Who/What: Soldiers from the 50th Brigade Combat Team and Airmen from the 177th Fighter Wing and the 108th Air Refueling Wing to Deploy in Support of Operation Jump Start

When/Time /Where:

Saturday, July 22

1 to 3 p.m.

The National Guard Armory at West Orange

1315 Pleasant Valley Way, West Orange, N.J., 07052

Sunday, July 23

7 a.m.

177th Fighter Wing, 400 Langley Road,

Egg Harbor Township, N.J., 08234

Media outlets wishing to attend Must Register with Public Affairs at (609) 530-6942 prior to 4 p.m. Friday, July 21.

Details: On Saturday, July 22, approximately 200 members of the 50th Brigade Combat Team will say good-bye to their families and deploy to New Mexico.  On Sunday, July 23, the 50th will join Airmen from the 177th Fighter Wing and the 108th Air Refueling Wing and board an aircraft to fly to New Mexico.  This deployment will serve as the 15-day annual training period that Guard members must perform each year.