113th Infantry Regiment ( United States ) The 113th Infantry Regiment is an Infantry regiment of the New Jersey Army National Guard . Lineage . The unit ' s origins lie in the 1st New Jersey Regiment , Continental Army , created 26 October - 15 December 1775 to consist in part of existing militia companies from Essex County . Reorganized 5 June 1793 in the New Jersey Militia and expanded to form the Essex Brigade Mustered into federal service 30 April 1861 at Trenton as the 1st Regiment , New Jersey Brigade ; mustered out of federal service 31 July 1861 at Newark Former 1st Regiment , Newark Brigade , reorganized and redesignated 19 July 1865 as the 1st Regiment , New Jersey Rifle Corps Former 1st and 4th Regiments consolidated with the 1st Battalion , 114th Infantry , and reorganized in the New Jersey National Guard as the 6th Infantry with Headquarters federally recognized 13 November 1919 at Newark Consolidated 9 July 1946 with the 324th Infantry ( see ANNEX 5 ) and consolidated unit designated as the 113th Infantry Withdrawn 1 May 1989 from the Combat Arms Regimental System and reorganized under the United States Army Regimental System HHC , 2D BATTALION , 113TH INFANTRY REGIMENT ( Riverdale ) , Company A ( Newark ) , Company B ( Jersey City ) , Company C ( Woodbridge ) , Company F 250th BSB ( Teaneck ) , * * attached * * Troop A , ( Dover ) 1st Squadron , 102d Cavalry Regiment REGIMENT ( Riverdale ) , and Troop A , ( Dover ) 1st Squadron , 102d Cavalry Regiment Decorations . each entitled to Meritorious Unit Commendation ( MUC ) Iraq Service A Gold color metal and enamel device 1 1 / 8 inches ( 2 . 86 cm ) in height overall consisting of a shield blazoned : Azure , a saltire Argent , in chief an oak tree eradicated of the last . Attached above the shield from a wreath Argent and Azure , a lion ’ s head erased Or collared four fusils Gules . Attached below and to the sides of the shield a Gold scroll inscribed “ FIDELIS ET FORTIS ” in Black letters . The shield is blue for the Infantry ; the white saltire cross commemorates the service of the old regiment in the Civil War and the silver oak tree the service in World War I ( Argonne Forest ) . The motto is the motto of the old 1st New Jersey Infantry and translates to “ Faithful and Brave . ” The distinctive unit insignia was originally approved for the 113th Infantry Regiment on 26 March 1925 . It was amended to include the motto on 22 July 1925 . It was redesignated for the 113th Armored Infantry Battalion on 5 July 1952 . The insignia was redesignated for the 113th Infantry Regiment and amended to include the State crest on 5 June 1961 . Azure , a saltire Argent , in chief an oak tree eradicated of the last . Attached above the shield from a wreath Argent and Azure , a lion ’ s head erased Or collared four fusils Gules . That for the regiments and separate battalions of the New Jersey Army National Guard : On a wreath of the colors Argent and Azure , a lion ’ s head erased Or collared four fusils Gules . Motto : FIDELIS ET FORTIS ( Faithful and Brave ) . The shield is blue for the Infantry ; the white saltire cross commemorates the service of the old regiment in the Civil War and the silver oak tree the service in World War I ( Argonne Forest ) . The crest is that of the New Jersey Army National Guard . Coat of arms . Background . The coat of arms was originally approved for the 113th Infantry Regiment on 26 March 1925 . It was redesignated for the 113th Armored Infantry Battalion on 5 July 1952 . It was redesignated for the 113th Infantry Regiment on 5 June 1961 .