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FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CONTACT:
Sgt. Crystal J. Kim
(609)-562-0395
crystal.kim@us.army.mil
IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
(15 July 2003)

National Guard Youth ChalleNGe Cadets Join New Jersey
Army National Guard 


Photo Caption: Maladrigue T. Wilson (left), Robert A. Dion (center), and Benjamin Brito (right) enlisted in the New Jersey Army National Guard at Fort Dix on July 15. All are currently enrolled in the New Jersey National Guard Youth ChalleNGe Program.

Pvt. Brito has been assigned to Troop B, 5th Squadron, 117th Cavalry located at the National Guard Armory in West Orange. He will attend Basic Training at Fort Jackson, S.C., and after completing Basic; he will begin his advanced individual training as an Automated Logistical Specialist. The Automated Logistical Specialist performs management or stock record/warehouse functions pertaining to receipt, storage, distribution, and issue and maintains equipment records and parts.

Pvt. Dion has been assigned to B Company, 250th Support Battalion Forward located at the National Guard Armory in Bordentown. He will attend Basic Training at Fort Knox, Ky., and after completing Basic; he will begin his advanced individual training as a Wheeled Vehicle Repairer.

Pvt. Wilson has been assigned to the 250th Adjutant General Detachment located at the National Guard Armory in Lawrenceville. He will attend Basic Training at Fort Jackson, S.C., and after completing Basic; he will begin his advanced individual training as a Personnel Services Specialist. The Personnel Services Specialist participates in occupational classification and management of manpower resources to include maintaining officer and enlisted personnel records and processing personnel actions concerning service members and their family members.


 



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