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  • HAWC teaches 'eat clean, train mean to get lean'

    The Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., Health and Wellness Center kicked off its forefront campaign, the New Year's Resolution Eight-Week Weight Loss Challenge, to keep community members on track with their New Year's resolutions Jan. 19, 2014, here.The program synergizes existing and new

  • Mobility Airmen exercise global response

    Hundreds of total force mobility Airmen joined their U.S. Army counterparts to exercise the rapid introduction of forces into hostile environments during exercise Global Response Expeditor here Jan. 6-16.The exercise brings together forces of United States Transportation Command and the Air Force's

  • Obama calls military sexual assaults 'profound injustice'

    President Barack Obama today addressed what he called the "profound injustice" of sexual assaults in the military.During a White House Council on Women and Girls event in the East Room, the president reaffirmed his administration's commitment to preventing sexual violence in America.With Defense

  • Saving life beyond call of duty

    A Navy chief, assigned to Center for Security Forces Detachment Chesapeake, will undergo a bone marrow aspiration procedure Jan. 28, in a selfless act to reach out and save the life of someone in dire need.The C.W. Bill Young Department of Defense (DoD) Marrow Donor Program, also known as Salute to

  • Wing historian records 380th AEW challenges, accomplishments

    The 380th Air Expeditionary Wing historian prides herself on being able to document how Airmen have faced daunting challenges, come together and overcome them. Aungelic Nelson talked about one such challenge: a severe rain storm, which caused flooding throughout the base this past fall. Nelson, who

  • JB MDL Tax Center prepares to open shop

    The Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst Tax Center is set to open for business Feb. 3, 2014, here.The tax center staff provides free tax assistance to active-duty service members ranked E-5 or below, retirees and military dependents.Active-duty service members and dependents have priority at the Tax

  • STEM outreach volunteers answer call to mentor FIRST robotics teams

    Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) Lakehurst engineers Dr. James Hing and Matthew DeFelice will spend countless evening and weekend hours over the next two months mentoring two high school FIRST Robotics teams, in hopes of again going to the World Championship competition. FIRST,

  • Homeward Bound Campaign welcomes service members home

    Service members and their families continually make sacrifices. Multiple deployments, long training exercises and constant states of readiness can add to the stress of not just being a service member, but a spouse or family member as well.In 2014, the Army & Air Force Exchange Service is joining