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.,

Olympic wrestlers hone skills of youths

"Defense! Offense! Defense! Offense!"Army Capt. Phillip Simpson, All-Army wrestling team member, based out of Fort Carson, Colo., and hailing from Nashville, Tenn., called out each position to more than 45 boys who would drop to the mats and scramble right back up.Children ages six to 18, from

Pot O' Gold 5K ends with jig

Top enlisted Airman visits JB MDL mobilizers

Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force James A. Cody leaned into the training simulator, inspecting its features. It looked like a Humvee without wheels, bolted into a giant tumbler. "We don't tumble them around like they're in a washing machine," said Sgt. 1st Class Keith Hands, 1 Battalion 314th

Seabees say goodbye with style

Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 21 celebrated their last Seabee Ball and shared their unique history one final time March 9, 2013, before the battalion's fall decommissions. More than 300 Seabees, family and friends attended the celebration in the Hanover Grand Ballroom in Bethlehem, Pa. The