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  • Military working dogs: service members' best friends

    Most service members are familiar with the wingman and battle-buddy concepts employed by the military, but for the group of military working dog trainers here, battle buddies take on a completely different form when battle buddies are dogs.Some of the military working dogs are born into a puppy

  • AtHoc provides critical information

    Imagine a natural disaster rips through Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst. Mass confusion and panic ensue while everyone is left wondering what to do. Moments later, a text message is sent to every AtHoc Installation Warning System member, providing them with life-saving information.AtHoc - a

  • Airmen, civilians teach children to keep teeth clean

    Airmen and civilians from the 87th Dental Squadron taught children at the Child Development Center the importance of proper oral hygiene Feb. 15 and 16 in honor of National Children's Dental Health Month.The dental professionals used child-friendly visual aids to grab the children's attention while

  • Air Force Medical Service turns to secure messaging

    Patients at Air Force medical treatment facilities will soon be able to communicate securely and privately with their health care teams anywhere and anytime due to the Air Force-wide expansion of secure messaging.Secure messaging will be available to patients through what is known as the MiCare

  • 87th Medical Group provides tips for heart health month

    The Department of Health and Human Services launched the Million Hearts national campaign in September 2011 in an effort to prevent one million heart attacks and strokes in the U.S. over the next five years."Stroke and heart disease account for two out of three of the most common deaths in our