New Jersey Army National Guard

New Jersey Army National Guard
The unit patch of New Jersey State Area Command (STARC)
Active	1945-46 - present (as Army National Guard)
Country	United States
Branch	Army National Guard
Part of	New Jersey Department of Military and Veterans Affairs New Jersey National Guard
Commanders
Current commander	The Adjutant General:(Acting) Brig. Gen. Michael L. Cunniff

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, Guantanamo Bay, Afghanistan, Germany, Kosovo, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, and Egypt. The Guard has also deployed to help with the recovery from 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 NJ National Guard contributed forces to the 44th Division when it was reformed on 19 October 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.