Save time, money, train virtually

Service members received virtual training on the Reconfigurable Vehicle Tactical Trainer prior to deployment at the National Guard Bureau Joint Training and Training Development Center March 13, 2013, here.The military is cutting costs by using virtual training for military personnel to experience a

'Patriots on Point!'

Training is the foundation of everything we do."Train for combat" is the mission of the 174th Infantry Brigade, First Army Division East stationed here.The Patriot Brigade is responsible for executing and certifying individual and collective training for deploying service members in coordination

Home on the range: local guard unit trains at JB MDL

Soldiers from the New Jersey National Guard's 2nd Battalion, 113th Infantry Regiment, out of Riverdale, N.J., conducted training March 22-24, 2013, at ranges here. The Soldiers took part in mortar firing training, M16 and M4 rifle qualification and squad live-fire exercises."At any given time there

Job seekers gain insight at joint base job fair

Joint base community members attended the Joint Base Job Fair to meet and offer resumes to the more than 30 representatives from various federal, state and local agencies March 21, 2013, at Tommy B's Community Activities Center here.The four-hour fair, sponsored by the Military and Family Support

NCMA interfaces with local school district

Jill Dobrowansky, Lakehurst Board of Education superintendent, visited the Naval Air Systems Command, Naval Civilian Manager's Association March 5, 2013, here. Dobrowansky met with NCMA officers to discuss the development of a science, technology, engineering and mathematics laboratory at the

EC honors veteran military painter

Everyone in John Witt's art has a name, and every piece of art has a story. In fact, John Witt himself has a story, though he's reluctant to talk much about the man behind the latest contributions to Air Force Art Program's collection at the U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center, March 15, 2013, here.

SERE trainers eat weird stuff, chill in woods

Your aircraft experienced a catastrophic engine failure and went down in the heart of a great forest. You survey the wreckage and find you are the only survivor. Fear and panic begins to worm its way to the foreground of your consciousness. Then you begin to remember bits and pieces of survival tips

Teams test trivia knowledge at Tommy B's

Corporal's Course receives sister service members

Joint base service members from the Marine Corps, Air Force and Navy are attending Corporal's Course, previously exclusive to Marines, March 11 through 29, 2013, here.The current iteration of Corporal's Course here is the first to open its doors to sister services. It is a three-week course in which

Troops read Dr. Seuss books to Taunton Elementary School students

"I do not like them, Sam-I-am. I do not like green eggs and ham," as stated in Dr. Seuss' "Green Eggs and Ham".Military members don't often find themselves reciting these words, but once a year, several of them do just that.A group of 13 service members from Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J.,