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 (07 April, 2004)

50th Brigade Gets New Commander

Photo caption: Command Sgt. Maj. Robert Trainor (right), 50th Armored Brigade, New Jersey Army National Guard, presents the Brigade's colors to (left to right) Col. Stephen Hines (outgoing commander, 50th Armored Brigade); Maj. Gen. Joseph Taluto, Commander, 42nd Infantry Division, and Lt. Col. Frank Caruso (incoming commander, 50th Armored Brigade) during a Change of Command ceremony held Sunday, April 4, at the National Guard Armory on Eggert Crossing Road in Lawrenceville.

 

Lt. Col. Caruso will command units comprising more than two-thirds of the entire New Jersey Army National Guard.  The 50th Armored Brigade includes units from Atlantic City, Burlington, Cherry Hill, Dover, Fort Dix, Freehold, Hackettstown, Jersey City, Lawrenceville, Morristown, Mount Holly, Newark, Newton, Port Murray, Riverdale, Toms River, Vineland, West Orange, Woodbridge, Woodbury, and Woodstown.  The 50th Brigade is comprised of the 2nd Battalion, 102nd Armor; the 2nd Battalion, 113th Infantry; 3rd Battalion, 112th Field Artillery; the 1st Battalion, 114th Infantry, and the 5th Squadron, 117th Cavalry.

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