[jjm2111]

I didn't know that NJ has a 'Naval Militia' and I'm in the Navy Reserve (or Naval Reserve; or whatever their calling it this year).

[tcrlaf]

Is it a Naval Auxilliary? Like Civil Air Patrol?

[Demeroma]

Former governor Whitman restarted the New Jersey Naval Militia Joint Command (NJNMJC) which contains the NJ State Guard as well as the NJ Naval Militia. The NJNMJC provided aid during the Bound Brook, NJ flooding after Hurricane Floyd and also responded to the 9/11 attacks by ferrying federal agents to ground zero with thier small boats. The NJNMJC provided waterborne support and security to the US Navy, US Coast Guard and NJ State Police. They also provided picket boat patrols at a naval base and a nuclear power plant. All this before being unceremoniously put out to pasture under Governor McGreevey.

For more information on the NJ Naval Militia, see the following:

http://www.nj.gov/military/naval/

http://www.njnavy.org/

http://njnmjc.blogharbor.com/blog

[Demeroma]

Here's a better explanation of what the NJNMJC is and what problems they have been experiencing since 2002.

http://njnmjc.blogharbor.com/blog/_archives/2005/4/24/614359.html