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FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CONTACT: 
Tech. Sgt. Mark Olsen 
Public Affairs Office 
NJ Department of Military and Veterans Affairs 
COMM: 609-530-6951 
FAX: 609-530-6963 
mark.olsen@njdmava.state.nj.us
RELEASE:
IMMEDIATE (October 1, 2002)

 Local Guardsman Recognized By Governor For Winning National Award 

Background on 1st Battalion, 150th Aviation, New Jersey Army National Guard: New Jersey Army National Guard aviation assets, in addition to their combat training, state emergency operations missions, and support of Drug Interdiction activities and Homeland Security operations also have been tasked to perform other “non-traditional” missions. Army Guard helicopters and crews assisted the FBI in their bio-terrorism investigation by transporting anthrax samples collected at the Hamilton Postal Facility to the Army’s Medical Research and Materiel Command Analysis facility at Ft. Detrick, Maryland. 

guardsmen recieving award from gov

Photo caption: Fort Dix resident Sgt. Luis Trenche-Rivera (right) of the 1st Battalion, 150th Aviation, New Jersey Army National Guard, located at Trenton-Mercer Airport, was recognized by Governor James E. McGreevey (left), Commander-in-Chief of the New Jersey National Guard, for winning the 2002 Battalion Level Runner Up Chief of Staff Army Supply Excellence Award at the Annual Military Review held at the National Guard Training Center in Sea Girt, N.J., on Sept. 29. This is the second year in a row the battalion has received an Army Chief of Staff Supply Excellence Award. Last year the unit won the 2001 Unit Level Chief of Staff Army. In recognition for receiving that award, the National Guard Bureau, headquartered in Washington, D.C., awarded the 1st Battalion, 150th Aviation, the 2001 National Guard Bureau Supply Excellence Award. In both cases, this was the first time a New Jersey Army National Guard unit had received this type of national recognition. Photo by Tech. Sgt. Mark Olsen, New Jersey Department of Military and Veterans Affairs Public Affairs.

 

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