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  • Tops in Blue performs for joint base community

    The Air Force's premier entertainment showcase, Tops in Blue, performed their Celebrating 60 Years of Tradition concert at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., Nov. 24, 2014.Tops in Blue serves as an expeditionary entertainment unit to provide quality entertainment from within Air Force resources

  • DLA Troop Support sends personal protective equipment to Liberia

    The Defense Logistics Agency will send more than 1.5 million critically needed medical personal protective sets to American aid workers working to contain the Ebola virus in West Africa, the agency team lead in Liberia said.Items procured by employees in DLA Troop Support's medical, clothing and

  • NYNG troops back in states following Afghanistan deployment

    Recently, 112 members of the New York Army National Guard's 133rd Quartermaster Company returned to the United States today for demobilization after their successful completion of the unit's deployment in support of Operation Enduring Freedom to Afghanistan.The Soldiers, based at Fort Hamilton, New

  • JTF-PO leaves Liberia

    After almost two months of supporting Operation UNITED ASSISTANCE, approximately 45 Airmen and Soldiers of the Joint Task Force-Port Opening left Liberia along with members of the U.S. Navy and U.S. Marines in a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III, Nov. 13, 2014.Approximately 10 air mobility

  • Scholarships for military children

    As the Scholarships for Military Children Program enters its 15th year, more than 8,000 students have shared nearly $13 million in scholarships. Applications for the 2015-2016 school-year awards become available starting Dec. 15 at commissaries worldwide or on the Internet at

  • Operation Baby Shower event donates $35,000 to military moms

    The sound of babies crying and mothers soothing them amid the chatter of expectant mothers filled the room as they waited for the beginning of the 99th Regional Support Command's four-hour event to celebrate motherhood."Operation Baby Shower" distributed more than $35,000 in donations to 71 mothers

  • First Sailors trained on Navy's newest launch system

    In late October, 16 Sailors from the USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) became the first in the fleet officially trained to operate the Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS).The initial 10-day training was created for senior leadership either directly involved with launching operations or who

  • Stevens names NAVAIR Lakehurst Co-op EotY

    NAVAIR Lakehurst was named Stevens Institute of Technology's co-op employer of the year at the university's recent 28th annual employer recognition luncheon at Stevens' Wesley J. Howe Center in Hoboken, N.J. "It's good to be recognized for all of our efforts and the hard work that our team put into

  • AF tests first all-electric vehicle fleet in California

    Air Force officials unveiled the Department of Defense's first non-tactical vehicle fleet composed entirely of plug-in electric vehicles, Nov. 14, at Los Angeles Air Force Base, California.The rollout of the 42-vehicle fleet marks a milestone in the DOD's demonstration of emerging technology and the

  • Army Reserve Ambassador honors ‘Greatest Generation’ on Veterans Day

    Nearly 100 senior citizens - including two-dozen military veterans - entered the community room at the Oak Crest Village retirement community, moving slowly and deliberately to their seats.Among their ranks were two-dozen former service members, but even they didn't move as quickly as they once did,