The New Jersey Army National Guard consists of more than 6,000 Citizen-Soldiers. 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 .
5-639: 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. The New Jersey National Guard maintains a State Partnership Program with the militaries of Albania and the Republic of Cyprus The New Jersey National Guard contributed forces to
10-706: 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 activities of the two. This includes the Disasters and Emergency Services Division and Veterans Affairs Division. The department is the official channel of communication between
15-699: 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. 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
20-448: 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: Brig Gen Yvonne L. Mays Deputy Commissioner for Veterans Affairs: Vincent Solomeno New Jersey Department of Military and Veterans Affairs The New Jersey Department of Military and Veterans Affairs
25-589: The federal government and the New Jersey state government on military matters. The New Jersey State Guard , along with the New Jersey Army National Guard and the New Jersey Naval Militia , is also recognized as a component of the organized militia of New Jersey. The State Guard was last active during World War II. The Naval Militia was last active from 1999 to 2002. In case of a state or national emergency, there
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