JLDP welcomes new participants at Lakehurst

Kathleen Donnelly, Support Equipment and Aircraft Launch and Recovery Department director, along with several senior leaders, met with 17 Naval Air Systems Command Lakehurst employees to welcome them into the Journey Leadership Development Program Nov. 5, 2014.The JLDP is a command-wide competitive

CRW supports OUA

Historic hangars merge past with present

The past has met the present at the lighter than-air historic district at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J.Two historic hangars at JB MDL were fitted with solar walls last year, and the effort is saving the installation as much as $100,000 per year in utility costs. In addition to cost savings,

621 CRW Airmen arrive in Liberia to support JTF-PO, Ebola outbreak humanitarian operations

Approximately 22 additional U.S. Air Force members arrived here Oct. 13, as part of the Joint Task Force-Port Opening team in support of Operation UNITIED ASSISTANCE, a comprehensive U.S. effort to work with the World Health Organization and other international partners to help the Governments of

Training instructors put boot on honorary commanders

Honorary commanders received brief treatment mimicking what military recruits experience when entering basic military training, or "boot camp", Oct. 28, 2014, at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J.The honorary commanders program is designed to familiarize local community leaders with the military

USAF EC general revisits joint base

Maj. Gen. Frederick H. "Rick" Martin, U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center commander, recently spent two days with the 87th Air Base Wing during a tour of Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., Oct. 14 and 15, 2014.After taking command of the EC in September 2013, Martin had the opportunity to tour

Everyone can contribute to stormwater pollution prevention

Stormwater pollution is one of New Jersey's greatest threats to clean and plentiful water and that's why Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst residents are doing something about it.The rain washes pollution from streets, parking lots and lawns into storm drains, where it travels directly to

The Air Force's Quiet Energy Revolution

Modern catch phrases  like 'energy security' and 'energy independence' have had a renewed urgency  in recent years as Americans felt  the pinch of high oil prices and considered the benefits and risks of the domestic boom in natural gas and oil production.But here at the Air Force, energy's role in

106th RW Honor Guard sets high standards for performance

The Base Honor Guard of the New York Air National Guard's 106th Rescue Wing performed 619 military funerals in 2013; more than any other Air National Guard Base Honor Guard. The high-performing Honor Guard is also the eighth busiest in the Air Force overall.With 619 funerals conducted in the 2013-14

'Odyssey of Love' brings AF widow to late husband's former aircraft

A mother and daughter team recently stopped by Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., as a part of a cross-country journey to capture a photo with a retired aircraft that holds a special place in their heart.Alison Miller and her daughter, Rachael-Grace Aganda, embarked on the journey June 18,