Acting defense commissioner named
Rob McAleer will take over as acting commissioner of the Department of Defense, Veterans, and Emergency Management following Major General John Libby's announcement that he will retire on March 16.
McAleer is director of the Maine Emergency Management Agency and a retired colonel in the U.S. Marine Corps, according to a press release from Gov. Paul LePage. Libby recently said he will retire as defense commissioner and adjutant general of the Maine National Guard.
LePage also named five people who will serve as the selection committee for the next adjutant general: Labor Commissioner Robert Winglass; Public Safety Commissioner John Morris; retired Maine Army National Guard Col. William Dubord; retired U.S. Army Lt. Gil Pelletier; and Kennebec County Sherriff Randall Liberty. A letter was sent March 7 to all current members of the Maine National Guard qualified under Maine law to serve as adjutant general calling for applications.
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