On the home front, the Guard is responsible for
homeland security tasks in the State of New Jersey.[1]
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.[2][3] 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.
^"102nd Armor Battalion". National Guard Militia Museum of New Jersey. 2019-08-07. Retrieved 2021-02-06.
^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.
On the home front, the Guard is responsible for
homeland security tasks in the State of New Jersey.[1]
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.[2][3] 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.
^"102nd Armor Battalion". National Guard Militia Museum of New Jersey. 2019-08-07. Retrieved 2021-02-06.
^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.