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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.
15th Armored Division World War II "phantom" unit. see Operation Fortitude. ... 50th Armored Division "Jersey Blues" July 1946 – Sept 1993. New Jersey National Guard.
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
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 ...
Reconstituted 8 January 1942 in the Regular Army as the 50th Armored Infantry and assigned to the 6th Armored Division. Activated 15 February 1942 at Fort Knox , Kentucky. Regiment broken up 20 September 1943 and its elements reorganized and redesignated as elements of the 6th Armored Division as follows:
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In the 1980s, aviation regiments began forming in both the regular Army and the National Guard. The 150th Aviation Regiment was created in Delaware from the 150th Aviation Battalion of the 50th Armored Division.
The 50th Brigade Combat Team was the major unit of the New Jersey Army National Guard. The headquarters was located in Lawrenceville, NJ. The 50th Brigade Combat Team had two light infantry battalions, one field artillery battalion, one cavalry squadron, a special troops battalion, two MP companies, and a support battalion.