NJ AT WAR; Goodbye ceremony for NJ Guard bound for Iraq

Nearly 2,850 from the New Jersey National Guard’s 50th Infantry Brigade Combat Team bound for Iraq, received a heartfelt farewell salute at Fort Dix. Full coverage.

I have been following the Guardsmen from New Jersey National Guard’s 50th Brigade Combat Team out of the Teaneck Armory. 2,800 citizen soldiers are deploying to Fort Bliss, Texas for a summer of intense desert training before they leave for Iraq.

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