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  • Ostrat assumes operations group command

    Lt. Col. Ken Ostrat took the guidon for the 514th Operations Group from Col. Michael Underkofler, 514th Air Mobility Wing commander, Jan. 12, 2013, here at an assumption-of-command ceremony at the community center.Ostrat recently served as the 908th Operations Group director of operations at Maxwell

  • 87th MDG offers resiliency enhancement visits

    Active-duty service members may be eligible for a program which offers four visits "off-the-record" at the 87th Medical Group Mental Health Clinic.The program, called resiliency enhancement visits, encourages active-duty service members who are hesitant to seek mental health services to get the help

  • Air Force leaders deliver budget guidance to force

    Air Force leaders delivered guidance to the force recently, telling them to begin planning for the uncertain budget environment ahead, Secretary of the Air Force Michael Donley said Jan. 11 in a press briefing."Even though we're not presuming this worst case will occur, prudent planning for the

  • Safety office warns of winter woes

    The impact of winter weather in the United States ranges from $3 billion during a normal winter season to $6 billion during an active winter, more than any other time of the year, according to the National Weather Service. Statistics indicate that more people are injured or killed during the winter

  • Battaglia: leaders will keep faith with troops, families

    Service members should know that, despite ongoing fiscal challenges, their families are cared for, the senior enlisted advisor to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff told an audience of soldiers, sailors and airmen here today.Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Bryan B. Battaglia said Joint Chiefs Chairman

  • Delaware MPs train on JB MDL for Afghan mission

    The 153rd Military Police Company, more than 120 Delaware Army National Guard Soldiers headquartered in Delaware City, Del., mobilized recently at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J.The unit, the first of several police mentorship training assets to deploy in support of overseas contingency

  • Army freezes hiring, cuts base ops, reduces training

    In advance of possible extreme budget cuts that could arrive in March, Army leadership has called for an immediate hiring freeze and spelled out other pre-emptive measures meant to help the service prepare for a fiscal cliff.In a memo dated Jan. 16, Secretary of the Army John M. McHugh and Chief of

  • SECNAV discusses focus areas

    Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus rolled out his new "Four Ps" during a speech at the 25th Annual Surface Navy Association Symposium in Arlington, Va. Jan. 17.Mabus said the Four Ps of "People, Platforms, Power and Partnerships" are a way to bin key areas that are interrelated priorities for the

  • JB MDL Tax Center to provide free assistance

    The Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst Tax Center is set to open for business Feb. 8, 2013, here.The tax center staff provides free tax assistance to all qualifying active-duty service members, retirees and military dependents. Active-duty service members and dependents have priority at the Tax