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| New Jersey Army National Guard | |
|---|---|
.jpg) New Jersey Army National Guard Headquarters DUI | |
| Active | 1945/46−present (as Army National Guard) |
| Country |  United States |
| Branch | Army National Guard |
| Part of | New Jersey Department of Military and Veterans Affairs New Jersey National Guard |
| Commanders | |
| Current commander | Colonel Yvonne Mays (acting) 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, 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.
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 Acting Adjutant General: Col. Yvonne L. Mays
Deputy Commissioner for Veterans Affairs: Vincent Solomeno
- ^ "102nd Armor Battalion". National Guard Militia Museum of New Jersey. 2019-08-07. Retrieved 2021-02-06.
- ^ "State Partnership Program". www.nj.gov. Retrieved 2024-06-13.
- ^ 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.