page_title: New Jersey Army National Guard
hierarchical_section_title: New Jersey Army National Guard
caption_attribution_description: English: A Soldier with the 1-114th Infantry, New Jersey Army National Guard, is hugged at the Joint Training and Training Development Center, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., May 18, 2015. The nearly 450 Citizen-Soldiers returned home from a nearly yearlong deployment where they served in command and control, conducted oversight for mission planning and administrative support, provided security at facilities, control points, perimeter towers and radar sites in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Mark C. Olsen/Released) Unit: New Jersey National Guard
context_page_description: The New Jersey Army National Guard consists of over 8,000 Guardsmen. The New Jersey 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.
  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. 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.
context_section_description: The New Jersey Army National Guard consists of over 8,000 Guardsmen. The New Jersey 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.
  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. 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: Brig. Gen. Jemal J. Beale
  Assistant Adjutant General: Col.Lisa Hou
  Deputy Commissioner for Veterans Affairs: Dr. Mark Piterski
caption: A soldier of the 1-114th Infantry reunites with his family at the Joint Training and Training Development Center, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, May 18, 2015
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