New Jersey Army National Guard

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New Jersey Army National Guard
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Active1945/46−present (as Army National Guard)
CountryFlag of the United States.svg United States
AllegianceFlag of New Jersey.svg New Jersey
Branch Seal of the United States Army National Guard.svg Army National Guard
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Commanders
Current
commander		Brigadier General Yvonne Mays
Adjutant General
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The New Jersey Army National Guard consists of more than 6,000 Citizen-Soldiers.[ citation needed ] The New Jersey Army National Guard is currently engaged in multiple worldwide and homeland missions. Units have deployed to Iraq, Guantanamo Bay, Afghanistan, Jordan, Syria, Germany, Kosovo, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, and Egypt. The Guard has also deployed to help with the recovery from Hurricane Irma in Texas and the U.S. Virgin Islands, Hurricane Maria in Florida and Puerto Rico, and Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans.

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The New Jersey Army National Guard is governed through the New Jersey Department of Military and Veterans Affairs.

On the home front, the Guard is responsible for homeland security tasks in the State of New Jersey. [1]

The New Jersey National Guard maintains a State Partnership Program with the militaries of Albania and the Republic of Cyprus [2]

The New Jersey National Guard contributed forces to the 44th Division when it was reformed on Oct. 19, 1920 as a result of the National Defense Act of 1920's major expansion of the National Guard. [3] [4] As originally conceived, the division was to consist of National Guard units from the States of Delaware, New Jersey and New York. The 57th Infantry Brigade was the New Jersey contribution. The brigade had the 113th and 114th Infantry Regiments.

The New Jersey Army National Guard maintained the 50th Armored Division in the force from 1946 to 1988, and afterwards contributed a New Jersey brigade to the 42nd Infantry Division.

Commander-in-Chief: Phil Murphy, Governor of New Jersey

The Adjutant General: Brig Gen Yvonne L. Mays

Deputy Commissioner for Veterans Affairs: Vincent Solomeno

A soldier of the 1-114th Infantry reunites with his family at the Joint Training and Training Development Center, Fort Dix (Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst), May 18, 2015. (New Jersey National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Mark C. Olsen) 1-114th Soldiers reunite with families 150518-Z-Al508-004.jpg
A soldier of the 1-114th Infantry reunites with his family at the Joint Training and Training Development Center, Fort Dix (Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst), May 18, 2015. (New Jersey National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Mark C. Olsen)

Structure

U.S. Army Warrant Officer 1 Helen Rojas, a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter pilot, at the Fort Dix entity Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, March 19, 2021. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Matt Hecht) U.S. Army Warrant Officer 1 Helen Rojas 220319-Z-NI803-1057.jpg
U.S. Army Warrant Officer 1 Helen Rojas, a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter pilot, at the Fort Dix entity Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, March 19, 2021. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Matt Hecht)

Adjutants General of New Jersey

Awards and Decorations in Order of Precedence

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Troops of the 250th Signal Battalion in Iraq.

Historic units

See also

References

  1. ↑ "102nd Armor Battalion". National Guard Militia Museum of New Jersey. 2019-08-07. Retrieved 2021-02-06.
  2. ↑ "State Partnership Program". www.nj.gov. Retrieved 2024-06-13.
  3. ↑ Doubler, Michael D. "Civilian in Peace, Soldier in War: The Army National Guard, 1636–2000" (University Press of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, 2003), p. 190.
  4. ↑ Wilson, John B., The Army Lineage Series: "Armies, Corps, Divisions and Separate Brigades" (US Army Center of Military History Washington, D.C., 1999), rp374.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 "NJ NG Directory". The State of New Jersey. November 12, 2019.
  6. 1 2 "Organization". The State of New Jersey. November 12, 2019.
  7. ↑ "254th Regiment (CA)". The State of New Jersey. November 12, 2019.
  8. ↑ "254th Regiment (CA)". The State of New Jersey. November 12, 2019.
  9. ↑ "JT2DC gains a new command team". Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst. November 12, 2019.
  10. ↑ "RTS-M Home". The State of New Jersey. November 12, 2019.

Notes

  1. ↑ The New Jersey Army National Guard is only under the command of the United States Army if the Army National Guard units are activated by the Federal Government under the President’s invocation of the Insurrection Act of 1807.


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