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  • DOD to mandate documentation for lost, stolen CAC cards

    Later this year, the Defense Department will begin fully enforcing a previously optional policy regarding the reissuance of lost or stolen common access cards, a defense official said here today.Sam Yousef, a program manager for identity and benefits policy at the Defense Human Resources Activity,

  • Soldiers plan opposing force

    For a military force to be successful in their mission, they must receive proper training so they know how to react to an opposing force.The OPFOR is an important training enhancer which allowed soldiers to see how the enemy may attack them during Warrior Exercise 2014 at Joint Base

  • 72nd F.A. Bde. Soldiers dive into CLS course

    Four 72nd Field Artillery Brigade Soldiers were among the 26 Soldiers who recently certified here as combat lifesavers after successfully completing a three-day combat lifesaver course taught by the 1-314th Infantry Battalion, 174th Infantry Brigade. "Soldiers receive this type of training upon

  • Can Do One flies 5,000 hours

    Col. Richard E. Williamson Jr., commander, 305th Air Mobility Wing, earned the right to wear the coveted aviator's 5,000 hours flying patch Feb. 4, 2014, at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J.Williamson completed the monumental milestone becoming one of the few active-duty wing commanders to log

  • Make pledge to save

    The Military and Family Support Center hosts several events throughout February in honor of this year's Military Saves Campaign, with a focus to "Build wealth, not debt.""Military Saves is a social marketing campaign to encourage service members, [their] families and civilians to focus on savings,"

  • POW receives medal seven decades later

    For former U.S. Army Air Force Staff Sgt. Kenneth E. Youst, the seven-decade long wait has ended, as Col. James C. Hodges, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst and 87th Air Base Wing commander, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., in the presence of family, friends and hospital staff presented the

  • JB MDL service members visit Super Bowl Blvd

    More than 100 service members and their guests from Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., attended the USAA Military VIP experience at the NFL House on Super Bowl Blvd. in Manhattan, N.Y., Feb. 1, 2014.The attendees were invited to be part of the guest audience during the USAA Salute to Service

  • Snow requires JB MDL to implement safety measures

    Anyone who has experienced a New Jersey winter should be familiar with the feeling of waking up in a warm bed before stepping out into the powdery white wonderland of snow which has been all too familiar this season. With that in mind, try to empathize with the service members here who wake up

  • Coast Guard National Strike Force supports Super Bowl XLVIII

    The U.S. Coast Guard's National Strike Force, spearheaded by the Atlantic Strike Team of Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., deployed as a part of a comprehensive port-security regime set up for protection and rapid-response operations during the events surrounding Super bowl XLVIII from Jan.