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  • This September: Be Disaster Aware, Take Action to Prepare

    September is National Preparedness Month (NPM) and now is the time to prepare for any emergency; this includes family members.The news has recently shown emergencies can happen unexpectedly in communities everywhere, to people both on and off base. Across the county there have been earthquakes,

  • South Orange resident to return from yearlong mobilization

    Lt. Steve Mannion will return to South Orange, N.J., Aug. 31, 2014, upon completing a one-year mobilization with the U.S. Coast Guard.Mannion was activated to supervise the pre-deployment warrior training of 257 Coast Guardsmen, whom have deployed to Afghanistan, Bahrain, and Kuwait in support of

  • Soldiers to take Military Workplace Survey

    Soldiers asked to participate in a workplace survey over the next couple of weeks should take a few minutes to complete it, said Army Chief of Staff Gen. Ray Odierno."This volunteer survey is short, and it is important," Odierno said in a letter to Soldiers selected to participate in the RAND study.

  • NJSBA rule change benefits military spouses

    A volunteer attorney in the 87th Air Base Wing Legal Office recently went in front of the New Jersey Supreme Court to adapt the New Jersey Rules of Court to help military spouses in the judicial field.The Military Spouse Juris Doctorate Network asked Mary Acevedo to represent the New Jersey State

  • Civilian leaders receive oath, become honorary commanders

    More than 90 honorary commanders from the surrounding community were inducted into the Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst extended family during a ceremony at the Timmermann Center here Aug. 20, 2014.The community leaders serve a year-long term in their roles as the base's newest and returning