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  • 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

  • NFL brings Huddle Tour to JB MDL

    The New York and New Jersey Super Bowl Host Committee partnered with the NFL to bring a portion of the "Join the Huddle" Tour to Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, Jan. 12-13, 2014, at the Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron (HMH) 772 Hangar and Lakehurst Commissary here.The event provided the joint

  • Army Reserve Training Complex opens for business

    Dozens of military service members and civilians celebrated the opening of the new Mission Training Complex here during a ribbon-cutting ceremony, Jan. 12.The event was hosted by Brig. Gen. John H. H. Turner III, commanding general of the Army Reserve's Atlantic Division, 75th Training Command

  • AF finalizing details for two officer force management programs

    Details for implementation of two fiscal 2014 officer force management programs announced in December are being finalized to allow Air Force officials to release eligibility criteria, Air Force Personnel Center officials said today.Details regarding the reduction in force board, coupled with

  • JB MDL mission partners sweep snow

    Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst mission partners rallied to clear the snow following a winter storm Jan. 2, 2014, here.The agencies, including the 87th Civil Engineer Squadron Snow Team, 87th Logistics Readiness Squadron vehicle maintenance, 305th Operational Support Squadron Weather Flight and

  • The Exchange promotes a healthier you in 2014

    The Army & Air Force Exchange Service continues to support the Office of the Secretary of Defense's Healthy Base Initiative through the Exchange's Operation Be Fit effort. Operation Be Fit is a program that offers healthier choices to authorized shoppers in the Exchange's Main Stores, Expresses,

  • JB MDL teen selected as N.J. Military Youth of the Year

    A Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., teen was selected as the Military Youth of the Year for the State of New Jersey. Selena Buchanan, daughter of Army Sgt. 1st Class Clint Buchanan, 174th Infantry Brigade, was nominated for the award through the Garden Terrace Youth Program. One of the

  • Pentagon announces upcoming changes to imminent danger pay

    The Defense Department announced Jan. 3, changes in imminent danger pay, or IDP, that will go into effect June 1, DOD spokesman Army Col. Steven Warren told reporters here. "This is a process that began (in 2011)," he said, and "included in-depth threat assessment from the combatant commands. It was