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Same Call Sign, First Flight
Mark Olsen | NJNG Public Affairs | October 3, 2023
Seventeen Airmen walked into New Jersey Air National Guard history October 3, 2023. The 108th Wing’s 141st Air Refueling Squadron officially flew its first KC-46 Pegasus local sortie. Sixteen of the 17 Airmen – pilots, boom operators, and crew chiefs are with the 141st Air Refueling Squadron. A 514th Air Mobility Wing boom operator also participated in the mission. The sortie marks the continuing evolution of the New Jersey Air National Guard and specifically, keeping the 108th on the leading edge in aerial refueling. See full story on NJNG DVIDS.
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Guard Serves Veterans at Vineland Home
More than 70 New Jersey National Guard Soldiers and Airmen served at the New Jersey Veterans Memorial Home at Vineland, in Vineland, New Jersey as certified nursing assistants and in Food Services, Infection Control, Information Technology, Life Enrichment, Logistics, and COVID-19 Testing. See the images on NJNG Flickr.
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100% Free College Tuition
Serve part-time and go to college full-time. New Jersey state law mandates that every member of the New Jersey Army National Guard is authorized to attend any New Jersey public college or university tuition free for undergraduate and graduate studies. Soldiers may take 16 credits per semester. Get all the details and more at njarmyguard.com.
Deputy Adjutant General of New Jersey
Colonel Yvonne L. Mays currently serves as the Deputy Adjutant General of New Jersey.
She is the principal advisor to the Adjutant General and Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Military and Veterans Affairs on all matters concerning military readiness, mobilizations, homeland security, defense support to civil authorities, human resources, logistics, training, and financial management. The duties include the supervision and management of the Department’s 3,200 full-time State and Federal employees, and more than 30 armories and associated properties.
Prior to her current assignment, Colonel Mays served as the Director of Staff, New Jersey Air National Guard, where she was the principal advisor to the Adjutant General of the State of New Jersey on all matters concerning the 108th Air Wing, the 177th Fighter Wing, subordinate units and civilian matters pertaining to the New Jersey Air National Guard.
