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  • 305th airpower gets lift with new Globemasters

    The 305th Air Mobility Wing will increase airpower capabilities with the addition of new jets to the Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst flightline, the first of which is scheduled to arrive today.Three new C-17 Globemaster III aircraft were assigned to the wing as part of a congressionally-approved

  • Golden Knights drop down at JB MDL

    The Mid-Atlantic Recruiting Battalion hosted the U.S. Army Golden Knights Tandem Parachuting Team April 4 through 7 here, sending local community members on a ride they will never forget.Approximately a thousand people watched as educators from Mid-Atlantic universities, Junior Reserve Officer

  • NCO Academy, JB MDL remember fallen Soldier

    The staff of the Army Reserve Noncommissioned Officer Academy joined with the Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst community to pay tribute to a fallen comrade May 4 at the Dix Main Chapel.The chapel was packed to capacity as the academy cadre said farewell to Sgt. 1st Class Mary Russell, who died as a

  • Coast Guard makes history at JB MDL

    Instructors from the 72nd Field Artillery Brigade heard a few less "hooahs" and a few more "aye-ayes" as a contingent of active-duty U.S. Coast Guardsmen completed pre-deployment training here.The Guardians are training to support two Army missions: one concerns redeployment of cargo and hazardous

  • Tuskegee Airman receives Purple Heart after 66 years

    Tuskegee Airman, Tech. Sgt. (Ret.) George Watson Sr. was awarded the Purple Heart Monday at Tommy B's Community and Activity Center here.Col. Gina Grosso, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst commander, and Congressman Chris Smith presented Watson with the Purple Heart for injuries he sustained more