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  • Drill sergeants train drill sergeants

    The Regional Training Center-East hosted the 3rd Battalion/385th Regiment (Basic Combat Training) here from April 15 to 18, for their annual four-day field training exercise. For members of the battalion from Edison and Lodi, it was more like visiting relatives than staying with strangers. Nearly 25

  • Safety offices advises on insect safety

    Summer months are a time for increased venomous stinging insects: bees, wasps, yellow jackets and hornets. This activity begins in early spring and continues through late fall, with the most aggressive activity from August until October. Bumble bees, wasps/hornets and yellow jackets can sting

  • JB MDL first sergeants donate to Afghan children

    Soldiers from the Afghan National Army Air Corps and Airmen from the 438th Air Expeditionary Wing, Combined Air Power Transition Force, held a joint humanitarian mission May 17. They distributed school supplies to 1,300 students of the Hope School in Kabul, Afghanistan.The 438th AEW began collecting

  • Navy remembers Battle of Midway

    Regarded as the turning point in the Pacific during World War II, the Battle of Midway took place June 4 through 7, 1942. During the battle, U.S. Navy carrier strike forces, augmented by shore-based bombers and torpedo planes, decisively defeated an Imperial Japanese navy carrier task force. These

  • FEMA opens local recovery center

    The Federal Emergency Management Agency opened a disaster recovery center May 14 at the Hainesport Volunteer Fire Company No. 1 firehouse at 106 Broad Street to assist individuals, households and businesses affected by the mid-March storms and flooding."We identified more than 300 homes that were