About Us: History
Maine Military Authority (MMA) is a public instrumentality of the State of Maine . MMA was established in 1997 to operate the Maine Readiness Sustainment Maintenance Center , (MERSMS) which maintains, rebuilds, repairs and stores military vehicles and equipment for the U. S Department of Defense, National Guard Bureau and for foreign governments in conjunction with the U.S. Department of Defense Foreign Military Sales Program. Services are available to various state and local agencies and other entities. MMA is operated by the Maine Department of Defense, Veterans and Emergency Management and is located at the site of the former Loring Air Force Base in Limestone, Maine .
MMA began operations in 1997 with 20 employees working out of two buildings.
Today, it operates with over 380 employees and twelve buildings. Since its inception in 1997, MMA has produced over 6,100 pieces of equipment for the National Guard and US Army unit shortages. The Site has improved the readiness of over 500 units in all 50 States, District of Columbia, Guam, Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Kuwait and FORSCOM.
Maine still has excess capacity and the capability to expand with additional buildings and an available workforce.
