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The 50th Armored Division replaced the 44th Infantry Division within the New Jersey Army National Guard, with the 50th Armored assuming the 44th Infantry's "Jersey Blues" nickname. Most 50th Armored Division units were legacy units of the 44th Infantry and inherited the lineage and history of those units.
The regiments were reorganized in 1963, 1964 (when the 172nd Infantry and 172nd Armor were merged) and 1968, when the 172nd Armor was reorganised in February to comprise the 1st and 2nd Battalions, elements of the 50th Armored Division. 1st Battalion, 172nd Armor and 2nd Battalion, 172nd Armor were both inactivated as the result of the 86th ...
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 Yvonne L. Mays. Deputy Commissioner for Veterans Affairs: Vincent Solomeno
Company E (Rifle Security), 50th Infantry, Company F (Rifle Security), 50th Infantry, both served as security for U.S. Army Support Command, Da Nang - June 1971 - November 1972; 50th Infantry Platoon Scout Dogs (50th IPSD), 4th Infantry Division [Pleiku] 07 March 1967 - 10 December 1970. Assigned 16 December 1970 to the 2d Armored Division ...
The regiment was reorganized on 31 January 1963 to consist of the 1st and 2nd Battalions, elements of the 50th Armored Division; on 1 July 1975 it added a 3rd Battalion, also an element of the 50th Armored Division; on 16 October 1984 it dropped the 1st Battalion, 2nd and 3rd Battalions remaining with the 50th AD; withdrawn from the Combat Arms ...
All units of the 50th Brigade were equipped with dated equipment such as M1IP Abrams main battle tanks, M113A1 armored personnel carriers and M109A5 self-propelled guns. The 50th Armored Brigade existed up until 2007–2008 when the brigade was upgraded and converted to a brigade combat team under the Army's new modularity program.
Reorganized 1 September 1991 to consist of the 2nd Battalion, an element of the 50th Armored Division; Reorganized 1 September 1993 to consist of the 2nd Battalion, an element of the 42nd Infantry Division. In 2012 the single remaining battalion of the regiment is assigned to the 50th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, NJ ARNG.
The 114th and 216th Armored Infantry Battalions were consolidated on 1 March 1959 and the consolidated unit was reorganized and redesignated as the 114th Infantry, a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System, to consist of the 1st and 2nd Armored Infantry Battalions, elements of the 50th Armored Division. On 31 January 1963, the ...