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  • 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

  • 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

  • Several services sever tuition assistance

    The Air Force is the latest branch to officially suspend military tuition assistance March 11, 2013, as a result of sequestration.Michael Donley, Secretary of the Air Force, announced the Air Force has suspended new TA enrollment for the remainder of fiscal year 2013. The Army and Marine Corps

  • NJESGR seeks Boss Lift applicants

    The National Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve Headquarters is set to host its annual Boss Lift May 7-8, 2013, here. The two-day event will allow 35 participants to see firsthand the type and quality of military training and leadership activities guard and reserve members receive. Selected