Military unit of New Jersey, United States of America
Military unit
TheNew 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 toIraq ,Guantanamo Bay ,Afghanistan ,Jordan ,Syria ,Germany ,Kosovo ,Kuwait ,Qatar ,Bahrain , andEgypt . The Guard has also deployed to help with the recovery fromHurricane Irma inTexas and theU.S. Virgin Islands ,Hurricane Maria inFlorida andPuerto Rico , andHurricane Katrina inNew Orleans .
The New Jersey Army National Guard is governed through theNew Jersey Department of Military and Veterans Affairs .
On the home front, the Guard is responsible forhomeland security tasks in the State of New Jersey.[ 1]
The New Jersey National Guard maintains aState Partnership Program with the militaries ofAlbania and theRepublic of Cyprus [ 2]
The New Jersey National Guard contributed forces to the44th Division when it was reformed on Oct. 19, 1920 as a result of theNational Defense Act of 1920 's major expansion of the National Guard.[ 3] [ 4] Delaware ,New Jersey andNew York . The 57th Infantry Brigade was the New Jersey contribution. The brigade had the113th and114th Infantry Regiments .
The New Jersey Army National Guard maintained the50th Armored Division in the force from 1946 to 1988, and afterwards contributed a New Jersey brigade to the42nd 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) U.S. ArmyWarrant Officer 1 Helen Rojas, aUH-60 Black Hawk helicopter pilot, at theFort Dix entityJoint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst , New Jersey, March 19, 2021. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Matt Hecht) 44th Infantry Brigade Combat Team [ 5] 104th Brigade Engineer Battalion at West Orange[ 5] Company A (Engineer) at West Orange[ 5] Company B (Military Intelligence) at West Orange[ 5] Company C at Lawrenceville 102nd Cavalry Regiment at Westfield[ 5] Headquarters and Headquarters Troop at Westfield[ 5] Troop A at Dover[ 5] Troop B at West Orange[ 5] Troop C at Hackettstown[ 5] 113th Infantry Regiment at Riverdale[ 5] Headquarters and Headquarters Company at Riverdale[ 5] Company A at Newark[ 5] Company B at Jersey City[ 5] Company C at Woodbridge[ 5] Company D at Jersey City[ 5] 114th Infantry Regiment at Woodbury[ 5] Headquarters and Headquarters Company at Woodbury[ 5] Company A at Mount Holly[ 5] Company B at Freehold[ 5] Company C at Blackwood[ 5] Company D at Woodstown[ 5] 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[ 5] Headquarters and Headquarters Company at Teaneck[ 5] Company A (Distribution) at Teaneck[ 5] Company B at Manchester[ 5] Company C at Jersey City[ 5] Company D at Westfield (102nd Forward Support Company)[ 5] Company F at Morristown (112th Forward Support Company)[ 5] Company G at Vineland (114th Forward Support Company)[ 5] Company H at Teaneck (113th Forward Support Company)[ 5] Company I at Whitinsville, MA (181st Forward Support Company) (Mass Guard) 112th Field Artillery Regiment at Morristown[ 5] Headquarters and Headquarters Battery at Morristown[ 5] Detachment 1, Headquarters and Headquarters Battery at Freehold[ 5] Battery A at Morristown[ 5] Battery B at Flemington[ 5] Battery C at Toms River[ 5] 42nd Regional Support Group at Somerset[ 5] 117th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion atWoodbridge [ 5] 119th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion atVineland [ 5] 50th Chemical at Somerset (New Brunswick)[ 5] 250th Finance Detachment at Somerset (New Brunswick)[ 5] 350th Finance Detachment at Somerset (New Brunswick)[ 5] 57th Troop Command (HQ atAtlantic City )[ 5] 254th Regiment (Combat Arms) at Sea Girt[ 5] 1st Battalion (Leadership)[ 7] 2nd Battalion (Modular Training Battalion)[ 8] Observation Coach/Training (OC/T)[ 9] Recruiting and Retention Battalion at Sea Girt Medical Command at Sea Girt Joint Force Headquarters at JB-McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst-Fort Dix[ 5] RTS-M (Regional Training Site - Maintenance) at JB-McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst-Fort Dix[ 10] Adjutants General of New Jersey [ edit ] 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 GeneralClifford 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 [ edit ] 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 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
Troops of the 250th Signal Battalion in Iraq.
^ "102nd Armor Battalion" .National Guard Militia Museum of New Jersey . 2019-08-07. Retrieved2021-02-06 .^ "State Partnership Program" .www.nj.gov . Retrieved2024-06-13 .^ Doubler, Michael D. "Civilian in Peace, Soldier in War: The Army National Guard, 1636–2000" (University Press of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, 2003), p. 190. ^ Wilson, John B., The Army Lineage Series: "Armies, Corps, Divisions and Separate Brigades" (US Army Center of Military History Washington, D.C., 1999), rp374. ^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.^a b "Organization" . The State of New Jersey. November 12, 2019.^ "254th Regiment (CA)" . The State of New Jersey. November 12, 2019.^ "254th Regiment (CA)" . The State of New Jersey. November 12, 2019.^ "JT2DC gains a new command team" . Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst. November 12, 2019.^ "RTS-M Home" . The State of New Jersey. November 12, 2019.^ 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 theInsurrection Act of 1807 .
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44th Infantry Brigade Combat Team[5]
1st Squadron,102nd Cavalry Regiment at Westfield[5]
2nd Battalion,113th Infantry Regiment at Riverdale[5]
1st Battalion,114th Infantry Regiment at Woodbury[5]
1st Battalion,181st Infantry Regiment at Worcester, MA (Mass Guard)
3d Battalion,112th Field Artillery Regiment at Morristown[5]
102nd Cavalry Regiment
112th Field Artillery Regiment
113th Infantry Regiment, one of only nineteenArmy National Guard units with campaign credit for the War of 1812
254th Air Defense Artillery Regiment
