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Full Circle For NJ Army General In New Role Helming Crucial Reserve Unit
The U.S. Army's Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst in New Jersey was the first place Kris Belanger first stepped foot when she enlisted in the Army.
Now, she's one of the people running the show there.
Belanger is the new commanding general of nearly 45,000 Army Reserve soldiers in the Army Reserve’s 99th Readiness Division, headquartered on Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst.
"On July 27, 1986, I stepped foot on these grounds for the first time," said Belanger, a Wantage native, during a change-of-command ceremony on Friday, Aug. 11. "Today, I came full circle.”
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