Posted by Don Veitch on January 6, 2011 at 23:27
LOWELL, Mass. – Spc. Vannek Pech, a radar operator with Battery E, (Target Acquisition Battery), 101st Field Artillery Regiment, Massachusetts National Guard, holds his newborn daughter Evelyn , with wife Leakhena Ian in the background, shortly after arriving at Lowell General Hospital here, Dec. 6 2010. Pech had just boarded a plane and was prepared to deploy when senior leaders pulled him off to rush him to be with his wife. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Don Veitch, Massachusetts National Guard Public Affairs)
By Army Sgt. 1st Class Don Veitch, Massachusetts National Guard
LOWELL, Mass. – Seventy deploying Soldiers filed from the bus that had brought them across the flight line to the waiting command group and the aircraft that would fly them from Hanscom Air Force Base to their mobilization site at Fort Bliss, Texas on Dec. 6, 2010.
The line snaked along with starts and stops as the Soldiers, apparently preoccupied with their own thoughts, hesitated briefly as they acknowledged the general and two command sergeants major waiting to wish them off as they reached the foot of the boarding stairs.
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Posted by Don Veitch on December 30, 2010 at 11:33
This is the distinctive unit insignia of the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Regiment. The 54th is the Ceremonial Honor Guard of the Massachusetts National Guard and carries the lineage of the fighting 54th, the first African-American regiment organized during the Civil War, depicted in the Movie “Glory.”
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Posted by Don Veitch on August 20, 2010 at 12:52
SALEM, Mass. – Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick signs legislation designating the City of Salem as the birthplace of the National Guard as local and state legislature, veterans groups and members of the Massachusetts National Guard look on during an official ceremony held at the Salem city hall, Aug. 19, 2010. The origins of the National Guard are traced back to Salem Common, the location of the fist muster of militiamen in 1637. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Don Veitch, Massachusetts National Guard Public Affairs)
By Army Sgt. 1st Class Don Veitch, Massachusetts National Guard Public Affairs
SALEM, Mass. – Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick signed legislation designating the city of Salem as the birthplace of the National Guard during a ceremony held in city hall here, Aug. 19, 2010.
The governor was joined at the ceremony hosted by Salem Mayor Kimberley Driscoll by numerous state and local officials, veterans groups and members of the Massachusetts National Guard.
“For a community that has so much history, we didn’t think it was possible to add to it,“ said Driscoll. “But certainly it was, by having Salem recognized as the birthplace of the National Guard.”
Driscoll said having the city officially acknowledged as the birthplace of the National Guard is very special, particularly now when the Guard is playing such a large role in defending our country.
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