WHO: Employers and civic leaders will visit Soldiers of the 250th Brigade Support Battalion headquartered in Teaneck along with Soldiers located in the Dover, Bordentown and Jersey City armories.

This Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR) visit includes employers from Lockheed Martin, Virtua Health, Mt. Laurel Police, Township of Union, Jersey City Police, N.J. Dept. of Education, U.S. Postal Service, R.E. Pierson Construction, Cumberland Insurance and Cambridge Security Services.

Civic leaders to participate include U.S. Senators' Frank Lautenberg and Bob Menendez along with Congressman Rush Holt.

WHAT: This is the first step in preparations to deploy the New Jersey Army National Guard's 50th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (IBCT) in June 2008. The Soldiers are going through Soldier Readiness Processing with the assistance of the Joint Readiness Center at Fort Dix . This summer upwards of 3,000 New Jersey Citizen-Soldiers will mobilize in support of the Global War on Terrorism in the largest deployment since World War II.

WHEN: Monday, Jan. 14 at 10:45 a.m.

WHERE: Joint Training and Training Development Center, Fort Dix

Media MUST CALL 609-902-1758 by 9 p.m. Monday, Jan. 14 to arrange for escort.