the 226th
DASB and its subordinate units, which employ seven full-time
Soldiers supporting 6 UH-60 Black Hawk Helicopters belonging to
the 3/126th and 3 OH-58 Kiowa Helicopters belonging to the RAID.
The RAID has up to five soldiers performing full-time National
Guard Duty. The unit is equipped with three OH-58A helicopters
with specialized equipment.
The detachment’s mission is to perform counterdrug reconnaissance
and surveillance in direct support of law enforcement agencies. Its
secondary mission is to assist in search and rescue.
The RAID reports to the state’s Guard counterdrug coordinator. It
is a regional asset providing support to Massachusetts,
Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, and New York.
In the first quarter of 2006, the RAID was placed under the 1st
Squadron 224th Security and Support Battalion, which has a primary
aviation security mission for federal and state officials. The RAID
now supports this mission while continuing to provide counterdrug
law enforcement support.
Detachment 12 OSACOM is an active duty Massachusetts Army
National Guard aviation unit whose higher headquarters is at Fort
Belvoir, Va.
The unit has six Soldiers. It is equipped with a single C-26, 14passenger
fixed wing airplane. In war, it provides the transportation
of personnel and cargo throughout the world. In peacetime it
principally operates in the United States and trains its aviators.
Detachemnt 12 is also used a cost-savings tool, providing military
airlift to Department of Defense personnel and cargo that might
otherwise require the purchase of commercial transportation at
higher cost to the taxpayer.
Counterdrug Support Operations
The Counterdrug Support Operations (CSO) program’s mission is
to conduct a range of counterdrug operations throughout
Massachusetts. The program’s teams includes Drug Demand
Reduction, Ground Operations and Intelligence Analysis,
Counterdrug Aviation, and an administrative support staff.
The Drug Demand Reduction team focuses on anti-drug education
and leadership programs in support of community-based
organizations and schools.
The Ground Operations and Intelligence Analysis and Counterdrug
Aviation teams support law enforcement agencies.
The administrative staff plans and coordinates operations. The
counterdrug coordinator, who reports to the state operations officer,
is responsible for the whole program.
During 2006, CSO conducted 79 missions and flew 320 hours. This
support was instrumental in the seizure of more than $60 million in
illegal drugs as well as the education and mentoring of thousands
of youth within the commonwealth.
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J-4: Logistics
The Director of Logistics (J-4) provides timely, effective and
reliable logistics, maintenance and services to units of the
Massachusetts National Guard.
During fiscal year 2006, the J-4 office helped mobilize and demobilize
units, modernize the force structure and respond to domestic
emergencies.
The 26th “Yankee” Infantry Brigade was converted to the 26th
Brigade Combat Team this year, and the J-4 assisted units changing
to the new force structure by helping them turn in and transfer
equipment.
The directorate developed a “one-stop shop” concept whereby
more than 45,000 pieces of equipment valued in excess of $113
million were turned in as part of the transformation. Property book
officers were able to order nearly $2 million dollars of new
equipment.
As part of the transformation, units moved to different armories.
This placed a high demand on storage space because units had
periods of overlapping occupancy.
The -J4 evaluated the storage requirement and found that many
armories had a buildup of junk and clutter. More than 40 armories
across the commonwealth were able to eliminate clutter and free
up the required space for storage.
In addition to removing obsolete equipment from the force
structure, the J-4 moved ahead with re-equipping units. This was
done by transferring equipment from other states as part of a
National Guard Bureau program, buying more than $2 million in
equipment and fielding of new equipment. The equipment fielding
began in fiscal year 2006 and will continue through 2008.
The J-4 maintenance team restructured its repair and maintenance
facilities during the year. The new Framingham Field Maintenance
Shop, FMS 7, opened in July. This state-of-the-art shop will provide
valuable support to Massachusetts National Guard units well
into the future. The 10-bay shop has the latest equipment and
tools.
Maintenance backlog state-wide was reduced from 24 to 15 days.
This is the result of better management and an increase in fulltime
technicians.
The J-4 had great success in bringing recently demobilized
equipment back to its pre-mobilization condition. A recent
inspection did not find any faults in the directorate’s maintenance
operations.
The maintenance team has also made progress in getting
equipment into either controlled humidity storage or administrative
storage. This program helps preserve equipment for use in
mobilizations or emergencies.
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More than 30 vehicles are in controlled humidity storage and
more than 40 are in administrative storage. In Framingham,
transportation unit vehicles are encapsulated in a sealed membrane
for storage of up to 24 months.
The J-4 provided support to the 1st Squadron 182nd Cavalry, 1st
Battalion 101st Field Artillery, 101st Engineer Battalion and the
1060th Transportation Company; all of which deployed in fiscal
year 2006.
The directorate provided the mobilizing units with equipment,
maintenance, training and hands-on assistance. The office acted
as liaison with mobilization stations to support transition from
traditional drilling units to a deployable force.
The 42nd Division Artillery, 102nd Field Artillery, 42nd Military
Police Company and 272nd Chemical Company they demobilized
during the year, and the J-4 provided them with assistance in
resetting and re-equiping upon their return.
Unit movement officer (UMO) training for 120 Massachusetts
Guard Soldiers was provided by the J-4. This training taught UMOs
the procedures for unit movement, convoy operations, moving
hazardous material and preparing plans for review and validation.
The Logistics Directorate is a full partner in the Massachusetts
National Guard’s response to domestic emergencies. The J-4
provided logistical resources to units responding to the spring
flooding and the added security at Logan International Airport
following a terror attack warning.
Photo by Sgt. June Norton, JFHQ-MA PAO

J-5/7: Military Support, Plans and Policy
The Director of Strategic Plans and Policies, Joint Training, Joint
Exercise and Joint Doctrine (J5/7) develops and coordinates The
Adjutant General’s strategic policy, plans, initiatives and concepts
related to war fighting, theater security cooperation, international
relations, federal and state homeland security, civil support
missions, and selected other activities.
The J5/7 integrates, coordinates, and communicates The Adjutant
General’s corporate strategic direction. The office develops joint
interagency and intergovernment strategies to optimize use of
the Massachusetts National Guard.
The office plans and conducts the State Partnership Program (SPP)
with Paraguay and other international partnerships. It plans and
coordinates foreign delegate visits to the state and is responsible
for coordinating documentation required for international visits.
The directorate plans and implements the development of the
joint force; plans, evaluates and disseminates joint doctrine;
develops and manages education and professional development,
training exercises, readiness and assessment. It plans responses
to threats and other missions. This requires coordinating and
integrating with other federal, state and local organizations.
The J5/7 also plans and tracks the transformation of Guard units
and assets.
During fiscal year 2006, the office led the effort to form the Joint
Planning Group and develop operations plans for the
Massachusetts Guard to support Homeland Security directives.
The plans outline Guard operations to support the Massachusetts
Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) in the event of:
• pandemic influenza
• nuclear attack
• chemical attack
• biological foreign animal disease
• radiological dispersement
• biological attack with anthrax
• improvised explosive devices
• toxic industrial attack or accident
• earthquake
• hurricane
• winter storm
The J5/7, along with the Director of Military Support, coordinated
the purchase and acquisition of equipment to be used in support
of State missions such as N95 protective masks, Tyvek suits
gloves, boots, and mask filters. The office purchased first aid kits,
road-guard vests, and a first responder command tent that can be
used as a command post in the field supporting state and local
public safety organizations.
Photo by Senior Airman Matthew Benedetti, 102nd Fighter Wing
The office also coordinated with the J-6 on the purchase of radio
equipment from a 2005 Homeland Security grant. This radio
equipment upgrades communications interoperability.
The J5/7 also coordinated a joint exercise called “Operation Boston
Blast” with the National Guard Bureau J-7 and Camber Corp. This
exercise simulated a terrorist attack using multiple radiological
dispersement devices in and around Boston.
The Massachusetts Guard - along with the Massachusetts State
Police, Massachusetts Transit Police, and other agencies -
conducted a consequence management operation in response to
the simulated attack.
The office coordinated the enrollment of three Massachusetts
National Guard officers into Joint Professional Military Education
Phase II, which is administered of Joint Forces Staff College.
The offices are taking the course via distance learning with two
resident phases in Norfolk, Va. The training’s purpose is to further
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the Massachusetts Guard’s ability to operate as a joint
headquarters. The J5/7 also maintained the Joint Training Plan for
the Massachusetts Guard headquarters and developed the joint
exercise plan for fiscal year 2007.
The 1st Weapons of Mass Destruction - Civil Support Team (CST)
is a joint operational unit comprised of 22 Army and Air National
Guard personnel.
The CST supports civil authorities during a domestic chemical
biological radiological nuclear or high-yield explosive (CBRNE)
incident by identifying suspected CBRNE agents or substances,
assessing current and projected consequences, advising the
incident commander regarding response measures and assisting
with appropriate requests for additional support.
Because of its mission, the 1st CST often assists local, state and
regional agencies for special security events. During 2006, the 1st
CST assisted or worked in collaboration with:
• Major League Baseball and Boston Red Sox
• Boston Police
• Boston Fire Department
• Newton and the Newton-Wellesley Hospital
• Massachusetts State Police
• Massachusetts Public Health Lab
• Cambridge Fire Department
J-6: Command and Control Communications
The Deputy Chief of Staff, Information Management (J-6), is
responsible for the planning, implementation and administration of
all nontactical information management and voice communications
systems in the Massachusetts Army National Guard.
Administrative Services
Administrative Services has developed its Web site on
Massachusetts Knowledge Online (MAKO) to allow user access
to all Adjutant General, Department of Defense, Army and federal
publications and forms. The site also incorporates numerous
periodicals, Web links, libraries and additional resources.
All reproduction requests were met. Approximately 95 percent of all
requests were turned around the same day while the remaining five
percent were scheduled and delivered on time.
Units with large copy requests have been encouraged to send
them to Administrative Services. This reduces wear and tear on the
unit copy machines.
Distance Learning
In 2006, the Distance Learning program grew dramatically. The
Distance Learning Office increased the hours our classrooms were
used by more than 1,000 and Soldier throughput tripled with more
than 6,000 Soldiers trained.
The Milford distance learning classroom was retrofitted to provide
support for a Joint Operations Center Exercise that helped cement
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• Massachusetts Fire Academy
• National Football League and New England Patriots
• Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection
• National Guard Bureau
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Lincoln Laboratory
• Massachusetts Department of Public Health
The CST lent its expertise and survey teams to MLB’s Opening
Day, the NFL’s Monday Night Football, The 110th Boston Marathon,
Boston’s Fourth of July celebration, and many other events.
In addition, the CST took part in a week of specialized training at
the Edgewood Chemical and Biological Center at Aberdeen Proving
Grounds, Md. Following that, the 1st CST participated in a largescale
Department of Homeland Security training exercise at the
Cambridge Side Galleria Mall called Operation Poseidon.
The NGB Standardization, Evaluation, and Assistance Team (SEAT)
visited to check the baseline operations of the 1st CST in training,
logistics and medical management, personnel administration,
budgeting, communications and physical security. The team’s report
rated the 1st CST as “exceptional” scoring an overall 97 percent.
The team was also tested with a no notice external readiness
evaluation by the 5th Army’s Civil Support Readiness Group –
East. The 1st CST was rated as fully mission capable.
the Distance Learning Office as part of the command and control
communications plans. These same services were provided during
the Mothers Day floods in May 2006 and during the security
activation at Logan International Airport.
The Distance Learning office also provided hundreds of hours of
training in varied subjects.
In 2006, the Distance Learning Office implemented the International
Education Project. This project was a joint venture to show students
of the United States and England how history is viewed through
another country’s point of view.
Finally, the office began plans in 2006 to add wireless classrooms at
the Joint Force Headquarters in Milford and in Worcester.
Help Desk
Major reconstruction was completed on a state-of-the-art help desk
service area in 2006. The help desk, hardware repair, and supply
areas have all moved into the new area.
The desktop support and hardware support functions were
consolidated into a common area to better facilitate the customer’s
needs. The J-6 is now able to provide better customer service with
easier access from the outside.
In 2006, the help desk fielded nearly 200 new personal computers.
The ongoing effort to raise the hardware standard is mandated by

