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  • Army Reserve Best Warriors tackle urban combat event

    When Sgt. Christopher Meyer and his team of fellow Army Reserve Soldiers tactically entered the ramshackle village, they were met with smoke, explosions and simulated small-arms fire. This Military Operations on Urban Terrain event was just one challenge Meyer and his fellow competitors must face as

  • Service members polish JB MDL

    Service members across Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., participated in the Joint Base Beautification Day April 22, 2014, and are slated to hold another May 20 here.The Beautification day coincides with Earth Day and allows service members to improve the base's appearance.The 87th Civil

  • Army Reserve suicide-prevention expert serves on HBO panel

    The Army Reserve's 99th Regional Support Command participated in a screening of the new HBO documentary, "Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1," April 15 at HBO headquarters in New York City.Dr. Paul Wade, suicide prevention program manager for the 99th RSC, served on a panel of suicide-prevention

  • Advisory team supports multinational exercise in Cameroon

    Members from the 621st Contingency Response Wing participated in exercise Central Accord 14, at Air Base 101, Douala, Cameroon, Mar. 10-21. Eleven 818th Mobility Support Advisory Squadron air advisors participated in the exercise, which involved nine nations. The team focused their efforts on

  • NJ Congressmen, Army break ground on future site of R&D hangar

    Congressmen, U.S. Army senior executive service members and other military officials gathered at the Joint Base's Lakehurst section for a ceremonial groundbreaking at the site of a future Army research and development aircraft hangar April 11.New Jersey fourth district Congressman Chris Smith and

  • Local Army Reserve Soldier set to participate in Best Warrior Competition

    Several Army Reserve Soldiers are scheduled to participate in this year's Best Warrior Competition co-hosted by the Army Reserve's 99th Regional Support Command and 76th Operational Response Command.Sgt. Kathleen Shetley, a Soldier with the Army Reserve's 380th Army Band headquartered in Richmond,

  • DoD Unveils Improved Sexual Assault Prevention Training

    As part of efforts to eliminate the crime of sexual assault in the military, Defense Department officials announced April 14 improvements to sexual assault prevention and response training for all members of the armed forces and civilian employees.Officials said the improvements center on

  • 72nd FA BDE holds joint service combatives training

    Members of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard, and Marines were each represented during Modern Army Combatives Program Level I training given by the 3-314th Field Artillery Battalion, 72nd Brigade, March 10-14, here.MACP is a close quarters training program that fuses hand-to-hand combat,

  • Soldiers train chemical training mission

    First Army trainers from the Midwest and East Coast came together to transition a training mission and prepare a deploying chemical unit for its Operation Enduring Freedom mission. Soldiers of the 174th Infantry Brigade's 1-314th Infantry Regiment, joint base, and the 157th Infantry Brigade's,