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GUARDLIFE Vol. 31, NO. 5 3 TAG's Message 4 It's The New Jersey Cavalry To The Rescue 6 Hurricane Katrina Photos 8 108th ARW Command Chief's Message GUARDLIFE STAFF 9 Brigade Holds Combined AT 10 177th Med Group Deploys To Alpena Editors Lt. Col. Roberta Niedt 11 50th MSB Members Rack Up The Miles Capt. Yvonne Mays Sgt. 1st Class Kryn Westhoven 12 NJARNG Says Farewell To Units Staff Sgt. Beth Pritchard 14 NJNG's Role In Homeland Security Assistant Editor-Production Tech. Sgt. Mark C. Olsen 15 108th SF Assist Hurricane Katrina Victims Staff Photographer 16 News Guard Families Can Use Staff Sgt. Barbara Harbison 17 Guardsmen To The Rescue Staff Writer Sgt. 1st Class Robert Stephenson 18 Freedom Salutes Around The State 19 Community Based Recruiting GUARDLIFE is published bi-monthly us- ing federal funds under provisions of AR 20 Short Rounds 360-1 and AFI 35-101 by the Public Affairs Office of the New Jersey De- 23 Army And Air Enlisted Promotions partment of Military and Veterans Af- fairs for all members of the New Jersey 24 Last Round: School Days Army and Air National Guard. The views and opinions expressed herein are not Family Assistance Centers (Army and Air) necessarily those of the Department of Jersey City Armory Teaneck Armory Defense, the Army, the Air Force or the 678 Montgomery Street Teaneck & Liberty Roads National Guard Bureau. Letters may be Jersey City, NJ 07306-2208 Teaneck NJ 07666-0687 sent to: GUARDLIFE, Public Affairs Of- POC: Sheilah Kelley POC: Staff Sgt. Sarah Loureiro fice, P.O. Box 340, NJDMAVA, Trenton, [email protected] [email protected] NJ, 08625-0340. E-mail at: pao@ njdmava.state.nj.us Lawrenceville Armory Toms River Armory 151 Eggert Crossing Road (Armory) 1200 Whitesville Road Cover Lawrenceville, NJ 08648-2897 Toms River, NJ 08753 Water, Water Everywhere POC: Jane Hackbarth POC: Mike Hughes Master Sergeants’ Jeff Redrup (left), [email protected] [email protected] 108th Air Refueling Wing and Pedro Rodriguez (right), 177th Fighter Wing, Morristown Armory Woodbury Armory 430 Jockey Hollow Road 120 Progress Avenue prepare donated water for shipment from Morristown, NJ 07960-0499 Woodbury, NJ 08096 108th ARW, McGuire Air Force Base to POC: Sgt. Fred Giberson POC: Heather Altman Belle Chasse Naval Air Station New Or- [email protected] [email protected] leans. Photo by Tech. Sgt. Mark Olsen, NJDMAVA/PA. Somerset Armory 108th Air Refueling Wing 1060 Hamilton Street 3327 Charles Blvd. Inside Cover Somerset, NJ 08873 McGuire AFB, NJ 08641 Security Arrives POC: John A. Hales POC: Tiffany Colby (609) 754-4479 Members of the 108th Air Refueling Wing [email protected] [email protected] Security Forces arrive at Belle Chasse State Office – Fort Dix Joint FAC 177th Fighter Wing Naval Air Station New Orleans as part of 3650 Saylors Pond Rd. 400 Langley Rd. New Jersey's response to Hurricane Fort Dix, NJ 08640 Egg Harbor Twp, NJ 08234 Katrina. For more on New Jersey's aid POC: CW4 Ralph Cwieka (609) 562-0668 POC: Joan F. Searfoss (609) 645-6248 to New Orleans turn to page 5. Photo by [email protected] [email protected] Sgt. 1st Class Robert Stephenson, NJDMAVA/PA. For More Information Call Our Toll Free Number 1-888-859-0352 G U A R D L I F E 2 TAG's Message - The Tradition Continues By Maj. Gen. Glenn K. Rieth, The Adjutant General - New Jersey before-self. From WWI, WWII, Korea, Vietnam, Desert Storm to today - we have returned to our traditional mission of defending the homeland. Today’s focus has been defending against the terrorist threat. The Minutemen of our National Guard, however, were not content just to save the world from disaster. We responded to local emergencies within the Garden State and as we now are doing in the Gulf Coast region, assisting our fellow citizens devastated by natural disasters. We mobilized Soldiers and Airmen to New Orleans to assist local law enforcement in patrolling the grief-stricken areas. We collected 3.5 million Acting Governor Richard J. Codey (right) and Maj. Gen. Glenn bottles of water for the residents of the impacted areas. K. Rieth address New Jersey National Guard members prior Our Soldiers operated a Movement Control Cell at to deployment to New Orleans in support of Hurricane Katrina Naval Air Station New Orleans – one of the busiest relief efforts. Photo by Tech. Sgt. Mark Olsen, NJDMAVA/PA. transportation hubs in the area following the hurricane. And our Civil Engineers from the 108th ARW and 177th FW are providing much needed support in Gulfport. ur National Guard is derived from the Colonial These are New Jersey’s finest citizens! O militias of the new world colonies. The first small units were comprised of Citizen-Soldiers ready Here in New Jersey we assist local communities by and willing to put down their plows, grab their muskets bringing drinking water to areas where supply may be and band together