the need for processing power and up-to-date requirements by the
Network Command and the Department of Defense.
More than 1,700 common access card (CAC) readers were
configured and fielded to comply with network security measures
assessed by DOD standards. The Helpdesk was able to process
and complete more than 5,200 job orders or help
desk tickets during the fiscal year period.
Information Management
In 2006, Information Management began an ongoing
Department of Defense and Army mandated
deployment of CAC and Public Keying
Infrastructure implementation to all computers
throughout the state.
Approximately 95 percent of all Massachusetts
National Guard workstations and laptops have been
completed as part of the implemantation.
Citrix servers were upgraded to improve remote
access capabilities and for network users within the
domain that require specific software or capabilities.
The office developed an online training program for user computer
training that will be available on our network or through the MAKO
Web site.
JOC Communications
In 2006, the National Incident Management System (NIMS) and
Federal Emergency Management Agency - Incident Command
System (FEMA-ICS) 100 and 200 courses were completed.
In addition, JOC Communications engaged in training with the
Massachusetts Air National Guard’s Air Communications Flight on
the Interim Satellite Communications Incident Site Command Set,
or ISISCS.
The system is designed to facilitate secure and nonescure
communications between military and civilian
responders during a domestic emergency.
Network and Automation
The redesign of network infrastructure for the
Massachusetts National Guard started in fiscal year
2005 and was completed in 2006.
All Guard armories now have upgraded data
circuits. The redesign provides much greater speed
and reliability for the data network across the state.
The core has also been upgraded with an additional
high-speed circuit for Internet access. This more than doubled the
access speed to the World Wide Web while freeing up access to
the military channels as well.
The information systems area has gone through a complete
transformation. The new secure systems room was completed and
the network operation center and server farm have relocated to a
secure climate-controlled room.
Telecommunications
The year began with a massive re-honing of voice and data services
at Camp Edwards following the closedown of Operation Helping
Hands.
The effort required close coordination and tasking of personnel in
the Air National Guard 102nd Communications
Flight Support Group and the J-6
Telecommunications Branch.
Hundreds of military lines had to be recovered,
installed and tested down to the user level.
A significant joint Army and Air Force underground
cable plant project that will support both the new
explosive ordinance disposal facility and Otis fire
station was completed. The project involved the
planning, design, coordination and project
management for the copper cable installation.
In spring 2006, the J-6 Telecommunications Branch
played a significant role in support of Exercise
Boston Blast. The exercise included an evacuation
of the JFHQ Joint Operations Center, requiring a fully operational
alternate command center.
Hours of in-depth planning and coordination took place with the
102nd Communications Flight Support Group to assess
communications in the 102nd Fighter Wing operations center.
Of particular importance was the need to extend the Army voice
and data networks into the 102nd operations center. Several months
of discussion, planning and on-site installations took place between
both groups. The alternate JOC stood up during the exercise and
provided consistent communications. The configuration and
systems remain in place for future use.
The Telecommunications Branch provided guidance and installation
services for the division Warfighter exercise at Camp
Edwards. The task required countless hours of
coordination with the 29th Division J-6 and its three
brigades headquarters’ S-6 representatives. The
entire communications infrastructure in 11 buildings
was completely redesigned to meet the exercise
requirement.
A first of its kind commercial Internet service was
unveiled at Camp Edwards, providing Internet
services to all the training and bachelor enlisted
quarters buildings. This is a non “.mil” service,
which allows trainers and visitors at Camp Edwards
to access the Internet through a high-speed commercial network.
Five training buildings, four BEQs and one dining facility are
outfitted with eight port routers. The service is cost effective and
greatly reduces security vulnerability on the Massachusetts domain
network.
The branch continues to seek out and accept projects that impact
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transformation and changes to the workplace. Two installation teams
work year-round to provide voice and data infrastructure and new
equipment installations that significantly reduce the cost of projects
as compared to using contracted installation.
Visual Information
The Visual Information (VI) office was responsible for the installation
of two large dual-projector command briefing multi-media rooms in
fiscal year 2006. The 181st Infantry in Worcester and the 151st
Regional Support Group in Wellesley both received the new
equipment. These new installations will provide a place for
conferences, training, command briefings and entertainment for
troop morale and welfare.
The office is also responsible for the Massachusetts National Guard
public Web site and the Massachusetts Knowledge Online (MAKO)
site hosted by Guard Knowledge Online.
MAKO is now up and running and is fully functional. The new
J-8: Resource Management and the USPFO
The J-8 has overall responsibility for resource management in
support of the Massachusetts National Guard and the Adjutant
General of Massachusetts.
Most of the Air National Guard finances at tracked at the wing
level, and are tracked by the J-8.
Army National Guard funds and property are managed by the Joint
Force Headquarters under the authority of the United States
Purchasing and Fiscal Officers (USPFO).
During fiscal year 2006, the Massachusetts National Guard managed
a total of $295.6 million, to include $164.1 million for personnel, $96
million in operation and maintenance funds, $24.8 million in military
construction, and $10.7 million in funding by the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts
Military pay and allowance funds were adequate to support Global
War on Terrorism and recruiting efforts, but operations and
maintenance funding could not meet demands for installation
logistics, recruiting and retention, sustainment, restoration and
modernization efforts. Massachusetts National Guard leadership
was able to reprogram and execute funds to meet top priorities, but
some programs and initiatives were cancelled or postponed
USPFO
The USPFO is an active duty officer assigned to the National Guard
Bureau who perfomrs duty at the Massachusetts Joint Force
Headquarters. The USPFO is the primary focal point for federal
funds and property allocated to the Massachusetts Army National
Guard.
Five Subordinate sections report to the USPFO: the Comptroller
Division, Purchasing and Contracting, Supply and Services, Data
Processing Installation, and Internal Review.
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portal provides Soldiers and Airmen access to important information
from their homes or anywhere in the world through the Internet.
Many users designated as Webmasters for their units or sections
have created new sites on the portal.
The public Internet site underwent a few upgrades to ease the user
experience. All unit pages were moved to the new MAKO site and
the site in general was trimmed down.
The state implemented a new portal for posting information to the
Internet. VI personnel underwent training on the use of the portal.
This new method provides a smoother way to upload files versus
the old FTP procedures.
The VI department has replaced some older equipment and
purchased additional new equipment to augment VI lending closet.
Audio and video equipment, to include four projectors, screens
and sound systems, are now available for short-term loan to units.
The Comptroller Divison
Photo by SGT June Norton, Massachusetts Public Affairs Office
The Comptroller Division is responsible for the financial
planning, proper obligating, accounting, reporting, and
administrative control of federally appropriated funds
allocated to the state for National Guard use by the
National Guard Bureau and other government agencies.
During fiscal year 2006, the comptroller executed a total of
$125.8 million including over $40 million in pay and
allowances to Guard members. The civilian payroll totaled
$26 million. An additional $67 million was spent on goods
and services for the Massachusetts National Guard.
Over $18 million in military construction funds were
received to complete and start projects at Camp Edwards,
Reading and Framingham.

