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  • Eagle Flag trains, evaluates critical skills

    The U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center held its semi-annual Eagle Flag exercise March 14 through 31 at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst.The goal of Eagle Flag is to provide U.S. forces with an environment to exercise the knowledge and skills required for any type of forward operation, in any

  • Soldier honors commission with 26-mile march

    Second Lieutenant Bonnie Mattingly completed a 26-mile march March 25 in White Sands, N.M., to honor her commission this past November.She completed the march as a participant in the White Sands Missile Range 23rd Annual Bataan Memorial Death March held at White Sands Missile Range, N.M."It took a

  • JB MDL Facebook page reaches 5,000 likes

    The Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst Facebook fan page officially reached 5,000 fans March 27.The aptly named, "Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst," Facebook page officially launched on July 27, 2010, and in a short amount of time, has earned recognition as the number three Facebook page in Air

  • Week one wraps up: U.S. Air Forces Africa's African Partnership Flight

    The first week of U.S. Air Forces Africa's African Partnership Flight wrapped up March 16 at Ghana Air Force's Camp Burma here.Service members from Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Senegal and the U.S. participated in classroom instruction and hands-on aircraft training the first week at Camp Burma in

  • Fort Polk based 621 CRW liaison officer dies

    An Air Force servicemember assigned to the 621st Contingency Response Wing, stationed at Fort Polk, La. was found dead in his residence in Leesville, La. March 21. Air Force Lt. Col. Christopher E. Gavin was an air mobility liaison officer for the Army's 4th Brigade, 10th Mountain Division at Fort

  • Military mom - family comes first

    "I'm a mother and a wife, the Army is what I do," said Army Capt. Rikki Opperman, 174th Infantry Brigade chief of training. "My family is my passion."Although the active duty Army is comprised of just 15 percent females, according to Army.mil, these warriors shoulder heavy loads.Rikki said she never

  • Joint Base provides guidance, support to FEMA response teams

    Airmen from three wings across Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst came together March 20 through 23 to assist the Federal Emergency Management Agency with an Operational Readiness Exercise here.Approximately 30 incident management assistance team members from FEMA Region II, based in New York, N.Y.,

  • 21st EMTF inactivates, expands EC's role in global air mobility

    The 21st Expeditionary Mobility Task Force stood down and its subordinate units were administratively transferred to the U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center during a ceremony here Mar. 19 at the Global Reach Deployment Center."It is a bittersweet occasion any time an officer relinquishes command and