Joint base aids local Hurricane Sandy victims

Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst's professional organizations such as the First Sergeants' Council, Top 3, 5/6 Club, Air Force Sergeants Association and others are currently collaborating to centralize the joint base's efforts to provide aid and humanitarian relief for local communities impacted by

More than 100 trained Reapers ready to support mobilization

After months of leader training seminars, extended battle assemblies and other training events, more than 100 Reaper Battalion solders completed their culminating training event and graduated as trainer/mentors from the 10-day First Army Training Academy. The soldiers, assigned to 2nd Battalion,

The electrician

New Jersey Air National Guard Staff Sgt. Carl Hilpl is standing with the rest of the electric crew in the parking lot of the Ocean County Medical Center in Brick, N.J.The temperature has fallen to 33 degrees and the rain is turning to snow. Nor'easter Athena will soon be dumping snow, rain, high

From coast to coast, the Contingency Response Wing answers Sandy's call

The mobility Airmen in the 621st Contingency Response Wing are no strangers to the chaos of a disaster area, nor the destruction of a flood; it is the siren song of their role as Air Mobility Command's 9-1-1 force.But when Hurricane Sandy came to the New Jersey Shore Oct. 29, it brought that peril

JB MDL hosts engineers clearing flood waters

A team of nearly 50 Air Force civil engineers from duty locations across the country pulled together to form the 331st Air Expeditionary Group this week, to pump flood waters affecting New York coastal communities following Hurricane Sandy. The 331st AEG assembled here Saturday, with engineers from

Mobility Airmen blanket East Coast with Hurricane Sandy relief supplies

Air Mobility Command Airmen forged a bridge between the West and East Coasts during the early morning hours Nov. 6 to distribute blankets that would make their way to Hurricane Sandy victims.The 7,800 blankets began their journey at Travis Air Force Base, Calif., where they were loaded onto a C-17

87th CS re-engages radar

Joint base team assists N.J. county hurt by Hurricane Sandy

Two dozen Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., Airmen teamed up with more than 30 additional community volunteers to collect supplies which will be distributed to Monmouth County residents impacted by Hurricane Sandy Nov. 6 at Thompson Park in Lincroft, N.J.According to reports in the Newark-Star

621st CRW supports AZANG with Hurricane Sandy relief efforts

The 621st Contingency Response Wing sent a Contingency Response Element to work closely with Arizona Air National Guard's 161st Air Refueling Wing to support them in their efforts to help restore power to the East Coast since Nov. 2. The Travis Air Force Base, Calif., CRE from helped launch 16

Patience key as hurricane relief efforts continue

Hurricane Sandy relief efforts staged out of Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst are in full swing and as such, there is an increased number of personnel on base.This may cause congestion on the base roads in some facilities such as dining facilities. Joint-base senior leadership asks community members