Purchasing and Contracting
The Purchasing and Contracting Division’s mission is to provide
simplified purchasing and formal contracting support for more
than 200 Army and Air National Guard activities. This is
accomplished through the local acquisition of materials,
equipment and services not readily available through the
established government supply system.
During fiscal year 2006, this division had 630 contract awards and
small-purchase transactions. The total dollars awarded were more
than $35.2 million.
The section also supervised and managed the Government
Procurement Card program for Army Guard units. This program
accounted for another 5,704 transactions and about $7.3 million
awarded.
Major contracts awarded for the fiscal year 2006 included $6
million for a Weapons Maintenance Training Facility at Barnes
Air National Guard Base, $200,000 to repair plumbing and
heating/air conditioning systems for a building at Otis Air
National Guard Base and about $2.5 million for the Readiness
Center at Camp Edwards. The division also awarded 77 contracts
to small and disadvantaged businesses as well as disabled
veteran-owned and woman-owned businesses. These totaled
more than $4.6 million.
Supply and Services
The Supply and Services section provides supplies and services
within the Massachusetts Army National Guard. This includes
managing and maintaining the Army Retail Supply System and
Standard Property Book System databases. Two warehouses
provide receipt, storage, and distribution of supplies and
equipment. The Transportation Office provides responsive
passenger and commercial transportation, travel, and
transportation management services for the United States
Property and Fiscal Office, military units, and the military and
civilian workforce. The division also operates the Central Issue
Facility.
The Transportation Office helped move units and personnel for
six major deployments and redeployments. The office contracted
for 504 commercial shipments at a cost of $861,849. We deployed
931 soldiers by commercial travel contracts.
Material Management and Property Management Branches
operated with severe manpower shortages, including one
supervisor down for the entire year.
Property Management completed property book reconciliations
for all sub-major commands and Material Management
maintained accountability for all classes of supply, most notably
ammunition and fuel. All areas were found to be satisfactory
during a Command Logistics Review Team visit.
The two warehouses processed 3,875 issues for about $75 million
and 6,958 turn-ins for more than $113.5 million. This was
accomplished with only five full-time employees and a team effort
by traditional guardsmen and other departments in Supply and
Services.
The Central Issue Facility processes 16,158 turn-in transactions,
1,383 loss transactions, 52,575 new issue transactions, and over
500 discharge transactions. With assistance from the Devens and
Milford warehouses, CIF handled six semi-trailer loads of Rapid
Fielding Initiative gear for the 26th Brigade Combat Team, which
was deployed. CIF spent more than $2 million on new and
improved equipment for soldiers
Data Processing Installation
Data Processing Installation maintains databases in support of federal
requirements and provides database management and applications
support for the USPFO. The section’s operations include
supporting military and civilian personnel, pay, operations and
logicitcal systems.
Internal Review
The mission of the Massachusetts National Guard Internal
Review Division is to provide professional and timely internal
review services that add value to the organization. These
services include limited-scope reviews, quick-response reviews,
follow-up reviews, consulting service reviews, liaison services
and advisory services. These reviews help make National Guard
leaders more effective.
The division worked on problem areas and provided analysis and
recommendations to ensure deficiencies were identified,
corrected and aligned with standards.
The division also assisted Department of the Army Internal
Review, National Guard Bureau Internal Review, the Air Force
Audit Agency; Army Audit Agency, the Department of Defense
Inspector General’s Office, and the Government Accountability
Office with audits and special projects.
Photo courtesy of JFHQ-MA PAO
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Other Directorates
Chaplain
The eight chaplains, eight chaplain
assistants and six chaplain candidates of the
Massachusetts Air and Army National
Guard provide ministry for soldiers, airmen
and their families.
These chaplains, chaplain candidates and
chaplain assistants are present during
mobilization and demobilization to teach families how to cope
with separation and reunion and how to get assistance. They
support families of mobilized service members throughout
deployment.
Chaplains assist in providing casualty notifications. They
minister to families of Guard members who are killed or wounded
in the line of duty.
This year chaplains provided numerous casualty notifications
and assistance throughout the year. National Guard chaplains
also provide casualty notification assistance the families of
active duty service members killed in action.
The State Chaplain delivered the closing benediction at the
Governor’s State of the Commonwealth Address in January 2006
and various members of the Chaplain Corps. delivered
invocations and benedictions at deployment and homecoming
ceremonies.
This year, the Chaplain Corps held its second joint Army and Air
Guard Ministry Team Conference at Massachusetts Guard
headquarters. The one-day conference focused on issues of
joint service and coverage and the chaplain’s role in casualty
notification.
The past year saw the growth of the Army National Guard
Chaplain Corps. In December, a new chaplain accessioned into
the Army Guard and three new chaplain candidates were added.
Construction and Facilites Management Office
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The Construction and Facilities
Management Office spent $8.25 million
during fiscal year 2006 on facility
maintenance, repair, and minor construction
projects.
The construction of the new Field
Maintenance Shop Seven in Framingham
was completed in June. A Troop Medical Clinic at Camp Edwards
was built, but a second phase of construction will begin this year.
The Construction and Facilities Management Office spent $8.25
million during fiscal year 2006 on facility maintenance, repair, and
minor construction projects.
The construction of the new Field Maintenance Shop Seven in
Framingham was completed in June. A Troop Medical Clinic at
Camp Edwards was built, but a second phase of construction will
begin this year.
Construction of the new fire station at Camp Edwards is ongoing
and nearing completion. Construction of a Explosive Ordnance
Demolition Readiness Center on Camp Edwards is underway.
Construction of the new Field Maintenance Shop Four on Camp
Curtis Guild is underway. The new 14-bay maintenance shop will
enhance the Guard’s ability to maintain equipment.
Future military construction projects include $25 million for the
renovation of Joint Force Headquarters in Milford and $21.3
million for a new readiness center in Methuen, both of which are
programmed for fiscal year 2008.
Other future military construction projects include $8.4 million for
a new readiness center at Barnes Air National Guard Base in
Westfield in fiscal year 2009 and construction of a new Unit
Training Equipment Site building and Phase I improvements to
the Regional Training Institute in fiscal years 2010 and 2011,
respectively.
The Massachusetts Army National Guard is also a key
component in Base Realignment and Closure projects at
Westover Air Reserve Base in Chicopee and at Devens.
Both projects, slated for this year, consist of the construction of
new Joint Armed Forces Reserve Centers and Field Maintenance
Shops. The Devens BRAC project also includes improvements to
the existing Combined Service Maintenance Shop.
The Environmental Affairs Office enables the Massachusetts
National Guard to enhance military readiness while safeguarding
the environment. During 2006, the Environmental Affairs Office
spent $2.5 million ensuring compliance with environmental
regulations associated with vehicle and aircraft maintenance,
facility repair and construction, and unit training.
The Environmental Office also completed the Environmental
Assessment for the 14-bay field maintenance shop being
constructed at Camp Curtis Guild. This permitting process
entailed 27 public meetings with local and state regulatory
agencies, as well as numerous members of the public from
Reading, Wakefield and Lynnfield.
Massachusetts is the first state Army National Guard to
implement an Environmental Management System as required by
a presidential executive order.

Inspector General
The Inspector General (IG) office serves as
an extension of the eyes and ears of The
Adjutant General.
The four major functions of the IG are:
assistance, inspections, inquiries and
investigations, and teaching and training.
The Inspector General is an impartial fact-finder for The Adjutant
General, providing a continuous assessment of the efficiency,
discipline, morale, esprit de corps and readiness of units in the
Massachusetts National Guard.
Contacting the Massachusetts National Guard Inspector General
Office is a right of all Airmen, Soldiers, civilians and other
members of the Massachusetts Guard team.
The IG shop is a seven-person unit organized to maximize the
high level of talent and experience of its team members.
Directed by a colonel, the IG section is composed of an
investigations team, an assistance team and an inspection team.
In fiscal year 2006, the IG office processed more than 178
requests for assistance from Massachusetts National Guard
Airmen and Soldiers.
These requests involved resolution of issues concerning
promotions, pay, deployment problems, medical concerns,
retirement points and domestic situations.
Directed by the National Guard Bureau to conduct a 100 percent
inspection on handling of classified materials, the IG inspection
team completed this tasking on time. The IG inspection team
visited 16 units in Massachusetts, contacted 287 personnel and
reviewed 712 personnel records during the year, while examining
personnel management readiness issues for The Adjutant
General.
The IG inspection team conducted two intelligence oversight
inspections as part The Adjutant General’s organization
inspection program.
During fiscal year 2006, the IG investigation team conducted two
investigations and/or inquires of serious incidents at the
direction of The Adjutant General.
The IG goals and objectives for 2007 include:
- Incorporation of Vision 500 into all aspects of the inspection
program;
- Increasing field visits by the Inspector General and his assistant
Inspector Generals to all armories and air bases in the state;
- Increasing involvement of the IG in teaching and training,
especially in the training of investigating officers for Army and
Air Force investigations.
Selective Service
The mission of the Selective Service System
is building public trust in registration and
sustaining a registration base in peacetime.
To accomplish this, the Selective Service
System is ready to:
- Furnish personnel to the Department of Defense
for military service in a national emergency declared
by Congress or the president.
- Provide a program of alternative service for those
who seek and are granted conscientious objector
status.
- Maintain a program to conscript health care
personnel when directed.
The Massachusetts Selective Service Detachment’s mission is to
recruit, initially train and annually conduct continuation training
for civilian board members who, in the event of a draft, would
handle and make a determination on any requests from
individuals being drafted for reclassification to avoid or delay
induction into the military.
The board members would evaluate a claim and make a
determination whether to reclassify an individual based on proof
of the claim.
In the event of a draft, the officers in the section would be
activated, establish area offices within the commonwealth, and
start hiring and training civilians as their replacements, re-training
the board members to ensure they know their duties and
responsibilities, and initially getting inductees to the processing
stations, hearing claims until the boards are functioning. The
officers would also continue to recruit and train board members
for those boards who are not at 100 percent manning.
Photo by Sgt St. John, JFHQ PAO
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Office of the Judge Advocate
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The Judge Advocate General (JAG) office
has officer and enlisted personnel at
Massachusetts Guard headquarters, Camp
Edwards, the 151st Regional Support Group
and the 26th Brigade Combat Team.
The JAG office continues help in the
mobilization and demobilization of units and
individuals from Iraq, Afghanistan, and the Balkans. During premobilization,
soldiers are offered the opportunity to have legal
documents prepared. In addition, legal assistance is provided
with landlord/tenant, financial, and other matters that impact
individual readiness to deploy.
Working with the Family Programs office, the office briefs family
members of deploying units. Upon re-deployment, office assists
soldiers in civil service matters. Guard families are assisted with a
wide range of issues. Legal assistance is also provided to the
families of active duty and other reserve component service
members.
In fiscal year 2006, a tax assistance center was established.
Operating on a “by appointment” basis, the center filed 300 tax
returns saving soldiers and airmen approximately $42,000.
The JAG office continues to provide guidance to employers,
both public and private, on military members’ employment rights
and obligations.
The office continued its extensive involvement with both federal
and state authorities relative to Camp Edwards and the
Massachusetts Military Reservation. The Air National Guard
legal office provided expertise and assistance to The Adjutant
General in navigating the Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC)
process.
The office provided technical advice to the Legislature relative to
initiatives impacting the National Guard.
The office (Army & Air) provided legal support during the flood
emergency in spring of 2006.
Following Hurricane Katrina, the office sent members to
Louisiana to support Joint Task Force Yankee and assist the
National Guard Bureau in the legal aspects of this domestic
arrival of evacuees.
Public Affairs Office
The mission of the Joint Force Headquarters
Public Affairs Office (PAO) is to provide
timely and accurate information to the public
and our members in order to enhance the
positive image and visibility of the
Massachusetts National Guard.
Photo by SPC Deady, JFHQ-MA PAO
The PAO performs three major functions: command information,
media facilitation and community relations. It accomplishes these
by publishing articles internally and externally, providing media
awareness briefings, responding to inquiries and communicating
with community leaders.
Public affairs assists commanders with arranging formal
ceremonies, media relations, media training, coverage of unit
events for command information publications, press releases and
unit public affairs representative (UPAR) training.
The PAO provides direct public affairs support to Massachusetts
Army and Air National Guard units without other full-time public
affairs assets. The office provides general support to other public
affairs operations in the Massachusetts National Guard and
advises The Adjutant General.
During fiscal year 2006, the Massachusetts National Guard Public
Affairs Office:
- Produced four “Minuteman” magazines
- Supported the federal mobilization of 1,200 Soldiers and Airmen,
including media briefings and farewell ceremonies
- Provided public affairs guidance and/or talking points to senior
leadership on 20 important events and issues
- Published 80 press releases
- Responded to more than 100 media queries, resulting in
coverage that was roughly 55 percent positive, 23 percent
negative and 22 percent neutral
- Converted to a free, Google-based news clipping program,
projected to save roughly 50 percent on news clip expenses
during fiscal year 2007

