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  • Air Force officials announce enlisted constrained jobs list

    Air Force officials announced Jan. 10, the fiscal 2012 career job reservation program with 16 Air Force Specialty Codes placed on the constrained list.Career job reservations allows the Air Force to control the number of first-term Airmen re-enlisting in career fields where projected manning levels

  • Walk safely on slippery ice and snow

    It's not just slippery when wet. Walking on ice and snow after a winter storm can be a slippery, treacherous task requiring more attention than usual, especially when walking to the parking lot or from building to building. No matter how well sidewalks, walkways and parking lots are shoveled and

  • JB MDL implements new emergency mass-notification system

    Headquarters Air Mobility Command awarded a contract in September to Reliable Government Solutions to provide AtHoc Installation Warning System Alerts to Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst and seven other AMC installations.This system procurement, in part, is in response to mitigating events such as

  • 305th MXG officers win AMC award, compete at AF level

    Two 305th Maintenance Group officers were recently recognized as the Air Mobility Command nominees for the Air Force 2011 Lieutenant General Leo Marquez Maintenance Award for their respective categories.Maj. Ash Cannon, 305th Maintenance Operations Squadron commander, and Capt. Gary Charland, 605th

  • Air Force completes FY12 civilian workforce restructure

    Air Force officials announced plans for the elimination of 4,500 additional positions as a continuation of its FY12 Civilian Workforce Restructure Jan. 11. Beginning in May 2011, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst implemented a series of Air Force directed hiring controls and voluntary separation

  • JB MDL customs, courtesies clear for reveille, retreat, taps

    Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst leadership announced the establishment of joint standardized customs and courtesies here in regard to ceremonial music and customs and courtesies.The joint advisory committee team established overall guidance Dec. 16 which applies to reveille, retreat and taps;

  • Rules restrict political activity by DOD personnel

    With election activity steadily picking up, defense officials are in the process of issuing regular election-year guidance to remind military and Defense Department civilians that they're subject to rules regulating their involvement in political activities.This issue -- one the department regularly

  • JB MDL community members go above, beyond CFC goal

    Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst community members not only reached the $375,000 Combined Federal Campaign goal, but surpassed it.The community generated $377,575 in donations from Oct. 3 to Dec. 9 and have received an additional $4,382 dollars since the campaign officially ended, bringing the total

  • Youth Challenge Academy explores careers at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst

    The Naval Air Warfare Aircraft Division Lakehurst Educational Outreach Office recently joined forces with the New Jersey Youth Challenge Academy to provide its high school students with a mind-expanding, vocational-widening experience."Our goal is to foster a robust continuum of exposing, learning