Westover commander joins Mass. military at State house

Published Jan. 30, 2014

BOSTON -- Brig. Gen. Steven Vautrain, eighth from the left, joined military officers representing every installation in Massachusetts and leadership of the Commonwealth's Military Asset and Security Strategy Task Force in the Massachusetts State House Jan. 28. The group was invited by Gov. Deval Patrick, Co-Chair of the Task Force, for his annual State of the Commonwealth address during which he discussed his Administration's support of the military and veterans over the last seven years.

From Left to Right:

Massachusetts Secretary of Education Matthew Malone (U.S. Marine Corps)
Adam Freudberg, Policy Advisor to Governor Patrick and Executive Director of the Military Asset and Security Strategy Task Force
Massachusetts Secretary of Veterans' Services Coleman Nee (U.S. Marine Corps)
Massachusetts National Guard: Major General L. Scott Rice, Th Adjutant General
U.S. Coast Guard First District: Rear Admiral Dan Abel, Commander, First Coast Guard District
Massachusetts National Guard: Brigadier General Paul Smith, TheAssistant Adjutant General
U.S. Army Natick Soldier System Center: Brigadier General William Cole, Commanding Officer
Westover Air Reserve Base: Brigadier General Steven Vautrain, Commander, 439th Airlift Wing
Joint Base Cape Cod (JBCC) and Otis Air National Guard Base: Colonel Virginia Doonan, Deputy Director of JBCC
Barnes Air National Guard Base: Colonel James Keefe, Commander, 104th Fighter Wing
Otis Air National Guard Base at JBCC: Colonel James LeFavor, Commander, 102d Intelligence Wing
Camp Edwards Army National Guard Base at JBCC: Colonel Gregory McDonald, Commander
Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod at JBCC: Captain Stephen Torpey
Hanscom Air Force Base: Colonel Lester Weilacher, Commander, 66th Air Base Group
Cape Cod Air Force Station 6th Space Warning Squadron at JBCC: Lt. Colonel Z. Walter Jackim, Commander
Fort Devens: Command Sergeant Major Angel L. Ortiz-Guzman