Historical Services Office
The Adjutant General, as commissioner of war records, is
responsible for the collection and preservation of records
and artifacts dealing with the history of the Massachusetts
National Guard and maintaining military service records of
Massachusetts veterans.
The Historical Services Office consists of the
Massachusetts National Guard Military Museum and
Archives in Worcester and the Military Records Branch in
Milford.
Massachusetts National Guard Military Museum
The museum collects, preserves and displays the material
culture, history and archives of the Massachusetts National
Guard, which was organized in 1636, and the Office of the
Adjutant General, which was created in 1778.
During fiscal year 2006, the museum continued to collect
materials, documents and unit history reports on the
service of Massachusetts National Guard in Afghanistan
and Iraq.
The museum also maintains the military service records of
National Guardsmen and wartime service records of
soldiers, sailors and marines from 1775 to 1940.
Military Records Branch
The Military Records Branch provides veterans, their
families and government agencies with copies of
documents concerning military service from 1941 to the
present. This is a critical service since veterans need their
records for VA medical care and other purposes. This is
especially important for Army and Air Force veterans of
World War II and Korea since their records were
destroyed in a fire in 1973 at the National Personnel
Records Center in St. Louis.
During fiscal year 2006, the Military Division received
$500,000 to digitize Korean War records and the service
records of Massachusetts Air National Guard personnel.
The branch became a one-stop shop for all military
records of Massachusetts veterans when it acquired the
service records of Massachusetts Army and Air National
Guard veterans.
8th Infantry Rifle Team circa 1879 - Photo provided by Historical Services Divison
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Massachusetts Military Reservation
The Massachusetts Military Reservation (MMR) is critical to the
Massachusetts National Guard, and to the health and safety of
the people of Massachusetts. There is no other post in New
England that offers the unique combination of training areas and
facilities.
National Guard units from Massachusetts and across New
England need the MMR to conduct the high quality training that
has allowed us to successfully respond to emergencies at home
and abroad. It is partly because of the training conducted on the
MMR that our Mass. Guard members are among the best soldiers
and airmen to be found anywhere in the world.
Without the MMR, many of our soldiers and airmen would be
forced to drive over 300 miles, or up to 6 hours, one way to Fort
Drum, N.Y., to find similar training assets. That would be one day
of roundtrip travel over the course of a typical drill weekend that
these troops could not train.
The MMR is a joint facility consisting of Camp Edwards Army
National Guard Training Center, Otis Air National Guard Base, the
U.S. Coast Guard Cape Cod Air Station, and the Cape Cod Air
Force Station. It is used by Air and Army National Guard units
from across New England; state and local first response
agencies; the U.S. Air Force, Coast Guard and Department of
Agriculture; the Massachusetts Maritime Academy; the Federal
Aviation Administration; and the Bourne School System.
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Photo by Maj Danielson, JFHQ-MA PAO
The Environmental and Readiness Center
The Environmental and Readiness Center’s (E&RC) mission is to
provide military training in concert with the environment on the
Massachusetts Military Reservation(MMR). The E&RC
oversees many different programs and functions as the public’s
link for information about the MMR and its environmental
programs.
During 2006, the E&RC’s Natural Resource Program:
- Completed the Integrated Natural Resource Management Plan.
The plan was sent out for public review and is being finalized.
- Surveyed 11 wetlands to help determine whether they should
be considered for vernal pool certification applications.
- Conducted four prescribed burns, totaling 94 acres in the
reserve. An additional 45 acres were burned in the Cantonment
Area Grasslands.
- Sponsored a basic wildfire training course at Camp Edwards.
Students participated in sections on firefighter training, wildland
fire behavior, incident command system, standards for survival,
and human factors on the fire line. Participants came from federal
and state agencies, nonprofit groups, and the general public.
Fiscal year 2006 also saw accomplishments by environmental
management programs on the MMR:
- In November, the MMR had an unannounced multi-media
inspection of its environmental programs to include hazardous
waste management and pollution prevention programs by the
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The results of the
inspection were positive. The EPA cited one minor violation and
noted much progress.
In 2006, the E&RC began the process to return to the use of lead
ammunition at the base.
From 1999 to 2006, tungsten-nylon ammunition was fired at Camp
Edwards as an environmentally-friendly substitute for lead
ammunition.
Because of environmental concerns, Gov. Mitt Romney
suspended the use of tungsten-nylon ammunition at Camp
Edwards in February 2006.
Since then, Soldiers have been sent to other military bases to
train on small arms weapons. The Guard would like to resume
using lead ammunition at Camp Edwards and has begun working
on the steps toward fulfilling the environmental requirements and
receiving the necessary approvals prior to reinstating the use of
lead ammunition.
- The E&RC developed a phased approach to make ranges
operational for use with lead ammunition, with the goal of having
two ranges, Tango and Echo Range, operational by the summer
of 2007.
In 2006, management practices began to be identified to operate
the ranges in a manner protective of the environment.
- A state of the art capture system was installed at Tango Range.
The system was installed in June on 15 lanes.

Soldiers Trained at Camp Edwards
Facilities During Fiscal Year 2006
Rappel Tower 1,291
Obstacle Course 1,536
Howitzer Crew Trainer 83
Guard Fist IIA 356
Leadership Reaction Course 2,194
Engagement Skills Trainer 1,886
Janus Simulation Center 4,343
Army Physical Fitness Test 1,621
There were two instances during Training Year 2006 that the
Environmental Performance Standards were not met in the
Reserve.
- In October 2005, there was a violation of EPA Administrative
Order 2, when an Army Reserve medical Unit fired approximately
2,000 rounds of 9mm lead ball ammunition at one of the outdoor
ranges.
The E&RC must notify the Environmental Management
Commission’s environmental officer whenever there is a violation
of an environmental performance standard. The commission was
notified by letter on October 24, 2005 after the E&RC was made
aware of the incident.
This resulted in two violations of the environmental performance
standards: for firing lead ammunition and in the notification
protocol due to the time gap from the incident until the E&RC
was made aware of the incident.
The Impact Area Groundwater Study Program quickly reviewed
the situation and determined there was no adverse environmental
impact.
E&RC community outreach program conducted numerous
activities to inform local stakeholders, including presenting to
local boards of selectmen, conducting tours of the training site,
writing a monthly column in a local newspaper and producing
publications.
- In October of 2006 the Environmental & Readiness Center
conducted a tour of the MMR for the community. Over 130
community members attended the event and learned about
environmental protection and about the missions of Camp
Edwards, Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod, and the Combat
Communications Group.
Camp Edwards Army National Guard
Training Center
The mission of Camp Edwards, as an Army National Guard
Training Site, is to provide the full spectrum of support for live,
virtual, and constructive training and be prepared to conduct
sustained operations in the event of emergencies.
In fiscal year 2006, Camp Edwards supported 141,775 training
days without the ability to fire live ammunition. Next year, the
training site is projecting, at a minimum, a 10 percent increase in
training days. Use of Camp Edwards’ training areas and facilities
by joint agencies increased greatly this year. For example, U.S.
Coast Guard use increased more than 500 percent over 2005.
The annual Camp Edwards training conference attendance more
than doubled and had unit representatives from as far away as
New Mexico. The Regional Training Institute on Camp Edwards
implemented an Army truck operator school that required training
support from Camp Edwards and the Recruit Sustainment
Program, also on Camp Edwards, grew from 150 to more than 250.
Camp Edwards hosted its first ever brigade-level Warfight at it’s
state-of-the-art simulation center. It was hailed as one of the best
sites in the country by Operations Group Charlie.
A consolidated dining facility operation was opened.
The U.S. Army Civil Support Training Team trained at Camp
Edwards this year and may designate Camp Edwards as a
Northeast Regional Training Site.
The Coast Guard also hosted a national law enforcement
assessment course at Camp Edwards this year. The Coast Guard
is interested in making this the designated site for this type of
training. Moreover, Camp Edwards is one of two training sites
that the Coast Guard is researching to place their Deployable
Operations Group. This is a brigade-size unit that will require
exponentially more training support from Camp Edwards.
Environmental Issues
In February 2006, tungsten was found in a groundwater
monitoring well on a small-arms range indicating tungsten was
mobile in the soil at Camp Edwards. Although tungsten is not a
regulated substance and the health affects of tungsten are
unknown, as a precaution the governor suspended the use of
tungsten-nylon at Camp Edwards.
The National Guard’s goal is to have live-fire training with lead
ammunition at two ranges by the spring. The Guard plans to
phase in and implement pollution prevention measures on the
remainder of the nine ranges over the next few years.
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Air National Guard
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102nd Fighter Wing
The 102nd Fighter Wing is based at Otis Air
National Guard Base on Cape Cod. The
wing’s mission is to provide world wide
deployable personnel and equipment
supporting the F-15 air superiority mission
and combat support operations.
In addition, the wing supports the homeland defense with F-15
fighter aircraft and crews on continuous 24-hour, 365-day alert.
On May 11, the Air Force announced that Otis will get more than
200 intelligence jobs as part of the latest base realignment. The
new mission will replace many, but not all, of the positions that
the base is losing with the 102nd Fighter Wing’s aircraft being
moved to Barnes Air National Guard Base in Westfield.
The 15 aircraft will be re-assigned based on the recommendations
of the Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) Commission. An air
sovereignty alert facility will be constructed at Barnes and
firefighter positions will move from Otis to Barnes. The 102d
Fighter Wing’s personnel will remain at Otis and assume an
intelligence mission. Where appropriate, Airmen will be retrained.
While the base realignment developments were taking place, the
102nd continued its current mission. Nine members of the
102nd’s and the 202nd Weather Fllight returned from Iraq
November of 2005. In February 2006, the 102nd Security Force
deployed to Qatar until August 2006.
In June 2006 the 102nd Service Squadron deployed to the United
Arab Emirate for 41 days and the 102nd Civil Engineering
Squadron deployed to Iraq for six months.
102nd Fighter Wing
Subordinate Units
102 Operations Group
- 101 Fighter Squadron
- 102 Operations Support Flight
- 202 Weather Flight
102 Maintenance Group
- 102 Aircraft Maintenance Squadron
- 102 Maintenance Squadron
- 102 Maintenance Operations Flight
102 Mission Support Group
- 102 Civil Engineering Squadron
- 102 Communications Squadron
- 102 Logistics Readiness Squadron
- 102 Security Forces Squadron
- 102 Mission Suport Flight
- 102 Services Flight
102 Medical Group
Photo Courtesy of 102nd Fighter Wing
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104th Fighter Wing
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The 104 th Fighter Wing, based at Barnes Air
National Guard Base in Westfield, has 17 A-
10 Thunderbolt II aircraft and is one of six
A-10 fighter wings in the Air National Guard.
The wing’s mission is to provide close air
support and air interdiction.
The 104th Fighter Wing was founded in 1946 and is located at
Barnes Air National Guard Base in Westfield, Mass., where it leases
land from the city of Westfield on Barnes Municipal Airport and
operates jointly with the Massachusetts Army National Guard’s
Army Aviation Support Facility #2, home of the 226th Division
Aviation Support Battalion.
The 104th enjoys an active community role and positive regional
and national reputation and in turn, receives significant support
from the surrounding communities.
At the start of fiscal year 2006, the wing already had 19 members
deployed in support of operations around the world. In
February, 13 members of the Security Forces Squadron were
deployed to Baghdad to provide security.
It has also been a year of continuous training. In April, the 104 th
Civil Engineering Squadron sent 30 airmen to Andrews Air Force
Base, Md., to assist with renovation projects. During this same
month, 83 unit members went to Avon Park Air Force Base, Fla.,
to provide ground fire during Jaded Thunder, a training exercise.
In June, the unit hosted the Westfield International Air Show,
drawing more than 100,000 spectators. August brought 47 unit
members to Milden Hall in England to fill the jobs left by those
deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation
Enduring Freedom. Also in August, 12 security forces members
supported Operation Firm Resolve, a homeland defense mission
at Logan International Airport in Boston.
The 104 th Fighter Wing operates jointly with the Massachusetts
Army National Guard’s Army Aviation Support Facility #2, home
of the 226 th Division Aviation Support Battalion, on property
leased from the city. On its 185-acre site, the wing is one of
Westfield’s largest employers, with more than 300 full-time
employees and 700 part-time personnel.
104th Fighter Wing
Subordinate Units
104 Operations Group
- 131 Fighter Squadron
- 104 Operations Support Flight
- 104 Weather Flight
104 Maintenance Group
- 104 Aircraft Maintenance Squadron
- 104 Maintenance Squadron
- 104 Maintenance Operations Flight
104 Mission Support Group
- 104 Civil Engineering Squadron
- 104 Communications Squadron
- 104 Logistics Readiness Squadron
- 104 Security Forces Squadron
- 104 Mission Suport Flight
- 104 Services Flight
104 Medical Group
Photo by Msgt Deschaine, 104th FW

