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  • Marksmanship fundamentals keep US forces elite

    Getting deploying service members familiar with their assigned weapon is a top priority here before getting sand in their boots or sending bullets down range.Whether a service member uses iron sights or red dot sights, preliminary marksmanship instruction is crucial to the development of basic

  • PATS testing ensures Soldiers' protective gear is functional

    Gas! Gas! Gas! Nine seconds. Locate the M41 gas mask. Eight seconds. Remove the mask from the hip pouch. Seven seconds. Press the mask firmly against the face. Six seconds. Pull the face straps over the head. Five seconds. Tighten the straps. Four seconds. Place hand over the air filter. Three

  • ESGR showcases part-time military

    Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve personnel hosted the annual "Boss Lift" for employers from the tristate area May 8, 2013, here.Employers visited several guard and reserve units across JB MDL to briefly experience the life of an auxiliary service member. The purpose of the Boss Lift is to

  • SALT seasons joint base members with drunk-driving knowledge

    Several hundred service members attended the Save A Life Tour presentation May 17, 2013, at the Timmermann Center here.The tour's focus is informing audiences of the dangers of drunk driving.The upcoming four-day Memorial Day weekend and the recent push from the National Transportation Safety Board

  • EMS workers respond to call

    Every step in the EMS process has its own specialist whether it is a firefighter, EMT or ALST. Each emergency response professional undergoes respective training and expertise, personal experience, trials and tribulations. The varying professionals come together to achieve a common goal: to ensure

  • Rededication ceremony honors historic aircraft

    Joint base leaders and community members gathered to rededicate the C-118 Liftmaster static display May 14, 2013, at the circle in front of the McGuire Passenger Terminal here. The ceremony was the culmination of a more than three-year restoration project taken on by 305th and 514th Air Mobility

  • Airmen get flipped in egress training, feel the HEAT

    Normally, one does not typically expect to see Airmen being flipped upside down in Humvees wearing full battle rattle. More than 30 airmen conducted egress training May 13, 2013, here in preparation for deployment in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM in Afghanistan. "This training is teaching us

  • Press Release: Media invited to attend annual Parade of Wreaths ceremony

    Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, the Thomas B. McGuire Foundation and the New Jersey State Police will commemorate Memorial Day with the 30th annual Parade of Wreaths ceremony at 10:30 a.m. May 23 at Pudgy's Circle.Participants in the ceremony will lay wreaths as a tribute to those who gave their

  • Joint base cancels Fourth of July celebration

    Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst's annual Fourth of July celebration has been officially canceled due to the current fiscal constraints.The annual celebration - featuring static displays, entertainment and a fireworks show - provided the joint base with an opportunity to show our appreciation to the