Privacy Act Statement

Security Statement, Disclaimer
and Privacy Act Notice

1. This web site is provided as a public service by the Massachusetts National Guard.

2. Information presented on this site is not classified and is considered public information and may be distributed or copied. Use of appropriate byline/photo/image credits is requested.

3. For site management, information may be collected for analytical and statistical purposes. This state computer system uses software programs to create summary statistics, which are used for such purposes as assessing what information is of most and least interest, determining technical design specifications, and identifying system performance or problem areas. Except for authorized law enforcement investigations, no other attempts are made to identify individual users or their usage habits. Server logs are scheduled for regular destruction in accordance with National Archives and Records Administration General Schedule 20.

4. For site security purposes and to ensure that this service remains available to all users, this state computer system employs software programs to monitor network traffic, to identify unauthorized attempts to upload or change information, or otherwise cause damage.

5. Unauthorized attempts to deny service, upload information, change information, or to attempt to access a non-public site from this service are strictly prohibited and may be punishable under Title 18 of the U.S. Code to include the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986 and the National Information Infrastructure Protection Act.

The Presence of Commercial/External Links

The appearance of external hyperlinks does not constitute endorsement by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the Massachusetts National Guard, the United States Armed Services, the Defense Technical Information Center, or the Department of Defense of the information, products or services contained therein. For other than authorized activities such as military exchanges and Morale, Welfare and Recreation (MWR) sites, the United States Armed Services do not exercise any editorial control over the information you may find at these locations. Such links are consistent with the stated purpose of this website.

The use of official e-mail addresses contained within this website for solicitations, commercial enterprises, mass mailings or "spam" type e-mail databases is strictly prohibited. The addresses may only be used to contact the respective offices to request information, unless stated otherwise in the section of the site containing said address.

Please let us know about existing external links which you believe are inappropriate and about specific additional external links which you believe ought to be included.