The New Jersey Army National Guard consists of more than 6,000 Citizen-Soldiers. The New Jersey Army National Guard is currently engaged in multiple worldwide and homeland missions. Units have deployed to

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, Guantanamo Bay,

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, and

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. The Guard has also deployed to help with the recovery from

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and the

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, Hurricane Maria in

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and

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, and

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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 Homeland security is an American national security term for "the national effort to ensure a homeland that is safe, secure, and resilient against terrorism and other hazards where American interests, aspirations, and ways of life can thrive" to ...

tasks in the State of New Jersey. The New Jersey National Guard maintains a State Partnership Program with the militaries of

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and the

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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.Wilson, John B., The Army Lineage Series: "Armies, Corps, Divisions and Separate Brigades" (US Army Center of Military History Washington, D.C., 1999), rp374. As originally conceived, the division was to consist of National Guard units from the States of

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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:

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The Adjutant General:''
Brig Gen Yvonne L. Mays
Deputy Commissioner for Veterans Affairs:''
Vincent Solomeno
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Structure

44th Infantry Brigade Combat Team The 44th Infantry Brigade Combat Team is an Brigade Combat Team (United States)#Infantry brigade combat team, infantry brigade combat team of the New Jersey National Guard. It is headquartered at the Lawrenceville Armory in Lawrenceville, New Jer ...

** 104th Brigade Engineer Battalion at West Orange *** Company A (Engineer) at West Orange *** Company B (Military Intelligence) at West Orange *** Company C at Lawrenceville ** 102CavRegtDUI

1st Squadron, 102nd Cavalry Regiment at Westfield *** Headquarters and Headquarters Troop at Westfield *** Troop A at Dover *** Troop B at West Orange *** Troop C at Hackettstown ** 113 Inf Rgt DUI

2nd Battalion, 113th Infantry Regiment at Riverdale *** Headquarters and Headquarters Company at Riverdale *** Company A at Newark *** Company B at Jersey City *** Company C at Woodbridge *** Company D at Jersey City ** 114 Inf Rgt DUI

1st Battalion, 114th Infantry Regiment at Woodbury *** Headquarters and Headquarters Company at Woodbury *** Company A at Mount Holly *** Company B at Freehold *** Company C at Blackwood *** Company D at Woodstown ** 181st Infantry Regiment DUI

1st Battalion, 181st Infantry Regiment at Worcester, MA (Mass Guard) *** Headquarters and Headquarters Company at Worcester, MA *** Company A at Agawam, MA *** Company B at Gardner and Greenfield, MA *** Company C at Cambridge, MA *** Company D at Whitinsville, MA **250th Brigade Support Battalion at Teaneck *** Headquarters and Headquarters Company at Teaneck *** Company A (Distribution) at Teaneck *** Company B at Manchester *** Company C at Jersey City *** Company D at Westfield (102nd Forward Support Company) *** Company F at Morristown (112th Forward Support Company) *** Company G at Vineland (114th Forward Support Company) *** Company H at Teaneck (113th Forward Support Company) *** Company I at Whitinsville, MA (181st Forward Support Company) (Mass Guard) ** 112FARegtDUI

3d Battalion, 112th Field Artillery Regiment at Morristown *** Headquarters and Headquarters Battery at Morristown **** Detachment 1, Headquarters and Headquarters Battery at Freehold *** Battery A at Morristown *** Battery B at Flemington *** Battery C at Toms River * 42nd Regional Support Group at Somerset **117th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion at Woodbridge ***143rd Transportation Company *** 508th Military Police Company at Teaneck ***50th Chemical Company at Somerset **119th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion at Vineland ***253rd Transportation Company at

Cape May Cape May consists of a peninsula and barrier island system in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It is roughly coterminous with Cape May County and runs southwards from the New Jersey mainland, separating Delaware Bay from the Atlantic Ocean. Th ...

**** Detachment 1 at Atlantic City *** 328th Military Police Company at

Cherry Hill Cherry Hill often refers to: * Cherry Hill, New Jersey, a township in Camden County, New Jersey * Cherry Hill, Prince William County, Virginia, a census-designated place Cherry Hill may also refer to: Places Canada * Cherry Hill, Nova Scotia, a ...

