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  • Good Boy

    A flag is folded as two American service members are laid to rest. Friends and family stand among brothers and sisters in arms as they pay their final respects. Taps plays as the heroes' remains are lowered.It is time for their final salute.The sound of German Shepherds howling in the air welcomes

  • Joint ceremony celebrates Army Reserve’s 107th anniversary

    At 107 years old, the Army Reserve looks pretty good for its age.In fact, it looks as good today as is has at any point in its century-long history, from its beginnings as the Medical Reserve Corps in 1908, to its service in both peace and wartime during the past 100 years, to its role today as the

  • Team MDL hosts first joint retiree appreciation day

    Joint Base community members welcomed more than 700 retirees to its first Joint Retiree Appreciation Day held here for veterans from all military branches March 25, 2015.Retirees from the Air Force, Army, Marine Corps, Navy and Coast Guard, attended this monumental event proudly wearing caps,

  • Upcoming exercise helps keep joint base prepared

    Drill, simulation, evolution, training, operation, exercise or "war games," all mean the same thing: preparing military forces for real-world situations.No matter where they are held, exercises can impact both the base and local communities. The joint base's next force protection condition exercise

  • JB MDL hosts large scale, multi-agency exercise

    Their wails of pain sound real, their wounds look tangible, as the crowd of men and women move toward the initial chemical response zone during a Homeland Emergency Response Force training exercise on Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst April 17, 2015.The week-long simulated, multiphase incident

  • Military ‘sheep dogs’ protect America’s ‘flock’

    This year's National Prayer Breakfast offered a unique opportunity to Team MDL community members with a message from resiliency expert, retired Lt. Col. Dave Grossman, at Tommy B' Community Activities Center, April 21, here.The author, former U.S. Military Academy professor and Army Ranger, spoke

  • Pudgy 'flies' again

    Base members driving through the McGuire Gate in the past week might have noticed something missing when reaching Pudgy Circle.No Pudgy.April 13, members of the 305th Maintenance and 87th Civil Engineer Squadrons, with help from a civilian equipment company, prepared Pudgy for a short "flight" to a

  • Up from the ranks

    Normally, advancement from enlisted rank to officer can sometimes takes months or years. Not the case for Navy Chief Petty Officer Byron Rios, 87th Civil Engineer Squadron.During the commissioning ceremony aboard a mock aircraft carrier flight deck in Hangar One at NSA-Lakehurst, family, friends and