Military unit of New Jersey, United States of America
Military unit
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
44th Infantry Brigade Combat Team
[4]
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)
104th Brigade Engineer Battalion at West Orange
[4]
Company A (Engineer) at West Orange
[4]
Company B (Military Intelligence) at West Orange
[4]
Company C at Lawrenceville
1st Squadron,
102nd Cavalry Regiment at Westfield
[4]
Headquarters and Headquarters Troop at Westfield
[4]
Troop A at Dover
[4]
Troop B at West Orange
[4]
Troop C at Hackettstown
[4]
2nd Battalion,
113th Infantry Regiment at Riverdale
[4]
Headquarters and Headquarters Company at Riverdale
[4]
Company A at Newark
[4]
Company B at Jersey City
[4]
Company C at Woodbridge
[4]
Company D at Jersey City
[4]
1st Battalion,
114th Infantry Regiment at Woodbury
[4]
Headquarters and Headquarters Company at Woodbury
[4]
Company A at Mount Holly
[4]
Company B at Freehold
[4]
Company C at Blackwood
[4]
Company D at Woodstown
[4]
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
[4]
Headquarters and Headquarters Company at Teaneck
[4]
Company A (Distribution) at Teaneck
[4]
Company B at Manchester
[4]
Company C at Jersey City
[4]
Company D at Westfield (102nd Forward Support Company)
[4]
Company F at Morristown (112th Forward Support Company)
[4]
Company G at Vineland (114th Forward Support Company)
[4]
Company H at Teaneck (113th Forward Support Company)
[4]
Company I at Whitinsville, MA (181st Forward Support Company) (Mass Guard)
3d Battalion,
112th Field Artillery Regiment at Morristown
[4]
Headquarters and Headquarters Battery at Morristown
[4]
Detachment 1, Headquarters and Headquarters Battery at Freehold
[4]
Battery A at Morristown
[4]
Battery B at Flemington
[4]
Battery C at Toms River
[4]
42nd Regional Support Group at Somerset
[4]
117th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion at
Woodbridge
[4]
119th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion at
Vineland
[4]
50th Chemical at Somerset (New Brunswick)
[4]
250th Finance Detachment at Somerset (New Brunswick)
[4]
350th Finance Detachment at Somerset (New Brunswick)
[4]
254th Regiment (Combat Arms) at Sea Girt
[4]
1st Battalion (Leadership)
[6]
2nd Battalion (Modular Training Battalion)
[7]
Recruiting and Retention Battalion at Sea Girt
Medical Command at Sea Girt
Joint Force Headquarters at JB-McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst-Fort Dix
[4]
RTS-M (Regional Training Site - Maintenance) at JB-McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst-Fort Dix
[9]
Adjutants Generals 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-Present
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 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.
Historic units
102nd Cavalry Regiment
112th Field Artillery Regiment
113th Infantry Regiment, one of only nineteen
Army National Guard units with campaign credit for the War of 1812
157th Field Artillery Battalion
157th Armored Field Artillery Battalion
165th Armored Field Artillery Battalion
199th Armored Field Artillery Battalion
228th Armored Field Artillery Battalion
254th Air Defense Artillery Regiment
See also
References
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"102nd Armor Battalion" . National Guard Militia Museum of New Jersey . 2019-08-07. Retrieved 2021-02-06 .
^ 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.
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"NJ NG Directory" . The State of New Jersey. November 12, 2019.
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"Organization" . The State of New Jersey. November 12, 2019.
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"254th Regiment (CA)" . The State of New Jersey. November 12, 2019.
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"254th Regiment (CA)" . The State of New Jersey. November 12, 2019.
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"JT2DC gains a new command team" . Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst. November 12, 2019.
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"RTS-M Home" . The State of New Jersey. November 12, 2019.
External links
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