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  • AST Coast Guardsmen train for hazmat response

    Service members from the U.S. Coast Guard Atlantic Strike Team donned protective suits, boots and gloves as they prepared to conduct a response to hazardous material training Feb. 28, 2013, here.The training scenario focused on responding to a call for assistance from the Environmental Protective

  • New equipment better prepares Dix Combat Life Saver Course students

    Military personnel attending the Army Support Activity-Dix combat lifesaver course here recently received new equipment for training.The new equipment will allow first responders to train on the same equipment they would use down range to save wounded warriors on the battlefield.Twenty 847th Human

  • JB MDL community members conquer obstacles

    Competitors from the military and civilian communities at Lakehurst answered the question, "Can you conquer the obstacles?" Feb. 25, 2013, at the Lakehurst Fitness Center's Inaugural Outdoor/Indoor Obstacle Challenge here.The participants persevered and powered through on a chilly February morning

  • HMH-772 surpasses 40,000 mishap-free flight hours

    Marines of Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 772 reached a milestone by surpassing 40,000 Class A mishap-free flight hours Feb. 1, 2013, transiting from Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., to San Antonio."Constantly exercising complex aircraft in dynamic operations provides numerous opportunities

  • WMSE releases traumatic brain injury information

    March is Brain Injury Awareness Month and the Defense and Veteran Brain Injury Center is trying to raise awareness of traumatic brain injury. Traumatic brain injuries are common in both military and civilian communities. Below are helpful facts from the DVBIC.What is TBI?-- A blow or jolt to the

  • African, U.S. military forces mark Central Accord 2013 open

    Hundreds of Cameroon military members stood alongside U.S. and other Central Africa partner nation members at the Douala Air Force Base airfield here during the opening ceremony for Central Accord 2013, Feb. 20, 2013.Central Accord 2013 is a 10-day joint aerial supply and medical readiness exercise

  • 87th CES EOD technician earns Purple Heart, Combat Action Medal

    Maj. Gen. Bill Bender, U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center commander, presented Tech. Sgt. Peter Arbelo with a Purple Heart and an Air Force Combat Action Medal March 4, 2013, at building 3210 here. Bender, along with Arbelo's wife, Stacey, joined a multitude of 87th Civil Engineer Squadron Airmen