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  • McGuire Airmen provide earthquake relief

    Air Mobility Command's 621st Contingency Response Wing stationed here will deploy Airmen to Haiti today in the wake of the country's 7.0-magnitude earthquake.Members are deploying to facilitate humanitarian airlift operations and aid in providing ground support to the people of Haiti.More than 100

  • Town Hall meetings kick off at Dix

    The first of three Town Hall meetings scheduled to take place this week on each service's home turf in JB MDL occurred at Dix on Jan. 11.Joint Base and 87th Air Base Wing Commander, Col. Gina Grosso, welcomed a crowd to the early evening gathering at Timmermann Center. After briefly introducing her

  • King fought for the American way

    I once asked a learned friend how he accounted for the extraordinary success of the civil rights movement in the United States during the 1960s. My friend was a chaplain, a black and an historian to boot. He countered my question by asking me another question. "Could I remember," he said, "any

  • Education open house unveils learning opportunities

    The U.S. military believes in fighting smart and encourages all hands to get as much training as possible. The importance of formal, technical or on-the-job education is continually emphasized.Organizations at JB MDL promote more and better education for a stronger military. Opportunities to advance

  • Aerobic Marathon welcomes in New Year

    Approximately 20 members of theJoint Base community met at the Dix Griffith Field House Saturday morning to participate in a three hour New Years' Resolution Aerobic Marathon designed to promote fitness and burn off the holiday calories.The first hour of the marathon included a warming up period of