Table of Contents
:: TAG's Message
:: GWOT Memorial Dedication
:: 50th Brigade Honored
:: CSM Message
:: 108th Passes 6,000-hour Mark / Wing Passes UCI
:: 119th CSB Update
:: Controlled Burn at Warren Grove / A Day in the Life / Airman Top Cop
:: Armor Returns from GTMO
:: HET Back from Iraq
:: News Guard Families Can Use

:: 21st CST Trains
:: Short Rounds
:: Army and Air Enlisted Promotions
:: Last Round
:: Family Assistance Centers & Family Readiness Centers
:: Guardlife Information

Guardlife - Volume 31, No. 2

50th Brigade Honored
Photos and story by Tech Sgt. Mark Olsen, NJDMAVA/PA

On March 24, the New Jersey National Guard conducted a Welcome Home Ceremony for the Headquarters 50th Brigade at the Lawrenceville Armory.

Brig. Gen. Maria Falca-Dodson, the Deputy Adjutant General, officially welcomed home the Soldiers who deployed to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. The Ceremony was attended by family, friends fellow National Guard Soldiers and Airmen, the local community, and DMAVA employees.

Twelve unit members received the Defense Meritorious Service Medal Col. Frank Caruso, Lt. Col. Royce Lawlor, Majors’ Doug Brockmann, Todd Berger, William Morris, David Moses, Paul Nema, Jack O’Connell and Robert Williams, Capt. John Piotrowski, Sgt. Maj. Anthony Cahill and 1st Sgt. Christopher Sheridan.

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