BANGOR — Lt. Col. Jonathan Bausman of Auburn was recently presented the Meritorious Service Medal for his command of the Maine Army National Guard Medical Readiness Unit.

The honor was conferred during a change of command ceremony May 7 at the 240th Regional Training Institute in Bangor. Bausman handed over command of the detachment to Capt. Frederick Looper.

“The medical readiness unit has the amazing opportunity to interact with every soldier in the Maine Army National Guard,” Bausman said. “I was privileged to oversee very dynamic training events during my time as commander and I’m excited to see our unit continue to provide high quality care to soldiers.”

Bausman’s tour included maintaining readiness of the unit during the COVID-19 pandemic and adapting programs and practices to continue the unit’s support to the field during domestic response.

“Congratulations to both Lt. Col. Bausman and Capt. Looper,” Maj. Gen. Douglas Farnham, Maine’s adjutant general, said. “The Maine National Guard has been blessed with some outstanding medical professionals who excel not only in their technical fields, but also in leading their peers and taking care of soldiers and airmen.”

Commissioned in 2007, Bausman attended medical school at the University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine, graduating in 2009. He completed his pediatric residency at Geisinger Medical Center in Pennsylvania, during which time he drilled with the Pennsylvania Army National Guard.

Since returning to Maine in 2012, Bausman has practiced at Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston and Barbara Bush Children’s Hospital in Portland. He is a general pediatrician at Intermed Pediatrics in Yarmouth.

He and his wife, Judy, have two children.