253rd Combat Communications Group
The 253 Combat Communications Group
(CCG) headquarters, on Otis Air National
Guard Base, supervises the training of six
subordinate units in four states and the
District of Columbia.
In simplified terms, the 253rd CCG and its
assigned units serve as the “AT & T”,
“FAA” and the “local Internet provider” of the Air Force.
The units provide a full range of communications services and air
traffic control services to deployed flying units, normally for
wing or squadron-level flying units for Air Combat Command and
Air Mobility Command. From hand held satellite transceivers to
multi-channel, 20-foot dish satellite terminals, from portable high
frequency radios to radios powerful enough to talk halfway
around the world, the communications units managed by the
253rd CCG can meet all the needs of a flying unit commander for
communication services, both classified and nonclassified.
The air traffic control units and flight within the Group can
provide the full range of air traffic control service with their
mobile air traffic control tower, Tactical Air Control and
Navigation and approach control radar. With all their equipment
being highly mobile, the units of the 253rd CCG are capable of
deploying and conducting sustained operations anywhere in the
world.
Secondly, the 253rd provides a ready militia for protecting life and
property; preserving peace, order, and public safety in the local
communities.
The 267th Combat Communications
Squadron (CBCS), co-located with the 253rd
CCG, provides the best tactical
communications services and information
systems support to expeditionary
warfighters whenever and wherever
necessary.
This is accomplished through state-of-the-art communications
equipment including satellite, high frequency, and wideband
radio systems providing networked secure and non-secure voice,
data and messaging services to deployed warfighters. The unit
has a tasked response time of 72 hours and is self-sustaining for
a minimum of 72 hours upon arrival.
The unit can also provide communications teams and support
equipment in the event of a state emergency.
The 267th works closely with Hanscom Air Force Base in the
development of new communications equipment for the 21st
century.
Since the terrorist attacks on September 11th, the 267th has
deployed more than 100 personnel and 60 tons of equipment to
numerous sites in southwest Asia in support of Operations
Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom. These personnel have
provided critical bare-base communications for U.S. and coalition
warfighters.
In September and October 2005 hurricane Rita and Katrina struck
the Gulf Coast States. Nine personnel from the 267th CBCS
deployed into the Louisiana region with tactical communications
assets to assist local recovery efforts.
Photo courtesy of 253rd Combat Communication Group
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212th Engineering Installation Squadron
The 212th Engineering Installation
Squadron in Milford is a geographically
separated unit of the 104th Fighter Wing.
The unit installs telecommunications
infrastructure including fiber optic and
copper wire cabling, antenna towers and
satellite dishes, telephony and data services within buildings as
well as radio, radar, microwave, broadband and satellite
communications.
The squadron has about 110 Airmen, with about 90 percent
enlisted. The squadron pulled an average of 46 days of active
duty per Airman in fiscal year 2006.
Nineteen squadron members deployed to the Middle East where
they supported operations in both Iraq and Afghanistan and
another 13 deployed to Florida where they supported the Global
War on Terror at Shaw Air Force Base.
Air National Guard Band of the Northeast
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A team of seven squadron members supported Air Force
operations in the Pacific by installing a cable pipeline to Pacific
Air Force headquarters and another team of 10 Airmen assisted
the Federal Aviation Administration with the installation of a
airfield surveillance radar tower at McGuire Air Force Base in
New Jersey.
The squadron also assisted with communications installations at
Barnes Air National Guard Base in Westfield, Otis Air National
Guard Base on Cape Cod, Quonset Point Naval Air Station in
Rhode Island and Atlantic City Air National Guard Base in New
Jersey.
The unit also helped Oxford (Ma.) High School install a guardrail
for its entrance and helped set up light poles at a Worcester
(Ma.) Little League baseball field.
Members of the Air National Guard Band of the Northeast performed throughout New England and the
world in 2006.
Notable performances included a live audience radio show taping for public radio in Albany, NY and a
performance for the Vermont Air National Guard during an air show in Burlington, Vt.
The band also formed a fife and drum group, which debuted during annual training. Overall, the band
gave a record amount of performances in 2006 with many more performances for troop morale. In total,
the band performed in front of more than 87,000 people in 2006.
Next year it looks to double its audience. Band members also deployed throughout the world with personnel supporting
other military bands in Iraq, Afghanistan, Diego Garcia, Kyrgyzstan, Qatar and throughout the United States.
Photo by MSG Debettencourt, JFHQ-MA PAO

Army National Guard
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26th Infantry Brigade Combat Team
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In 2006, the 26th Yankee Infantry Brigade
transformed into the 26th Infantry Brigade
Combat Team (BCT).
The brigade left the 29 th Infantry Division
and in December 2005 put on the storied
“Yankee Division” patch as a separate BCT.
In September 2006, the 26th BCT was realigned
to the 42nd Rainbow Division for training readiness
oversight.
The Headquarters for the 26th Infantry Brigade Combat
Team(BCT), is based at the Devens Reserve Forces Training Area
(RFTA).
In October 2005, the brigade began the transformation. In that
process, the headquarters company changed from an 85-soldier
unit to a 149-soldier unit incorporating new sections and jobs
that have never before resided in the infantry community. These
included field artillery, air defense, and cavalry.
In the transformation, the following units were reorganized:
- The 1-104th Infantry Battalion was redesignated as the
26th Brigade Special Troops Battalion containing an engineer
company, a military intelligence company and a signal company.
- The 1-181st Infantry Battalion was reconfigured with
the addition of a weapons company.
- The 1-182nd Infantry was redesignated from an
infantry battalion to a cavalry squadron. The 1-182nd Cavalry
Squadron consists of two troops of mounted cavalry scouts and
a dismounted troop of infantrymen.
- The 1-101st Fires Battalion came under control of the
26th BCT in July.
- The 126th Brigade Support Battalion was created with
a distribution company, maintenance company, medical company,
a cavalry company, an infantry company and a field artillery
battery.
- The 200 th Infantry from the New Mexico Army National
Guard was designated as the second infantry battalion assigned
to the 26th BCT along with their forward support company.
- The 102nd Infantry Battalion from the Connecticut
Army National Guard was redesignated as a unit of the 86th BCT
out of Vermont. The 143 rd Forward Support Battalion of the
Connecticut Army National Guard was taken out of the Command
and Control of the 26 th BCT as part of the transformation.
At annual training, the 26th became the second National Guard
BCT in the country to validate.
Later in the year, members of the 26th BCT traveled to Bishkek,
Kyrgyzstan to participate in Regional Cooporation 2006
facilitated by Central Command and Joint Forces Command.
This was the first time the YD Patch was worn in Central Asia.
The 26th BCT was the U.S. representative working in
conjunction with Afghanistan, Pakistan, Kazakhstan,
Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan and Tajikistan
The 26th BCT continued to support various Iraq and
Afghanistan missions in 2006. The 102nd Infantry was deployed
to Afghanistan with about 400 personnel. The 104th Infantry had
seven soldiers deployed to Afghanistan to build and train the
Afghanistan National Army. Engineers from the BCT deployed
152 soldiers to Iraq in October 2005. The 101 Fires deployed to
Iraq in May and June 2006. The 143rd Forward Support Battalion
deployed 50 soldiers to Iraq in June. More than 400 soldiers from
the BCT deployed to the Balkans in July and August. The 1-181st
had 330 personnel deployed for Hurricane Katrina support in
September 2005.
In addition, units within the 26th BCT participated in numerous
civic events during 2006. These included the:
- Fairhaven Salute to the Nation
- Falmouth Military Tattoo
- Boston Independence Day celebration
- Massachusetts POW/MIA Day
- Veterans Day for the cities of Fall River, Danvers, New
Bedford, Beverly, Lynn, Canton, Boylston, Cheshire,
Stoughton, Springfield, Millbury, Dorchester and Ayer.
26th Brigade Combat Team
Subordinate Units
HHC, 26th IN BDE Devens RFTA
HHC, 1-181 IN Worcester
- A CO, 1-181 IN Agawamr
- B CO, 1-181 IN Gardner
- C CO, 1-181 IN Cambridge
- D CO, 1-181 IN Hudson
HHT, 1-182 CAV Dorchester
- A CO, 1-182 CAV Middleboro
- B CO, 1-182 CAV Melrose
- C CO, 1-182 CAV Braintree
HHB, 1-101 FA Brockton
- A BTRY, 1-101FA Brockton
- B BTRY, 1-101FA Danvers
- C BTRY, 1-101FA Fall River
C CO, 1st BN, 20th SF BN (ABN)
Springfield

