It was the week that the world observed the 25th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War. He became Maine?s new adjutant general on Monday, May 1, succeeding retired MG Earl Adams. MAJ GEN Joseph Tinkham II has been part of the change. The National Guard and Army Reserve, now have 73 percent of the Army?s engineer assets. Three hydraulic excavators, two all-terrain forklifts, three all-terrain cranes, eight vibrating rollers, and three triangular-tracked D-7 bulldozers with blades that are automatically adjusted with lasers have also been added to the 133rd?s inventory as part of the Army Modernization Program.

The 133rd has been modernized with nearly $7 million worth of road-building and battlefield engineer equipment since 1998 when it received nine new 20-ton dump trucks.

Different types of heavy construction equipment can be quickly hoisted onto flatbed trucks and trailers and hauled through rugged terrain.ĭelivery of the six trucks, six trailers, a dozen 12-yard dump bodies, three concrete mixers and three bituminous spreaders from the Oshkosh Truck Corporation in Wisconsin is making this Maine battalion the premier engineer outfit in the Army until other units receive and learn to use similar equipment.Īpproximately 200 active Army, Guard and Army Reserve engineer units will get the new modular equipment during the next five years. It is carried on a Palletized Loading System. Field outfit in the entire Army to receive the state-of-the-art Engineer Mission Module equipment.

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