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  • JACCE deploys to JB MDL to liaise AF assets for hurricane-relief effort

    Air Forces Northern deployed an element here Nov. 2 to the heart of military hurricane-support efforts in New York and New Jersey.Joint Air Component Command Element provides a liaison billet to coordinate with the Joint Force Land Component Command for employment of supplemental Air Force personnel

  • CE paves way for JB MDL

    The 87th Civil Engineer Squadron Snow Control members worked around the clock to clear the layer of snow on the McGuire flightline and the roads Nov. 8 here.Snow Control used an array of equipment, including plows and blowers, to ensure the base's mission carried on despite a thick layer of snow

  • Seabees work magic for Jersey Shore communities

    Seaside Heights looks like a set from an action movie. Houses were torn asunder while cars and boats sit  like toys tossed around after Hurricane Sandy left its mark on the Jersey Shore. The 55 Naval Mobile Construction Battalion-11 air detachment Sailors, or "Seabees" as they're known, came from

  • JB MDL service member uniform wear guidance for Sandy relief explained

    Joint base community members here continue to help with relief efforts across the region for people impacted by Hurricane Sandy, both on and off duty. Military members who are volunteering their time and efforts in either official or unofficial capacities are authorized to wear their uniforms while

  • 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