1st Battalion 181 Infantry
The 1st Battalion 181st Infantry had an
extraordinary year in 2006, which included
substantial achievements in transformation,
strength posture, and regional cooperation.
On Dec. 1, 2005, the 1 st Battalion 104 th Infantry
was deactivated and the remaining units were
reconstituted and integrated into the 1 st
Battalion 181 st Infantry Battalion.
A Co. 1-181st Infantry was moved from Worcester to Agawam; B
Co., 1-104th Infantry was reconstituted into Detachment 1 of B Co.
1-181st Infantry in Greenfield and D Co., a new motorized heavy
weapons company was stood-up in Hudson.
The battalion effectively cross-leveled key personnel and mission
essential equipment to meet readiness needs. On Sept. 1, the 181st Infantry inherited the lineage and honors of the 104th Infantry.
The battalion made strides in overall strength. On Oct. 1, 2005, the
battalion was at just under 52 percent strength. On Oct. 1, 2006, its
strength was more than 82 percent. The battalion’s attrition rate
went from 40 percent to 17.7 percent during this time. Its retention
rate moved from 65 percent to 93 percent as of July 31.
A Co. 1-181st Infantry deployed close to 100 soldiers to Kosovo in
November after mobilizing in August. The unit is conducting patrols
in the Pristina Providence of Kosovo.
Battalion soldiers also participated in a regional cooperation exercise
in Kyrgyzstan from July 14 to July 27. The exercise was at the Frunz
Military Academy, a former Soviet Union helicopter pilot school.
The 1-181st also provided a security force in support of the exercise.
The battalion staff was responsible for and commanded the U.S.
National Operations Center during the five-country exercise.
The purpose of the exercise was to establish a regional cooperation
center in Kyrgyzstan to manage two feigned disasters
simultaneously. The countries involved in this exercise were
Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan and the
United States. This exercise was such a success that the battalion
was asked by the U.S. Central Command to participate in the next
regional cooperation exercise in central Asia.
1st Squadron 182 Cavalry
The 1 st Squadron 182nd Cavalry, based in
Melrose, transformed from an Infantry
battalion to a Cavalry Reconnaissance,
Surveillance, and Target Acquisition
Squadron (RSTA) in fiscal year 2006.
In August, the unit also deployed more than
230 soldiers to the Balkans.
1st Battalion 101st Field Artillery
In 2006, the 1st Battalion 101st Field Artillery
transformed to a two-battery, 16-gun (2x8)
fires battalion, received its 22-man fire
support element (FSE) home from Operation
Iraqi Freedom, prepared and deployed a 152man
security force company to OIF, and
received a new equipment fielding of the
Advanced Field Artillery Tactical Data
System (AFATDS).
The FSE deployed during 2005, returned to the United States in
June. The 1st Battalion 101st Field Artillery had 22 Soldiers
deploy as a FSE with the 2nd Battalion, 222nd Field Artillery of
the Utah National Guard. They spent 12 months in Ramadi, Iraq
attached to the 2nd Marine Division. All 22 Soldiers returned
home safely.
The security force company soldiers mobilized in June and
deployed to Baghdad in September.
Throughout TY-06, the battalion continued to build its
proficiency in digital field artillery operations with AFATDS
during annual training with the 26 th Infantry Brigade Combat
Team at Camp Edwards in June.
The proficiency of the 1-101st fire direction center led to a digital
link from the brigade combat team, to the battalion, and down to
the battery level in a simulated computerized environment.
The battalion participated in numerous civic and military events
during the training year. These included cannon salutes at the
Fairhaven Salute to the Nation, Falmouth Military Tattoo, 1812
Overture, Boston Pops 1812 Overture, Plymouth Philharmonic,
Massachusetts POW/MIA Day, Medal of Honor Society Day in
Boston, and Veterans Day ceremonies in Fall River, Danvers, New
Bedford, Beverly, Lynn and Camp Edwards.
In addition, the battalion supported the “Toys for Tots” annual
toy drive with Marine Corp Reserve and the New Bedford Family
and Child services in their annual Christmas and food collection
and distribution programs.
The battalion also sponsors the Redleg hockey team, made up of
National Guard members. The team participates in tournaments
throughout New England against other agencies such as police
and fire departments. These interactions help build relationships
with civil authorities.
The team also participates in the International Armed Services
Hockey Tournament at Las Vegas. The Redlegs have won the
tournament three of the last four years.
Fiscal year 2007 will be a reconstitution year for the battalion. It
focus on new equipment fielding including the M119A2 Howitzer
weapon system, rebuilding available personnel into Howitzer gun
sections, and preparing for artillery-centric training the following
year.
2006 Annual Report 43

C Company 1st Battalion 20th Special Forces
Group (Airborne)
C Company 1st Battalion 20th Special
Forces Group (Airborne) is in Springfield.
Though the company reports tactically to
the 1st Battalion 20th Special Forces in
Alabama, it falls under the administrative
control of the 26th Brigade Combat Team while in
Massachusetts.
C Company’s mission is to plan and support special
operations in any operational environment, independently or
with conventional forces. Worldwide missions include
unconventional warfare, foreign internal defense, counterterrorism,
direct action, special reconnaissance, as well as
humanitarian efforts.
Fiscal year 2006 saw a continuation of success in recruiting
superior Soldiers from the ranks of the Massachusetts
National Guard.
151st Regional Support Group
44 Massachusetts National Guard
Those who have dared to be the best and tried out for
special forces selection are returning from their training at
Fort Bragg and elsewhere as fully trained Special Forces
Soldiers, ready and able to assume their places on one of
the company’s operational detachments (ODA’s).
The operations tempo for C Company remained hectic
during fiscal year 2006. Volunteers from the unit augmented
other battalions within 20th Group as part of Operation
Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Additionally, C Company members participated in a training
mission in Ecuador. C Company Soldiers have also been
busy attending Special Operations Force specific schools
such as HALO and SCUBA school to hone their skills and
improve the capabilities of the unit.
C Company Soldiers honed their skills at the Joint
Readiness Training Center (JRTC) at Fort Polk, La., in May
and June. At JRTC, unit Soldiers were evaluated at the
detachment, company, and battalion level as they interacted
with conventional, unconventional and indigenous forces.
The 151st Regional Support Group provides command and control for non-major combatant operations
and assists units in meeting training, readiness and deployment requirements. The 151st also provides
support to civil authorities and command and control for disaster response, humanitarian relief and
homeland defense. The 151 st Regional Support Group will provide individuals equipped and trained to
function effectively in the protection of life, property and the preservation of peace, order and public
safety.
Although the 151 st Regional Support Group does not have operational control over it’s two battalions and
two separate companies comprised of an authorized strength of about 1,500 soldiers, the command and control mission
keeps this headquarters busy supporting reorganizing, deactivating and mobilizing units
The following units deactivated or were reorganized in 2006:
UNIT STATUS DATE
151 Regional Support Group Reorganized from the 79th Troop Command 1 FEB 06
101 Quartermaster Battalion Deactivated & Reorganized to the 126 BSB 1 FEB 06
726 Ordnance Battalion Deactivated & Reorganized to the 126 BSB 1 FEB 06
321 Quartermaster Team Deactivated 1 FEB 06
704 Quartermaster Det Deactivated 1 FEB 06
126 Brigade Support Bn Activated 1 FEB 06
26-29 Brigade Support Bn Activated 1 JUN 06
E CO 223 MI Deactivated & Reorganized to B CO 26-29 BSTB 1 FEB 06
721 Ordnance Company Deactivated & Reorganized to B CO BSB 1 FEB 06

26th Brigade Special Troops Battalion
The 26 th Brigade Special Troops Battalion
was formed on Sept. 3, 2006 with the
soldiers from the deactivated 1 st Battalion
104 th Infantry (Light), Company E 223rd
Military Intelligence and Battery A 1st
Battalion 102 nd Field Artillery.
The federal mission of the 26 th Brigade
Special Troops Battalion is to support the 26 th “Yankee”
Brigade Combat Team with engineer, military intelligence,
signal, maintenance, food service, nuclear biological
chemical reconnaissance, and a military police security
detachment.
The state mission to help preserve peace, order and public
safety during natural disasters, civil disturbances, and
counter-drug operations.
The battalion includes Headquarters and Headquarters Co.
in Springfield, Detachment 1, HHC (Military Police) of
Pittsfield, A Co. (Engineers) of Northampton, Detachment 1
of A Co. (Engineers) of Pittsfield, B Co. (Military Intelligence)
of Cambridge, and C Co. (Signal) of Hudson.
This past year the battalion assumed a new mission, fielded
new equipment, and began the process of training soldiers
for new jobs. The battalion recruited heavily. This resulted in
the creation of a signal company capable of computer
network management. While the headquarters, military
intelligence and signal companies transformed, the
engineers were deployed to Iraq.
126 Brigade Support Battalion
The 126th Brigade Support Battalion,
based in Framingham, was created on
April 1, 2006. It consists of Soldiers
from the former 726 th Maintenance
Battalion and the 101 st Quartermaster
Battalion, both deactivated.
Many of the battalion’s soldiers are
veterans of Operations Iraqi Freedom
and Enduring Freedom. This gives the battalion an
extraordinary experience at all ranks.
The battalion’s major training for the year was a Warfighter
exercise at Camp Edwards in June in which the 126th was
the primary logistical provider to the 26th Brigade Combat
Team and its maneuver battalions.
Soldiers who would soon be part of the new battalion
provided support to flood victims in Taunton and helped
prepare the 1060th Transportation Co. for deployment to
Iraq.
151st Regional Support Group
Subordinate Units
HHC, 151st RSG Wellesley
HHC, 26th BSB Springfield
- Det 1, HHC (MP) Pittsfield
- A CO (Combat EN) Northhampton
- Det1, A CO Pittsfield
- B CO (MI) Cambridge
- C CO (SIG) Hudson
HHC, 126th BSB Framingham
- A CO, Distribution Middleboro
- B CO, Maintenance Melrose
- C CO, Medical Braintree
- D CO, FS CAV/RSTA
- E CO, FS IN
- G CO, FS FA
110th Maintenance CO Devens
110th Maintenance Company
The 110 th Maintenance Co., based on
Devens, provides direct support to the
Combined Support Maintenance Shop.
The unit successfully transformed to a
support maintenance unit in May 2006.
Amid the transformation process, the unit conducted two
major field training exercises. The unit became the first
support maintenance company in the National Guard to
complete an evaluation at the National Maintenance Training
Center at Camp Dodge, Iowa.
The unit also provided a military honors detail for the March
funeral of unit member Staff Sgt. Donald E. Smith.
The 110th Maintenance also supported the 4th of July
celebration near Boston’s Esplanade with 50 Soldiers.
Seven unit members volunteered to deploy with the 1060th
Transportation Co.
The 110th Maintenance also participated in the United
Kingdom Exchange Program with British Staff Sgt. Paul
Lelliott joining the unit at annual training in August.
2006 Annual Report 45