in the common defense of their interrupted; we transport patients with medical community. During the War for Independence, these emergencies to hospitals for dialysis and other life- “minutemen” formed an important part of the American saving treatment; assist in the rescue and recovery Army and despite adversity, poor supplies, and no efforts; install temporary bridges over key roadways; pay, time and again, proved themselves in battle provide emergency generators during power outages; against much better equipped mercenaries and the help fight forest fires in the Pinelands; evacuate people professional soldiers in the British Army. stranded by floods; open our armories for various community events; provide our young people with Our original purpose was to defend and protect recreation facilities; support drug education / prevention against hostile natives, renegades, an occasional programs; work with various law enforcement agencies attack from the French (in the days long before the in the ongoing war on drugs; helped plan and conduct Revolutionary War), and in 1812, an attempt by the the Statue of Liberty Centennial Celebrations, World British to reclaim their lost colony. The threat often Cup Soccer, Op Sail, and the Inaugural ceremonies for changed, but the response was always the same … do our Governor every four years. whatever was necessary to protect families and neighbors and, after independence, to preserve the Like the many unique challenges that faced our fledgling democracy. Due in no small part to the predecessors, the threat keeps changing. From contributions of the National Guard, America grew Homeland Defense to Homeland Security; from and prospered and soon established itself as a beacon Emergency Operations to Community Assistance...in of hope to oppressed peoples around the world. the glorious tradition of our forefathers...we keep responding. Thank you for your service. Thank you Unlike the military in many other countries so often for your continued sacrifice. Thank you for keeping used to oppress and control civilian populations, our alive the indomitable spirit of the Citizen-Soldier. heritage reflects only the highest ideals of service- G U A R D L I F E 3 It’s The New Jersey Cava By retired Warrant Officer Roman M. Martyniuk, NJDMAVA/PA hile tens of thousands of National Guardsmen weeks assisting local law enforcement personnel restore are deployed overseas to fight the Global War and maintain order. Twenty-five soldiers of the 3rd Battal- WOn Terrorism, thousands more Citizen-Soldiers ion, 112th Field Artillery spent three days setting up a Life are responding to the threats to citizens here at home. Support Area for a Law Enforcement Task Force from New Once again, it’s the Cavalry to the rescue with equal Jersey that sent State Police and other emergency ser- support from Field Artillery, Armor and Infantry units and a vices personnel to the devastated region (also as part of the big assist from the Air National Guard. The New Jersey state’s EMAC agreement with Louisiana.) National Guard has deployed hundreds of personnel, ve- On Sept. 21, a contingent of 12 New Jersey Army hicles and equipment in response to the unprecedented National Guard Soldiers from the 3rd Battalion, 112th Field devastation and destruction left in the aftermath of Hurri- Artillery, 50th Main Support Battalion, and Joint Force canes Katrina and Rita to assist victims of the two worst Headquarters departed from McGuire Air Force Base des- storms to hit the United States in the last century. tined for Belle Chasse Naval Air Station New Orleans to Following the announcement by LTG H. Steven Blum, relieve their counterparts in the Louisiana National Guard Chief, National Guard Bureau on Aug. 31 authorizing who have been on duty at the military flight facility since respective state National Guards to provide whatever man- Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast more than three power or equipment support they had to assist in the weeks prior. monumental relief effort, New Jersey Air National Guard The Garden State Guardsmen, who all volunteered to crews and their KC-135E Stratotanker aircraft from the answer the call to fulfill this latest mission, served as a 108th Air Refueling Wing were mobilized to deliver desper- “movement control cell” directing the hundreds of aircraft ately needed bottled drinking water to the areas affected by and vehicles bringing desperately needed relief supplies to the ravages of Katrina’s 135 mph winds and 20-foot storm the storm stricken area. The Jersey troops were tasked for surge. this special mission as part of the Emergency Manage- New Jersey citizens, corporations and private organi- ment Assistance Compact (EMAC) that provides authority zations donated 3.5 million 16-ounce bottles of water over for Guard units from other than their home state to provide a five-day period.