Did you leave the National Guard or retire due to the COVID-19 vaccine mandate? - Wednesday, February 19, 2025

 If so, you may be eligible for voluntary reinstatement.  

The Department of Defense, in accordance with the President’s Executive Order 14184, “Reinstating Service Members Discharged Under the Military’s COVID-19 Vaccination Mandate (January 27, 2025),” has directed the military to make reinstatement available to members who left the service rather than be vaccinated under the vaccine mandate.

If you are interested in returning to service, please call one of the service-specific phone numbers listed below.

Maine Army National Guard: 207-430-5948

Maine Air National Guard: 207-430-5151

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/reinstating-service-members-discharged-under-the-militarys-covid-19-vaccination-mandate/

 

The Maine National Guard is a professional organization of Soldiers and Airmen serving in all of the communities within the state of Maine. The Maine National Guard provides trained units to the nation equipped and ready to defend the United States and its interests all over the globe. Like Maine itself, the Maine National Guard has the distinction of having existed as an organization prior to the existence of the United States itself. Maine was often at the frontlines of American history. Consequently, Maine has developed a population of strong-willed, independent, and innovative men and women. These men and women have always stepped forward to defend home and hearth, from 1642 until this very day. Enlisting in the National Guard means more time at home.

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Maine History

Joshua Chamberlain

Like Maine itself, the Maine Army National Guard has the distinction of having existed as an organization prior to the existence of the United States itself, and yet not as a state until 1820. Its borders beset by the French and their American Indian allies, at odds with its own neighbor of Massachusetts, Maine was often at the frontlines of American history. As a consequence, Maine developed a population of strong-willed, independent, and innovative men and women.

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Maine Leadership

Brigadier General Diane Dunn assumed the  duties as the Adjutant General, Maine National Guard February 2, 2024 and serves as Commissioner for the Department of Defense, Veterans and Emergency Management. She is responsible for managing the activities of Maine's Army and Air National Guard, Maine Veterans’ Services and Maine Emergency Management Agency.

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