51st Troop Command
48 Massachusetts National Guard
The 51st Troop Command, based at Camp Curtis Guild in Reading, serves as the headquarters for units
across the Commonwealth. The command provides command and control, administrative, logistical, and
training support to the 101st Engineer Battalion, 272nd Chemical Company, 65th Public Affairs Operations
Center, 126th Military History Detachment, 101st Finance Detachment, and the 211th Military Police
Battalion.
The 51st Troop Command provides command and control for its subordinate elements and enhances their
deployment readiness. The Command supports all phases of mobilization and demobilization. The command’s
state mission is to support to civil and domestic authorities to protect life and property, preserve peace, order and public
safety.
In addition, the 51st will function as an alternate Emergency Operations Center to the Massachusetts Army National Guard
Joint Operations Center and the Commonwealth. In this capacity, the command is available for disaster response, humanitarian
relief and homeland defense. The 51st Troop Command manages the Camp Curtis Guild Training Area and is expanding
billeting at Camp Curtis Guild to support more soldiers.
During fiscal year 2006, several 51st Troop Command units were deployed. State missions included a company of military
police at Logan Airport in support of Operation Firm Resolve. The Engineers and Military Police also provided disaster relief
during the 2006 Eastern Massachusetts flood. Troop Command soldiers were also deployed to Iraq, the Balkans and to
Lousianna to provide disaster relief after Hurricane Katrina.
The command oversaw the deactivation of two units, the 726th Finance Battalion and the 181st Engineer Battalion.
Also, the 101st Engineer Battalion headquarters moved a detachment from Camp Curtis Guild in Reading to Whitinsville.
The move made it possible to merge the 181st Engineer Battalion and the 101st Engineer Battalion.
Amid the merger, 115 soldiers in the 101st Engineers were mobilized to support peacekeeping operations in the Balkans.
Fifty soldiers from the 101st Engineers were also selected to become part of this elite extraction team and received
specialized training in Oklahoma.
101 st Engineer Battalion
In December 2006, the 181st Engineer
Battalion was merged into the 101st
Engineer Battalion. All of the
subordinate units in the battalion were
reorganized and 115 soldiers were
deployed to the Balkans in support of
peacekeeping operations there.
Elements of the battalion were also activated to mitigate
flooding in eastern Massachusetts in May.
Also in May, engineers helped build fencing for the State
Mounted Unit in Framingham.
In June, 50 battalion soldiers received extraction team
training in Oklahoma.
In August, 101st Engineers assumes command and control
of the 180th Engineers on Camp Edwards. Soldiers receive
individual assignments for the new units within the 101st
Engineer Battalion. All new units were stood up in October
2006.
In September, the 101st Engineer Battalion
decommissioned Headquarters Co. of Whitinsville, A Co. of
Newburyport, B Co. of Reading, and C Co. of Bridgewater;
all as part of an Army-wide transformation.
In October, the battalion commissioned Headquarters
Support Co. in Whitinsville, Forward Support Co. in
Whitinsville, the 182nd Sapper Co. in Newburyport, the
181st Vertical Engineers on Camp Edwards, 181st Vertical
Engineers Detachment in Reading, the 379th Horizontal
Engineers in Buzzards Bay, the 189th Asphalt Team in
Bridgewater, the 179th and 180th Firefighter Groups on
Camp Edwards, the 188th Facilities Engineers in Reading,
and the 272nd Chemical Co. in Reading.
The battalion supported several civic events throughout the
year. These included the Hot Dog Safari to benefit the
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, and parade and open houses in
Bellingham, Adams, Bridgewater, North Adams, Franklin,
Melrose, and Brockton.

211th Military Police Battalion
The 211 th Military Police Battalion
includes the 42nd Military Police Co.,
the 772nd Military Police Co., the
972nd Military Police Co. and the 747 th
Military Police Co. The entire battalion
contributed soldiers to Hurricane
Katrina relief efforts in the fall of 2005
as well as disaster relief to victims of
the eastern Massachusetts floods in May 2006. The
battalion also supported Operation Firm Resolve at Logan
International Airport in Boston in response to a terrorist
threat against U.S. civilian aircraft.
The 42nd Military Police Company from Chicopee
returned from Iraq in November 2005. The unit performed
missions in Tikrit along with the 42nd Division
Headquarters. Upon the unit’s return to the state, the
company moved from Chicopee to Quincy.
The 772nd Military Police Co. conducted ‘Use of Less
Than Lethal Force’ training with instructors from the
Worcester Police Dept and the Massachusetts State
Police.
Members of the 747th Military Police Co. in Ware
conducted close quarters battle training for the entire
battalion. The trainers are State Police officers when not
in Army greens. The unit also conducted the ‘Use of
Less Than Lethal Force’ with the 772nd MPs. The 747th
also worked with the Worcester Police during training at
the vacant Norton Company site in Worcester.
The 747 th ’s annual training ended on a tragic note as Spc.
Jeffrey D. Samson was killed when the military truck he
was driving rolled over on the New York Thruway
The 972nd Military Police Co. exchanged some officers
and noncommissioned officers with the Paraguayan
Armed Forces through the Partnership for Peace program
during the company’s annual training. The 972nd also
moved from Melrose to Camp Curtis Guild in reading in
November and December. The unit supported the 2006
Boston Marathon. The 972nd provided public safety
support in Brookline and Newton during marathon in April
2006
726th Finance Battalion
The 726th Finance Battalion provides
centralized finance support to commands,
units, activities and personnel. It also
provides command and control to
assigned detachments including the
101st, 685th and 747th Finance
Detachments and the 26th Personnel
Services Detachment.
51st Troop Command
Subordinate Units
HHD, 51st TC Reading
HHC, 101 EN Whitinsville
- 379th EN CO Buzzards Bay
- 182nd Sapper CO Newburyport
- 181st EN Co Camp Edwards
- Det 181st EN Reading
- FWD SPT CO Whitinsville
- 179th FFG Camp Edwards
- 180th FFG Camp Edwards
- 188th FE Reading
- 189th EN Team Bridgewater
HHD, 211 MP BN Lexington
- 42 MP CO Chicopee
- 747 MP CO Ware
- 772 MP CO Taunton
- 972 MP CO Reading
HHD, 726 FIN BN West Newton
- 101 FIN DET West Newton
- 685 FIN DET West Newton
- 747 FIN DET West Newton
- 26th PSD Milford
65 PAOC Lexington
272nd Chem CO Reading
126 MIL HIST DET Worcester
The 726th was decomissioned in 2006, but prior to that
deployed to Afghanistan, Iraq and Kosovo.
The finance detachments provide military pay support,
commercial vendor services, funding dispersing support
and financial database maintenance for units and
personnel as directed by the 726th commander. The
personnel services detachment provides direct support of
personnel information and casualty management systems
and personnel services to Massachusetts National Guard
soldiers.
The 747th Finance Det returned from Iraq in Oct 2005, and
a month later the 26th PSD returned.
The 685th Finance Det deployed to Kosovo in Dec 2005.
The 101st Finance Det returned from Afghanistan in Mar
2006.
2006 Annual Report 49

65th Public Affairs Operations Center
50 Massachusetts National Guard
Public Affairs fulfills the Army’s obligation
to keep the American people and the
Army informed, and helps to establish
the conditions that lead to confidence in
America’s Army and its readiness to
conduct operations in peacetime, conflict
and war.
The 65 th Public Affairs Operations Center (PAOC) provides
services and facilities to accredited and/or registered media
representatives in support of combined, unified or joint
operations.
The PAOC is a gaining command, organized to rapidly
deploy and generally augmented by two or more Mobile
Public Affairs Detachments (MPAD).
Available to the combatant commander, the PAOC is the
nucleus of a Joint Information Bureau, a Combined or Allied
Press Information Center or a Media Operation Center
generally at Theater, Corps or Army level.
During fiscal year 2006, the 65th provided Public Affairs and
Media Operations functions at several disaster exercises. In
October 2007, the 65 th PAOC will reorganize to a single
state thirty-one person unit with no detachments.
The 65th PAOC is scheduled to deploy to Iraq in 2007.
272nd Chemical Company
The 272nd Chemical Company provides
reconnaissance and surveillance of
possible nuclear, biological and chemical
attacks and assists units that come
under these attacks by providing
personnel and equipment
decontamination.
In fiscal year 2006, the 272nd completed redeployment from
Operation Iraqi Freedom and continued to support the
CBRNE Enhanced Response Force Package (CERF-P).
The 272 nd returned in October 2005 and began drilling in
February 2006.
126th Military History Detachment
The 126 th Military History Detachment
was deployed to Iraq in December 2005
and returned to the United States in
November. Unlike most military history
detachments, the 126 th was made up of
five combat arms Soldiers, an infantry
officer and four noncommissioned
officers. The detachment also operated
above and beyond the normal scope of
Military History Detachments. Through interviews, combat
patrols, data collection and first-person narratives the 126 th
MHD, collected and documented the history of numerous
units through out Iraq.
Upon arrival in country the detachment was assigned Iraqwide
duties. The units they were assigned to cover included
all civil affairs and psychological operations elements as
well as three major combat commands - the 3 rd Armored
Cavalry Regiment, the 28 th Brigade Combat Team and the
172 nd Striker Brigade Combat Team. Additionally the 126th
MHD covered V Corps initiatives throughout Baghdad. The
126th also provided security for the Assistant Chief of Staff
G9 during convoys.
By the end of the mission in November, the 126 th MHD:
· Conducted more than 156 interviews
· Supported more than 22 convoys with convoy
commanders, vehicle commanders, gunners and
drivers.
· Conducted operations in Ramadi, Tal Afar,
Muhullabiya, Mosul, Irbil,Dahuk,Tarmiyah, Taji,
Tikrit, Rahwa, Mushanidah and Baghdad.
· Conducted military history operations with 10
different units in theater.
· Collected over 190 gigabytes of historical
information for the Center of Military History.
· Collected 89 historical artifacts.
· Participated in more than 141 mounted and
dismounted combat patrols with six different units.
· Documented V Corps’ initiative to spray the
countries date palms and wheat fields with
pesticides.
· While not on combat missions, conducted staff
rides for the Battle of Baghdad International
Airport, which included the heroics of Medal of
Honor winner Sgt 1st Class Paul Smith.
· Drafted Task Force 14 Corps Psychological
Operations historical summary.
· Conducted interviews with key senior leaders of
the Republic of Korea Army about civil military
operations and projects in the Kurdistan area of
Iraq.
· Conducted interviews with senior Kurdish
government officials as well as two history
professors from the University of Dohuk, Iraq.

