AUGUSTA, ME (08/20/2015)(readMedia)-- Brig. Gen. Gerard F. Bolduc is pleased to announce The Maine Army and Air National Guard conducted a ground breaking ceremony for the Maine National Guard's new Joint Forces Headquarters facility, which occurred today off Blue Star Memorial Highway, Augusta. The new facility, named Camp Chamberlain, will be home to Army National Guard and Air National Guard personnel that specialize in human resources, intelligence, operations, logistics, and resource guidance and support to the major commands in the Maine National Guard Camp Chamberlain is named after former Maine governor and adjutant general, Maj. Gen. Joshua L. Chamberlain, a Civil War hero who became famous for leading a bayonet charge down Little Round Top at Gettysburg. "We are excited to begin Camp Chamberlain and start a new chapter of the Maine National Guard," Bolduc said. "This new, state of the art facility, will provide your National Guard team with office space and secure meeting rooms to replace the aging infrastructure at Camp Keyes, some of which predates World War I". Camp Keyes will remain open after completion of the new headquarters and continue to provide family and Veterans outreach services, ground maintenance support, National Guard print plant operations, training sites, resource management, shipping and receiving, and facilities maintenance.

Posted Thursday August 20, 2015 at 12:23 pm by Maine Army National Guard