New Jersey Army National Guard


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.
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 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: Mikie Sherrill, Governor of New Jersey
The Adjutant General:
Deputy Commissioner for Veterans Affairs:
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Structure

Adjutants General of New Jersey

  • Colonel William Bott, 1776–1793
  • Brigadier General Anthony Walton White, 1793–1803
  • Mr. John Morgan, 1803–1804
  • Brigadier General Ebenezer Elmer, 1804
  • Brigadier General Peter Hunt, 1804–1810
  • Brigadier General James J. Wilson, 1810–1812, 1814
  • Brigadier General John Beatty, 1812–1814
  • Brigadier General Charles Gordon, 1814–1816
  • Brigadier General Zechariah Rossell, 1816–1842
  • Major General Thomas McCall Cadwalader, 1842–1858
  • Major General Robert Field Stockton, 1858–1867
  • Major General William Scudder Stryker, 1867–1900
  • Brigadier General Alexander Coulter Oliphant, 1900–1902
  • Brigadier General Reginald Heber Breintnall, 1902–1909
  • Brigadier General Wilbur Fisk Sadler Jr., 1909–1916
  • Brigadier General Charles V. Barber, 1916–1917
  • Brigadier General Frederick Gilkyson, 1917–1932
  • Brigadier General William A. Higgins, 1932–1941
  • Colonel Edgar N. Bloomer, 1941–1942
  • Brigadier General James Isaiah Bowers, 1942–1947
  • Major General Clifford Ross Powell, 1947–1948
  • Major General Edward C. Rose, 1948–1954
  • Major General James F. Cantwell, 1964–1970
  • Major General William R. Sharp, 1970–1974
  • Major General Wilfred C. Menard Jr., 1974–1982
  • Major General Francis R. Gerard, 1982–1990
  • Major General Vito Morgano, 1990–1994
  • Major General Paul J. Glazar, 1994–2002
  • Major General Glenn K. Rieth, 2002–2011
  • Brigadier General Michael L. Cunniff, 2011–2018
  • Major General Jemal J. Beale, 2018–2020
  • Colonel Lisa J. Hou, 2020-2021
  • Major General Lisa J. Hou, 2021–2024
  • Colonel Yvonne Mays, 2024
  • Brigadier General Yvonne L Mays,

Awards and Decorations in Order of Precedence



Historic units