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50th Armored Division with Jersey Blues Tab, used from the 1940s to the 1960s. On 13 October 1945 the War Department published a postwar policy statement for the entire Army, calling for a 27-division Army National Guard structure with 25 infantry divisions and two armored divisions. Once the process of negotiation was complete, among the new ...
11th Armored Cavalry Regiment. 11th Infantry Brigade. 18th Military Police Brigade. 44th Medical Brigade. 173rd Airborne Brigade. 196th Infantry Brigade. 198th Infantry Brigade. 199th Infantry Brigade. 18th Engineer Brigade (combat)
50th, 44th, and 9th Armored Infantry Battalions consolidated 1 July 1959 to form the 50th Infantry, a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System. Reorganized and redesignated 1 July 1963 as the 1st Battalion, 50th Infantry. Relieved 1 September 1967 from assignment to the 2d Armored Division for duty in the Republic of Vietnam .
Adjutant General. The New Jersey Army National Guard consists of more than 6,000 Citizen-Soldiers. [citation needed] 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.
Battle. Battle of Tam Quan 6-11 December 1967. On the afternoon of 6 December, the 1st Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division received intelligence on the location of the headquarters of the PAVN 22nd Regiment near the village of Dai Dong and aero-scout helicopters from A Troop, 1st Battalion, 9th Cavalry Regiment (1/9th) were sent to investigate.
World War II. The 2nd Armored Division was formed at Fort Benning (now Fort Moore ), Georgia on 15 July 1940, by reorganizing and redesignating the Provisional Tank Brigade (the 66th Infantry Regiment (Light Tanks), 67th Infantry Regiment (Medium Tanks), and 68th Infantry Regiment (Light Tanks) ). It was originally commanded by Major General ...
The 3rd Armored Division (also known as "Spearhead", 3rd Armored, and 3AD) was an armored division of the United States Army. Unofficially nicknamed the "Third Herd", the division was first activated in 1941 and was active in the European Theater of World War II. The division was stationed in West Germany for much of the Cold War and also ...
48th Armored Division – "Hurricane". 49th Armored Division – "Lone Star"; referring to its status as a Texas National Guard formation, after the state's nickname. 50th Armored Division – "Jersey Blues"; referring to the fact that it was a New Jersey National Guard unit. This is today's 50th Infantry Brigade Combat Team.