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FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CONTACT:

Kryn P. Westhoven 609-530-6950/cell 609-902-1758 or CW2 Patrick Daugherty 609-530-6939/cell 609-847-6093

WHO/WHAT: New Jersey Air National Guard Brig. Gen. Maria Falca-Dodson of Ewing twp. will be promoted to the rank of Major General at a ceremony at the state headquarters on Fort Dix. She is the first woman in the New Jersey National Guard to become a general officer. Falca-Dodson is the commander of the state's Air Guard which has 2,300 Airmen and includes the 108th Air Refueling Wing at McGuire Air Force Base and the 177th Fighter Wing at Egg Harbor Township. Before taking command of the Air Guard in November, Falca-Dodson served for six years as the Deputy Adjutant General. The Ewing Township resident was the first woman to hold that position as well.

 

Falca-Dodson will be joined at the ceremony by Maj. Glenn. K. Rieth, the Adjutant General; U.S. Rep. Rush Holt; Col. Rick Fuentes, the New Jersey State Police Superintendent; and Sea Girt Mayor Mark E. Clemmensen.

WHEN: Monday, June 22 – 4:30 p.m.

              

TO COVER: Media must call above contacts by 2 p.m. Monday, June 22 for escort on to Fort Dix from the Route 68 Visitor Center on Fort Dix at 4 p.m.