Joint base celebrates Battle of Midway 73rd anniversary

Seventy-three years ago, the U.S. Navy, Marine Corps and Army Air Corps worked together during an historic battle, shifting the tide of World War II in the Pacific. Today, the units at the nation's only tri-service joint base, representing each of the services involved in that monumental battle

NEX reopens after extensive renovations

The Navy Exchange, located on the Lakehurst side of the joint base here, celebrated their grand reopening after completing extensive renovations - the first since it opened in 1979.The Exchange now has new flooring, ceilings, walls, doors, aisles and more. With the new renovations, NEXCOM is also

Volunteer Appreciation Day honors community samaritans

More than 300 joint base community members gathered for the Annual Volunteer Appreciation Day Luncheon June 2, 2015, at Tommy B's community Activities Center here.In the past year, 900 registered volunteers have provided more than 76,000 hours of service to the joint base. The ceremony honored the

'Liberty Warriors' prepare for Warfighter Exercise

After a 17-hour journey from Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, the buses take one final turn and enter the gate at Camp Atterbury, Indiana. The Soldiers from the 77th Sustainment Brigade, 'Liberty Warriors,' out of JB MDL, get off the bus and are ready for the Warfighter exercise that

Airman celebrates career spanning 35 years

 Nurse, Secretary, Maintainer, Victim Advocate, Budget Technician ... Airman. Sandy Lewis is all of those things and so much more to the people who surround her. She celebrated 30 years of federal service in a room full of coworkers and friends at the U.S Air Force Expeditionary Center in April.This

NJ Civil Support Team evaluates WMD response in exercise

The New Jersey National Guard's 21st Civil Support Team kicked off an evaluation exercise June 3, 2015 here.As part of the exercise, the team was alerted to a weapons of mass destruction scenario during an event at the Cherry Hill Armory in Cherry Hill, New Jersey.The 21st Civil Support Team is one

108th Wing Airmen deploy, support OEF, OFS

MDL medic gives back while deployed

Team MDL hosts STEM Expo for local schools

Roughly 160 students from three local high schools, Manchester, Pemberton and Northern Burlington, ventured to new classrooms to attend the Science, Technology, Engineering and Math Exposition June 4 here.This year's STEM Expo brought together units from across the installation to demonstrate the

Joint base plans further energy savings

Driving through the joint base, community members will see solar panels, hybrid cars and electric vehicle plug-ins - these are the most visible of the many energy-saving initiatives taken on by JB MDL over the past two years.One of the base's largest energy initiatives is an enhanced-use lease