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  • JB MDL Airmen contribute to AMC's aircrew safety; test new mask

    Flight crews have fewer than 10 seconds during a rapid decompression to don an oxygen mask before losing consciousness at 35,000 feet.Airmen at the Air Mobility Test and Evaluation Squadron here completed the fourth and final phase of testing on the new Aviation Oxygen and Respiratory Systems

  • 'iCarly' cast rocks JB MDL

    Hundreds of servicemembers and their excited children waited outside the Timmerman Center here Jan. 11 in anticipation of the "iCarly" cast and an exclusive screening of their newest episode.More than 700 tickets were passed out on a first come, first serve basis and given to unit leadership

  • 514th Air Mobility Wing helps deliver food to Afghans

    1/17/2012 - JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, N.J. -- Aircrews that fly KC-10 Extenders are used to filling the fuel tanks of other aircraft, but on Jan. 9 they performed a mission to fill the fuel tanks of hungry people, as they helped transport 45,000 pounds of food to impoverished

  • 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