The New Jersey Army National Guard consists of more than 6,000 Citizen-Soldiers.{Enlistee's} 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 .
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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 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] 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
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)
44th Infantry Brigade Combat Team [5] 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) Crest of the NJ National Guard (Note: Torse here uncolored.) 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 at Woodbridge [5] 143rd Transportation Company[6]
508th Military Police Company at Teaneck [5] 50th Chemical Company at Somerset[5]
119th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion at Vineland [5] 253rd Transportation Company at Cape May [5] Detachment 1 at Atlantic City[5]
328th Military Police Company at Cherry Hill [5] 154th Quartermaster Company (Water Purification) at Sea Girt [5]
820th Quartermaster Detachment (Water Distribution) at New Egypt[5] [6]
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 at Atlantic 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]
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-present (‘’Acting’’)
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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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 nineteen Army National Guard units with campaign credit for the War of 1812
254th Air Defense Artillery Regiment
