EDUCATION SERVICES OFFICE
Mission
The mission of the Education Services Office is to support the voluntary civilian education programs of the Soldiers of the New Jersey Army National Guard. Civilian education is related directly to recruiting and retaining quality Soldiers, enhancing their career progression, both military and civilian, and increasing the combat readiness of the Army National Guard.
G-1 SOLDIER SERVICES BRANCH CHIEF
EDUCATION SERVICES OFFICER / GI Bill & NJ Tuition Program Manager
CW3 Philip G. Faustino
philip.g.faustino.mil@army.mil
609-253-0001
GoArmyEd.com FTA Manager
Ms. Jovanda T. Curry, M.Ed
jovanda.t.curry.civ@army.mil
614-336-4905
Selective Reserve Incentives Program (SRIP) Manager
SSG Leon A. Coleman
leon.a.coleman2.mil@army.mil
609-562-0429
Student Loan Repayment Program (SLRP) Manager
SSG Erica Jones-Cortes
erica.jones-cortes.mil@army.mil
609-562-0067
INCENTIVES PROGRAM ManagerS
SGT Anthony J. Crispaldi
anthony.j.crispaldi.mil@army.mil
609-562-0873
Retirement Services Officer / RPAM Manager
Ms. Marie Durling
marie.s.durling.civ@army.mil
609-562-0672 or 609-496-9222
Retirement Services NCO / BRS / RPAM MANAGER
SGT Asiah Shields
asiah.a.shields.mil@army.mil
609-562-0683
LOCATION
Joint Force Headquarters New Jersey
2nd Floor, B 204
BLDG 3650 Saylors Pond Road
Fort Dix, New Jersey 08640-7600
HOURS OF OPERATION
The Education Services Office is open, Monday through Friday, 0730 to 1700. Office is closed alternate/SDO Fridays. Appointments are recommended for Soldiers and required for civilians.
Important Announcements
Presidential Memorandum dated 1 March 2022 Act, 42 U.S.C. 512-5207 (the “Stafford Act’)
PRESIDENTIAL ACTIONS
Section 1. Policy. It is the policy of my Administration to combat and respond to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic with the full capacity and capability of the Federal Government to protect and support our families, schools, and businesses, and to assist State, local, Tribal, and territorial governments to do the same, including through emergency and disaster assistance available from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and through Federal support of the Governors’ use of the National Guard.
Sec. 2. Assistance for Category B COVID-19 Emergency Protective Measures. FEMA shall provide a 100 percent Federal cost share for all work eligible for assistance under Public Assistance Category B, pursuant to sections 403 (42 U.S.C. 5170b), 502 (42 U.S.C. 5192), and 503(42 U.S.C. 5193) of the Stafford Act, including work described in section 3(a) of the Presidential Memorandum of January 21, 2021 (Memorandum to Extend Federal Support to Governors’ Use of the National Guard to Respond to COVID-19 and to Increase Reimbursement and Other Assistance Provided to States), and in section 2 of that memorandum on the Governors’ use of the National Guard, performed from January 20, 2020, through July 1, 2022.