Learn to lighten footprint at JB MDL Earth Day

Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst is celebrating Earth Day from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at Laurel Pond Recreation Area on Dix.The event is geared toward providing the community with important information on how to have less of a negative impact on the environment."Attendees can learn what they can

Motorcycle mentorship program revs up at JB MDL

Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst motorcycle enthusiasts came together to promote safe-riding habits here April 22.Dozens of bikers gathered in the Exchange parking lot to set off on the season's first motorcycle mentorship ride. The monthly mentorship ride was a joint effort among rider coaches from

Community participates in National Prayer Breakfast

Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst servicemembers and local civic leaders attended the JB MDL National Prayer Breakfast here Tuesday.More than 100 attendees were treated to a full breakfast buffet of eggs, bacon, sausage, potatoes and French toast after the national anthem was performed and invocation

AF best fuels management flight: 87th LRS

Air Force's 87th Logistics Readiness Squadron was named best fuels management flight for fiscal year 2010.This is the first time the Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst LRS has received the Air Force's only flight-level award, the American Petroleum Institute Trophy Award."This was a total team effort

TRICARE Management Activity supports DEA’s National Take Back Initiative

The prescription drug National Take Back Initiative is being observed April 30 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at many police departments, universities, hospitals and military installations across America. Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst is collecting prescription drugs at the Exchange and 5165 Maryland

Soldiers compete in Best Warrior Competition at JB MDL

Historic ship continues to serve N.J. vets

Maj. Gen. Glenn K. Rieth, the Adjutant General of New Jersey, fired the portside 5-inch gun of the USS New Jersey, while The Patriot Brass Ensemble played "Anchors Aweigh" during a ceremony on board the historic battleship April 15.The ceremony was held on the deck of the Battleship New Jersey

174th Infantry Brigade returns from Eager Light 2011

More than 30 Soldiers from 174th Infantry Brigade, First Army Division East served as trainer mentors for the joint coalition 2011 Eager Light exercise in Amman, Jordan alongside the Jordanian Princess Ali Brigade, March 11 through 31.Eager Light, a brigade-level collaborative command post exercise,

New Mobility Support Advisory Sq. adds outreach, education to mission of CRW

A new air mobility unit was activated in a ceremony here April 19, marking the genesis of a new mission for the expeditionary air mobility specialists of the 621st Contingency Response Wing. By order of the Secretary of the Air Force, the 818th Mobility Support Advisory Squadron will provide air

305th, 514th AMW enhances refueling capabilities

Aircrews and maintainers from two mission wings stationed here gained a boost to their refueling skills and further enhanced the Air Force's global-reach efforts during a week-long exercise at Travis Air Force Base, Calif., concluding March 29.The exercise, dubbed NEPTUNE FALCON, culminated with a