79th Troop Command
The 79th Troop Command, based in Wellesley provides command and control over subordinate units and
functions as an alternate Emergency Operations Center for disaster response, humanitarian relief and
homeland defense. It assists when subordinate units are deployed.
The troop command’s subordinate units include the 226th Direct Support Aviation Battalion, 125 th
Quartermaster Co., 220th Quartermaster Team, 1058th Transportation Co., 1060th Transportation Co.,
1164th Transportation Co., 1166th Transportation Co., 387th Ordnance Co., 164th Transportation
Battalion, 215th Army Band, Btry E, 101st Field Artillery, 3-126th Aviation Battalion, 179th Engineer
Detachment and the 180th Engineer Detachment.
Two 79 th Troop Command units were deployed last year. The 3rd Squadron 126th Aviation Battalion redeployed from Iraq in
November. The 1060th Transportation Co., with more than 140 soldiers, continues to serve in Iraq after deployment in June.
More than 150 soldiers from the troop command were also deployed in June as part of the 101st Security Force.
In October, the 164th Transportation Battalion was activated and placed under the 79th Troop Command’s administration. In
November, the 215th Army Band was also assigned to the 79th
79th Troop Command
Subordinate Units
HHD, 79 TC Wellesley
HHD, 164 TRNS BN Dorchester
- 1058 TRNS CO Hingham
- 1060 TRNS CO Metheun
- 1164 TRNS CO Framingham
- 1166 TRNS CO Worcester
HHC, 3 BN 126 AVN Camp Edwards
- A CO, 3-126 AVN Camp Edwards
- C CO, 3-126 AVN Camp Edwards
- E CO, 126 AVN Camp Edwards
HHC, 226 DASB Westfield
- DET 1, 86 MED CO Westfield
125 QM CO Worcester
387 ORD CO Camp Edwards
215 ARMY BAND Fall River
E BTRY, 101 FA Rehoboth
220 QM TM Bridgewater
179 EN DET Camp Edwards
180 EN DET Camp Edwards
164th Transportation Battalion
The 164thTransportation Battalion,
based in Dorchester, provides command
and control for four transportation
companies in Worcester, Leominster,
Hingham and Framingham. The battalion
was formed in April. Originally numbered
the 802 nd Transportation Battalion, the
unit number was changed to the 164 th in
October. The 164 th occupies the only armory within Boston.
On Mothers Day in May, the battalion was activated to help
victims of flooding in northern Massachusetts The Battalion
staff worked for seven days to provide transportation mission
command and control for the flood operations.
Working closely with the 101st Regional Training Institute,
the 164 th Transportation Battalion provided equipment and
instructors to the military truck drivers’ course now offered at
Camp Edwards. The staff and soldiers of the Battalion have
also been training on the Movement Tracking Systems.
These systems bring transportation units into the 21st
century and allow greater command and control of each
individual vehicle with satellite communications and
tracking.
The 1060 th Transportation Company was activated and in
August departed for Iraq where they will remain for 12-month
tour. In July, 164 th Transportation Battalion soldiers were
used as additional security and crowd control to supplement
the Massachusetts State Police during the Independence
Day celebrations in Boston.
The battalion has rapidly increased its strength over the past
year. In April, the battalion strength was 293 soldiers. By
October, the strength had increased to 400 soldiers.
2006 Annual Report 51

3rd Battalion 126th Aviation
52 Massachusetts National Guard
As early as March 2005, the 3/126 General Support Aviation Battalion (GSAB) and the 226th Division Aviation
Support Battalion (DASB) reorganized and prepared for changes to their force structure, mission and future
operations. Both battalions were Massachusetts’ first units to transform to the new modular force structure.
The 3-126 Aviation Battalion, with about 180 soldiers, deployed to Kuwait in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom
in the midst of its transformation.
The battalion was assigned as the Command and Control of the Aviation Task Force Kuwait under the command of Third Army,
Command Forces Land Component Command (CFLCC). The Task Force consisted of units from both the Army and Navy with both
fixed wing and rotary wing assets.
The unit spent twelve months on the ground and the Task Force successfully flew more than 4,430 Army rotary wing hours in support
of 1,148 missions, 3,037 Army fixed wing flight hours in support of 1,208 missions, 2,212 Navy MEDEVAC flight hours supporting 265
missions, and 1,473 Navy heavy lift rotary wing flight hours in supporting 227 missions.
Detachment 1 of C Company 3-126th was attached to the 101 st Airborne Division in Iraq where it flew medical evacuation missions.
In November 2006, the battalion returned to the United States and demobilized.
3-126th units also supported domestic operations such as relocating Hurricane Katrina victims to the Massachusetts Military
Reservation as part of Operation Helping Hand, combating wildfires, actively supporting various static displays throughout the state.
226th Direct Support Aviation Battalion
The 226th Division Aviation Support
Battalion (DASB) was an aviation support
battalion. It was deactivated in September.
Its mission was to provide division level
logistics support for the 29th Infantry
Division’s Aviation Brigade and Cavalry
Squadron. The Battalion had three
companies distributed in three states,
Massachusetts, Maryland, and North Carolina.
The battalion deployed 25 soldiers with the 3/126 Aviation
Battalion in August 2005. They returned to Massachusetts in
November 2006. The deployment took them to Kuwait in
support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
While the 3/126 was deployed, the 226th served as higher
headquarters for all non-deployed aviation elements under the
3/126th and 226th.
125th Quartermaster Company
The mission of the 125 th Quartermaster Co. of
Worcester is to deliver and maintain
drinkable water to other military units in an
arid environment.
In 2006, the unit reorganized its command
and control and the training missions
streamlining its operations.
The unit has also been tasked with adding
the ability to purify water and will receive water purification
equipment and two more platoons. This will give the unit
complete control of water operations from production to
distribution.
387th Ordnance Company
The mission of the 387th Ordnance
Company is to reduce or eliminate the
hazards of munitions and explosive devices.
The unit was organized Sept. 1.
Construction of the company’s armory
began in the summer of 2006.
The unit expects to take custody of their
armory in April 2007. Until that time, the
unit will continue to drill with the 79th Troop Command at the
Rehoboth armory.
The company has been aggressively recruiting soldiers to fill
vacancies. During the upcoming year, the unit expects to fill to at
least 50 percent of the unit.
E Battery 101 Field Artillery
When mobilized, E Battery, 101 Field
Artillery of Rehoboth detects, locates and
identifies enemy elements, targets and
forces. During domestic emergencies, the
unit assists in disaster response,
humanitarian relief and homeland defense.
E Battery has been deploying since 2002.
During the months of November and December 2005, most of
Echo Battery had redeployed with the exception of one section in
Afghanistan. Today, most of Echo Battery has returned. The unit
suffered a casualty – Sgt. Michael Kelly. A small section is still
deployed.

1058th Transportation Company
The 1058th Transportation Co. provided 30
volunteers who deployed with the 1060th.
In addition to the flood and Independence
Day assistance, the 1058 also supported
numerous Retention and Recruiting
Command missions as well as provided
static displays for town events.
1060th Transportation Company
The 1060thTransportation Co., based in
Framingham, is a palletized load system
truck company that transports containerized
and noncontainerized cargo and equipment
in war, domestic emergencies and training.
The company started as a heavy motor
transport company in 2003. It was changed
to a palletized loading system company for deployment to Iraq.
For deployment, the unit received soldiers from the 1058th
Transportation Co., the 1164th Transportation Co., the 1066th
Transportation Co., and Massachusetts National Guard
headquarters.
Before deployment, the company spent two years supporting the
29th Infantry Division by moving the assets of the 101st Field
Artillery and the 102nd Field Artillery from Massachusetts to
Virginia. The 1060th also moved cargo within Massachusetts for
deploying and demobilizing units. Missions went to Fort Dix and
Fort Drum to drop off and move loaded containers for activated
soldiers. The unit was also called to support the state with
Hurricane Katrina relief efforts.
On Feb. 12, the unit was alerted for deployment to Iraq. The unit
left on June 15 for Camp Atterbury, Ind. for deployment training.
In September, the unit deployed.
Photo courtesy JFHQ-MA PAO
1164th Transportation Company
The 1164 th Transportation Company, based
in Leominster, is a ‘line haul’ tractor-trailer
unit that transports dry and refrigerated
containerized cargo, noncontainerized cargo
and bulk water over long distances.
Fiscal year 2006 was rebuilding period for
the 1164th. The majority of the unit’s
personnel deployed to Iraq with the 1060th Transportation Co.
The deployment, the third the 1164th has supported, took the
majority of the unit’s leadership and most of its drivers.
The 1164th has recently moved to Leominster as part of the
state’s reorganization. The unit secures its trucks at the Devens
Reserve Forces Training Area.
While the unit waits for new tractors, it continues to train with
the older model tractors. However, it has 85 newer model trailers.
Soldiers who recently returned from deployment are the unit’s
greatest strength in providing real world combat training.
The is also trained to perform a number of different roles in
disaster relief missions. The unit has personnel that can transport
soldiers, equipment and supplies to and from disaster areas and
assist in the evacuation of civilians. The unit can also transform
the Leominster Armory into a shelter for the public if needed.
1164th Transportation Company
The 1166thTransportation Co., based in
Worcester, is a light-medium truck company
that transports noncontainerized cargo and
personnel in war, domestic emergencies and
training.
The company, nicknamed the Road Dogs, is
co-located with the 125th Quartermaster Co. Training through
the year was focused on transportation and convoy operations.
The unit’s senior leaders began training on the Movement
Tracking Systems slated to be fielded to many units this year.
In October 2005, the 1164th went to Camp Edwards to support
the victims of Hurricane Katrina who were staying on the post.
In May, the 1166th supported flood relief efforts in eastern
Massachusetts. In July, the unit supported Boston’s
Independence Day celebration as additional security and crowd
control.
The unit supported the 1060th deployment with trained soldiers.
The 1166th continues to rebuild its strength and looks forward to
the return of the deployed soldiers.
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215th Army Band
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The mission of the 215 th Army Band is provide music to enhance unit cohesion and soldier morale and
to provide music to civil/military operations, coalition operations, recruiting operations, and national
and international community relations.
The full band or sections of the band performed throughout Massachusetts during the year. Performances
included Medford’s 375 th Anniversary Parade, singing of the National Anthem during before two
National Football League games, the Musictown Field Show Parade in Somerset, the Veterans’ Day
Parade in Bridgewater, the Thanksgiving Day Parade in Plymouth, the Holiday Concert in Brockton, the Holiday Family
Day in Fall River, the National Guard Association of Massachusetts conference in Mansfield, the Memorial Day Parade
in Pepperell, the Ancient and Honorable Parade in Boston, the Veterans of Foreign Wars Parade in Danvers, and the
Military Tattoo in Falmouth.
101st Regiment, Regional Training Institute
The 101st Regiment (RTI) provides regional combat arms, leadership, military occupational specialty (MOS),
additional skill identifier (ASI), Noncommissioned Officer Education System (NCOES), and general studies
training for the Army National Guard, Army Reserve, and active Army.
As the U.S. Army and Massachusetts Army National Guard transform to create a lean and agile fighting force,
The Army School System is going through its own transformation process, which means some exciting changes
for the Regional Training Institute – Massachusetts.
The Regional Training Institute’s lineage dates back to 1913, when the Massachusetts Legislature created “The Training School.” Its
primary mission was to train officer candidates for the state militia. In 1951, the RTI became the first state National Guard officer
candidate school to achieve full accreditation.
As part of the transformation, soldiers are now offered several new courses. These include a combat lifesaver course, health care
specialist sustainment and transition courses, a motor transport specialist course, a military police specialist course, and many other
courses to enhance individual and unit readiness. In addition, the RTI leadership is working to get engineer-related MOS
qualification courses and Homeland Defense-related courses.
The mission of the RTI – Massachusetts will remain the same throughout transformation. That mission is to provide the best military
training courses and enhance soldier and unit readiness.
Photo by SFC St John, JFHQ-MA PAO

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