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  • Service members should start saving early for retirement

    It's never too soon to start saving for retirement, Barbara Thompson, the director of the Defense Department's office of family policy/children and youth advised service members today.Enlistees as young as 18 might not be thinking about saving for retirement or the importance of their Thrift Savings

  • National Domestic Violence Awareness Month

    October is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month, a time for the community to unite in an effort to raise awareness and promote domestic peace and healthy relationships. During this month, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst will have various activities and informational tables throughout the base

  • Reservists, National Guardsmen on standby for resumption of training funds

    The Army Reserve and the National Guard say they are on standby to see what happens in Congress, as they wait for the resumption of funding for inactive and active-duty training, or IDT and ADT.The cancellation of the IDT and ADT training is affecting readiness and hurting the Soldiers who depend on

  • Sailors, Marines: take sexual assault survey

    The Secretary of the Navy has announced a new Department of the Navy sexual assault survey for 2013, which started Oct. 15, and can be taken online via any device that can access the internet.The Department of the Navy Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office, which answers directly to

  • Soldiers look to past for professional development

    Officers and senior noncommissioned officers of the 174th Infantry Brigade, recently took on roles of Civil War battlefield commanders and walked the hallowed grounds of the war's bloodiest battle Sept. 19, 2013, not only to mark the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg, but also to improve