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New Jersey Army National Guard
New Jersey Army National Guard Headquarters DUI
Active1945/46−present (as Army National Guard)
Country United States
BranchArmy National Guard
Part ofNew Jersey Department of Military and Veterans Affairs
New Jersey National Guard
Commanders
Current
commander		Major General Lisa J. Hou, D.O.
Adjutant General

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, 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.

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 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.[2][3] 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: Maj. Gen. Lisa J. Hou, D.O.

Deputy Adjutant General: Col. Yvonne L. Mays

Acting Deputy Commissioner for Veterans Affairs: Col. (Retired) Walter R. Nall

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

Adjutants Generals of New Jersey

Awards and Decorations in Order of Precedence

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. ^ Doubler, Michael D. "Civilian in Peace, Soldier in War: The Army National Guard, 1636–2000" (University Press of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, 2003), p. 190.
  3. ^ Wilson, John B., The Army Lineage Series: "Armies, Corps, Divisions and Separate Brigades" (US Army Center of Military History Washington, D.C, 1999), rp374.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be "NJ NG Directory". The State of New Jersey. November 12, 2019.
  5. ^ a b "Organization". The State of New Jersey. November 12, 2019.
  6. ^ "254th Regiment (CA)". The State of New Jersey. November 12, 2019.
  7. ^ "254th Regiment (CA)". The State of New Jersey. November 12, 2019.
  8. ^ "JT2DC gains a new command team". Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst. November 12, 2019.
  9. ^ "RTS-M Home". The State of New Jersey. November 12, 2019.

External links

National Guard: Army National Guard and Air National Guard
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