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  • 87th LRS Hosts Inaugural Cross-Utilization Course

    The 87th Logistics Readiness Squadron successfully created and hosted its inaugural Cross-Utilization Training course at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., July 17-28, 2023. Instructors from the 87th LRS, 305th Aerial Port Squadron, and the 373rd Training Squadron, Detachment 301 facilitated

  • JB MDL Hiring Our Heroes Career Summit

    Hiring Our Heroes hosted a Career Summit on Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, July 11, 2023. For more than a decade, Hiring Our Heroes has helped thousands of veterans and military spouses find meaningful employment through their training and hiring events.

  • NSA Lakehurst holds 'Joint' themed Change of Command Ceremony

    Naval Support Activity Lakehurst held a change of command ceremony officiated by Rear Adm. Wesley McCall on July 13, 2023, at NSA Lakehurst, N.J.During the ceremony U.S. Navy Capt. James Howell assumed command of NSA Lakehurst from U.S. Navy Capt. Frank Ingargiola, Naval Support Activity Lakehurst

  • Service members manage stress with 'Bright and Beautiful' Therapy Dogs

    The 87th Air Base Wing Security Forces Squadron in partnership with the Bright and Beautiful Therapy Dogs organization hosted a visit for service members and their families at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J. on 23 June, 2023.Bright and Beautiful Therapy Dogs is a non-profit organization that

  • Mission Bound: 305th Air Mobility Wing Departs for Mobility Guardian 2023

    Airmen assigned to the 305th Air Mobility Wing, depart for Mobility Guardian 2023, at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., July 5, 2023. MG23 has evolved from previous U.S.-based iterations, focusing on overcoming distance to deliver vital mobilization, deployment, and sustainment functions for

  • 305th AMW celebrates a century of air mobility

    On June 27, 1923, The U.S. Army Air Service conducted the first aerial refueling mission, passing 75 gallons of gasoline through a hose from one De Haviland DH-4B to another. This marked the first air-to-air refueling using a gravity-flow hose. To commemorate this historic date, the 305th Air

  • The End of an Era

    The 305th and 514th Air Mobility Wings bid farewell to KC-10 tail number 84-0188 on June 21 and 22, 2023, at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J.The farewell ceremonies commemorated the 33-year legacy of the KC-10 and marked the ending of the KC-10 fleet for the joint base.

  • 305th AMW SERE Operations conducts Water Survival Preparation

    Airmen assigned to the 305th Air Mobility Wing conducted a Water Survival Preparation Course at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J. on 7 June, 2023.Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape is an established career field dedicated to increasing survivability of personnel when isolated in remote

  • JB MDL Change of Command 2023

    U.S. Air Force Col. Wes Adams relinquished command of Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst and the 87th Air Base Wing to U.S. Air Force Col. Anthony L. Smith, during a change of command ceremony on Joint Base MDL, New Jersey, June 20, 2023.U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. John M. Klein, U.S. Air Force