Soldiers demonstrate their adaptiveness, resilience, lethality, and readiness in New Jersey Army National Guard’s Best Warrior Competition at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, May 1, 2025. During the competition, the Eight Soldiers and five noncommissioned officers, along with four soldiers from the Republic of Albania and the Republic of Cyprus – New Jersey’s State Partnership Program partners – will compete April 29-May 2, 2025, with the top Soldier and NCO going on to challenge seven other states’ winners at the Region I Best Warrior Competition at New Hampshire National Guard Army Pembroke Regional Training Institute, Pembroke, New Hampshire, May 19-23, 2025. (U.S. Army National Guard video by Sgt. Michael Hayes)
LAWRENCEVILLE, N.J. - An infographic illustrates the New Jersey National Guard's accomplishments during Vigilant Guard 2024, a disaster-preparedness exercise simulating a Category 3 hurricane, Aug. 17-21, 2024. The exercise tested the Guard's ability to coordinate with civilian emergency services in response to massive flooding, power outages, and infrastructure damage. The infographic highlights key statistics from the Guard's simulated...
Nutley, NJ— U.S. Army Private Anthony Del Tufo stands alongside esteemed members of the Nutley School Board of Education, honored with a state award for recent acts of bravery.
Visibly relieved, Del Tufo attributes the safety of his community following a potentially devastating house fire not only to himself but also to the military principles of civil service he embodied early in his military career.
"I didn't think it...
