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  • Soldier becomes 'Ranger ready'

    Army Capt. Michael Patti, 1st Battalion, 307th Infantry Regiment, always wanted to be a Ranger, but the operational tempo of a deploying unit and job assignments always took precedence. Soon after arriving here, Patti was presented the opportunity in November of last year to attend the elite

  • 6th AS gives bird's-eye view of Jersey Shore to spouses

    More than 30 Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst employees and spouses attended the 6th Airlift Squadron's second annual spouse orientation flight May 19 here.The orientation flight included a mission brief, squadron tour, lunch, C-17A Globemaster III tour and orientation flight over the Jersey

  • Nearly 1,000 bikers show support at Armed Forces Freedom Ride

    The sixth annual Armed Forces Freedom Ride rolled through base May 20 providing nearly 1,000 motorcyclists an unmatched tour of the installation.The one-hour bike ride, held a day after Armed Forces Day, started at Barb's Harley Davidson in Mt. Ephraim, N.J., and travelled nearly 40 miles to Joint

  • Soldier Show lights up Timmermann Center

    The 2012 U.S. Army Soldier's Show entertained a crowd of service members and their families May 22 at the Timmermann Center here.The 90-minute show brought the emotional, mental, physical, spiritual and family pillars of military life to the stage, demonstrating the 2012 tour's "Army Strong"

  • 87th LRS Airman’s combative skills dominate competition

    Instructors from the Modern Army Combative Program on Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., conducted a level one combative training class April 30 to May 4, with more than a dozen Airmen taking to the mats with other service members from the Army, Navy and Coast Guard.The course graduated 20