***154th Quartermaster Company (Water Purification) at Sea Girt ***820th Quartermaster Detachment (Water Distribution) at New Egypt **50th Chemical at Somerset (New Brunswick) ***250th Finance Detachment at Somerset (New Brunswick) ***350th Finance Detachment at Somerset (New Brunswick) * 57th Troop Command (HQ at Atlantic City) ** 21st Civil Support Team at Fort Dix ** 1st Battalion (Assault Helicopter), 150th Aviation Regiment at Lakehurst ** Company C, 1st Battalion (Security and Support), 224th Aviation Regiment at West Trenton Armory ** 444th Public Affairs Detachment at Lawrenceville **1948th Contingency Contracting Team at JB-McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst-Fort Dix ** 63rd Army Band at Sea Girt * 254th Regiment (Combat Arms) at Sea Girt ** 1st Battalion (Leadership) ** 2nd Battalion (Modular Training Battalion) * Observation Coach/Training (OC/T) *Recruiting and Retention Battalion at Sea Girt *Medical Command at Sea Girt * Joint Force Headquarters at JB-McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst-Fort Dix * RTS-M (Regional Training Site - Maintenance) at JB-McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst-Fort Dix

Adjutants General of New Jersey

*Colonel William Bott, 1776–1793 *Brigadier General Anthony Walton White, 1793–1803 *Mr. John Morgan, 1803–1804 *Brigadier General Ebenezer Elmer, 1804 *Brigadier General Peter Hunt, 1804–1810 *Brigadier General James J. Wilson, 1810–1812, 1814 *Brigadier General John Beatty, 1812–1814 *Brigadier General Charles Gordon, 1814–1816 *Brigadier General Zechariah Rossell, 1816–1842 *Major General Thomas McCall Cadwalader, 1842–1858 *Major General Robert Field Stockton, 1858–1867 *Major General William Scudder Stryker, 1867–1900 *Brigadier General Alexander Coulter Oliphant, 1900–1902 *Brigadier General Reginald Heber Breintnall, 1902–1909 *Brigadier General Wilbur Fisk Sadler Jr., 1909–1916 *Brigadier General Charles V. Barber, 1916–1917 *Brigadier General Frederick Gilkyson, 1917–1932 *Brigadier General William A. Higgins, 1932–1941 *Colonel Edgar N. Bloomer, 1941–1942 *Brigadier General James Isaiah Bowers, 1942–1947 *Major General Clifford Ross Powell, 1947–1948 *Major General Edward C. Rose, 1948–1954 *Major General James F. Cantwell, 1964–1970 *Major General William R. Sharp, 1970–1974 *Major General Wilfred C. Menard Jr., 1974–1982 *Major General Francis R. Gerard, 1982–1990 *Major General Vito Morgano, 1990–1994 *Major General Paul J. Glazar, 1994–2002 *Major General Glenn K. Rieth, 2002–2011 *Brigadier General Michael L. Cunniff, 2011–2018 *Major General Jemal J. Beale, 2018–2020 *Colonel Lisa J. Hou, 2020-2021 (''Acting'') *Major General Lisa J. Hou, 2021–2024 *Colonel Yvonne Mays, 2024 (‘’Acting’’) *Brigadier General Yvonne L Mays, (Current)

Awards and Decorations in Order of Precedence

* New Jersey Distinguished Service Medal * New Jersey Medal of Valor * New Jersey Meritorious Service Medal * New Jersey Commendation Medal * New Jersey Ribbon of Honor * New Jersey Good Conduct Ribbon * New Jersey Merit Award * New Jersey Desert Storm Service Medal * New Jersey Desert Storm Ribbon * New Jersey State Service Award * New Jersey Recruiting Award * New Jersey Governor's Unit Award * New Jersey Unit Strength Award

Historic units

102nd Cavalry Regiment * 112FARegtCOA

112th Field Artillery Regiment * 113th Infantry coa

113th Infantry Regiment, one of only nineteen Army National Guard units with campaign credit for the War of 1812 * 114th Infantry Regiment * 157th Field Artillery Battalion * 157th Armored Field Artillery Battalion * 165th Armored Field Artillery Battalion * 199th Armored Field Artillery Battalion * 228th Armored Field Artillery Battalion * 254 ADA COA

254th Air Defense Artillery Regiment

References

Notes

External links

New Jersey Army Guard
(N.J. Dept. of Military & Veteran Affairs)

at GlobalSecurity.org *
NJ Militia Museum
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