The New Jersey Army National Guard consists of over 9000 Guardsmen. The Guard is currently engaged in several worldwide and homeland missions. Units have deployed to Iraq

Iraq

Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....

, Guantanamo Bay

Guantanamo Bay Naval Base

Guantanamo Bay Naval Base is located on of land and water at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba which the United States leased for use as a coaling station following the Cuban-American Treaty of 1903. The base is located on the shore of Guantánamo Bay at the southeastern end of Cuba. It is the oldest overseas...

, Afghanistan

Afghanistan

Afghanistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located in the centre of Asia, forming South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East. With a population of about 29 million, it has an area of , making it the 42nd most populous and 41st largest nation in the world...

, Germany

Germany

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 and Egypt

Egypt

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

Hurricane Katrina

Hurricane Katrina of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season was a powerful Atlantic hurricane. It is the costliest natural disaster, as well as one of the five deadliest hurricanes, in the history of the United States. Among recorded Atlantic hurricanes, it was the sixth strongest overall...

 in New Orleans.

The New Jersey Army National Guard is governed through the New Jersey Department of Military and Veterans Affairs

New Jersey Department of Military and Veterans Affairs

The New Jersey Department of Military and Veterans Affairs is a governmental department of the State of New Jersey. It is composed of the New Jersey Army National Guard as well as the New Jersey Air National Guard. They are administered by the Adjutant General and staff which oversees the...

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On the home front, the Guard is responsible for Homeland Security

Homeland security

Homeland security is an umbrella term for security efforts to protect states against terrorist activity. Specifically, is a concerted national effort to prevent terrorist attacks within the U.S., reduce America’s vulnerability to terrorism, and minimize the damage and recover from attacks that do...

 tasks in the State of New Jersey.

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.

Leadership of the NJ Army National Guard

Commander-in-Chief: Governor Chris Christie

The Adjutant General: Major General Glenn K. Rieth

Glenn K. Rieth

Glenn K. Rieth is the Adjutant General of New Jersey, and is the commander of the New Jersey Army and Air National Guard which compose the New Jersey Department of Military Affairs...

Deputy Commissioner for Veterans Affairs: Raymond L. Zawacki

Chief of the Joint Staff: Brigadier General James J. Grant

Major Commands of the New Jersey Army National Guard

• 42nd Regional Support Group
  • 117th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion
• 50th Infantry Brigade Combat Team
  • 102nd Cavalry
    102nd Cavalry Regiment (United States)
    The 102nd Cavalry Regiment is a Regiment of the United States Army first established in 1913.-Lineage:Organized 29 May 1913 in the New Jersey National Guard as the 1st Cavalry Squadron with Headquarters at Newark...
    
    
  • 2-113th Infantry Regiment (United states)
  • 1-114th Infantry Regiment (United states)
  • 250th BSB
  • 112th Field Artillery Regiment (United states)
  • 50th BSTB
• 57th Troop Command
  • 119th Corps Support Battalion
    • Headquarters and Headquarters Company ("HHC").
    • 328th Military Police CSC
    • 253rd Transportation CO
    • 150th Engineers CO
    • 160th Engineers CO
  • 1-150th Assault Helicopter Battalion
  • 50th Personnel Services Battalion
  • 50th Finance Battalion
• 254th Regiment (Combat Arms)
  • 1st Battalion (Infantry)
  • 2nd Battalion (Modular Training Battalion)
  • RTS-M (Regional Training Site - Maintenance)
• Joint Training, Training Development Center (JT2DC)
• 63rd Army Band

• New Jersey Naval Militia Joint Command (State Guard)

Awards and Decorations of the NJ National Guard

History

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Historic units

• 102nd Cavalry Regiment (United States)
  102nd Cavalry Regiment (United States)
  The 102nd Cavalry Regiment is a Regiment of the United States Army first established in 1913.-Lineage:Organized 29 May 1913 in the New Jersey National Guard as the 1st Cavalry Squadron with Headquarters at Newark...
  
  
• 112th Field Artillery Regiment (United States)
• 113th Infantry (United States)

The 113th Infantry is one of only nineteen Army National Guard units with campaign credit for the War of 1812

Army National Guard units with campaign credit for the War of 1812

Nineteen current units of the Army National Guard perpetuate the lineages of militia units mustered into federal service during the War of 1812. Militia units from nine states that were part of the Union by the end of the War of 1812 , plus the District of Columbia, are the predecessors...

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• 157th Field Artillery Battalion (New Jersey)
  157th Field Artillery Battalion (New Jersey)
  The 157th Field Artillery Battalion was a Field Artillery Battalion of the Army National Guard.-History:Unfortunately there were two units issued this number, this is the New Jersey unit...
  
  
• 157th Armored Field artillery Battalion (United States)
• 165th Armored Field artillery Battalion (United States)
• 199th Armored Field artillery Battalion (United States)
• 228th Armored Field artillery Battalion (United States)
• 254th Air Defense Artillery Regiment (United States)

See also

• Coats of arms of U.S. Armor and Cavalry Regiments
  Coats of arms of U.S. Armor and Cavalry Regiments
  This page has been split as follows:* Coats of arms of U.S. Armor Regiments* Coats of arms of U.S. Cavalry Regiments-See also:* commons:Field Army insignia of the United States Army* Corps insignia of the United States Army...
  
  
• Coats of arms of U.S. Artillery Regiments
  Coats of arms of U.S. Artillery Regiments
  Coats of arms of US Artillery Regiments are heraldic emblems associated with field artillery, air defense artillery, and coast artillery regiments in the US Army...
  
  
• Coats of arms of U.S. Infantry Regiments
  Coats of arms of U.S. Infantry Regiments
  Coats of arms of US Infantry Regiments are heraldic emblems associated with infantry regiments in the US Army. By Army regulation, all regiments of the US Army organized under a Table of Organization and Equipment are authorized a coat of arms to be displayed on the organization's standard, called...
  
  
• Coats of arms of U.S. Air Defense Artillery Regiments
  Coats of arms of U.S. Air Defense Artillery Regiments
  Coats of arms of US Air Defense Artillery Regiments are heraldic emblems associated with Field artillery, Air Defense Artillery, and coast artillery regiments in the US Army...
  
  

External links

Official sites

• New Jersey Army Guard (N.J. Dept. of Military & Veteran Affairs)
• Bibliography of New Jersey Army National Guard History compiled by the United States Army Center of Military History

Unofficial sites

• New Jersey Army National Guard at GlobalSecurity.org