Lisa Hou Archives - New Jersey Globe

Trailblazer: N.J. VFW Commander Luddie Austin

January 19, 2026 12:02 amFebruary 15, 2026 8:41 pm

Luddie H. Austin, a former Trenton police sergeant and decorated New Jersey Army National Guard veteran has become the first Black to serve as State Commander of the New Jersey Veterans of Foreign Wars, in 2021. Austin served in the...

Trailblazer: N.J. VFW Commander Luddie Austin

January 20, 2025 12:02 amJanuary 19, 2025 8:18 pm

Luddie H. Austin, a former Trenton police sergeant and decorated New Jersey Army National Guard veteran has become the first Black to serve as State Commander of the New Jersey Veterans of Foreign Wars, in 2021. Austin served in the...

Trailblazer: N.J. VFW Commander Luddie Austin

January 15, 2024 12:02 amJanuary 15, 2024 12:21 am

Luddie H. Austin, a former Trenton police sergeant and decorated New Jersey Army National Guard veteran has become the first Black to serve as State Commander of the New Jersey Veterans of Foreign Wars, in 2021. Austin served in the...

Oliver Tribute: Lisa Hou

August 2, 2023 6:34 pm

Brigadier General Lisa Hou, the Adjutant General and Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Military and Veterans Affairs, released the following statement on the death of Lieutenant Gov. Sheila Oliver: “The New Jersey Department of Military and Veterans Affairs...

Trailblazer: N.J. VFW Commander Luddie Austin

January 16, 2023 12:01 amJanuary 15, 2023 8:02 pm

Luddie H. Austin, a former Trenton police sergeant and decorated New Jersey Army National Guard veteran has become the first Black to serve as State Commander of the New Jersey Veterans of Foreign Wars, in 2021. Austin served in the...

2021 State Senate candidate Vincent Solomeno named as Veterans Affairs deputy commissioner

January 5, 2023 10:16 amJanuary 9, 2023 8:29 pm

Vincent Solomeno, who ran for the State Senate as a Democrat in 2021, has been chosen as Deputy Commissioner of Veterans Affairs; he’ll succeed the current deputy commissioner, Walter Nall, on January 13. “As Vincent Solomeno prepares to transition into...

Trailblazer: N.J. VFW Commander Luddie Austin

January 17, 2022 12:00 amJanuary 16, 2022 5:43 pm

Luddie H. Austin, a former Trenton police sergeant and decorated New Jersey Army National Guard veteran has become the first Black to serve as State Commander of the New Jersey Veterans of Foreign Wars, in 2021. Austin served in the...