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  • Construction underway for new Military and Family Support Center

    Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst leaders broke ground for the new Military and Family Support Center for all servicemembers during a ceremony here Wednesday.The MFSC, formerly called the Warfighter and Family Readiness Center, will continue to provide comprehensive, coordinated and responsive social

  • JB MDL Airmen mentor local elementary school students

    Children from Pemberton Elementary School visited Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst May 31 for a tour of the C-141B Starlifter static display and lunch with their Airmen mentors.Airmen, ranging from a military training leader to a physical therapy technician, took time out of their day to teach

  • Navy Lakehurst teams earn FEB awards

    The Federal Executive Board awarded a bronze medal to the Naval Air Systems Command Program Management team and the NAVAIR P-3 Business and Financial Management team May 17 in Philadelphia. The PM team is responsible for providing Peculiar Support Equipment to Naval Aviation assets throughout the

  • 174th Infantry Brigade bids farewell to Fort Drum

    The 174th Infantry Brigade cased its colors for official movement to Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst during a ceremony May 20 at Fort Drum, N.Y. The ceremony, overseen by Maj. Gen. Kevin Wendel, First Army Division East commander, marked the final farewell and new beginning for a brigade. "Change

  • Airmen wrap up 'proof of principle' operations in Romania, Bulgaria

    Members of the 621st Contingency Response Wing from Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., wrapped up operations here and at Burgas Airport, Bulgaria on May 31 after a more than three-week deployment. An important part of the mission was to demonstrate the capability of the airport at MK to support

  • The future is now at JB MDL: the Expeditionary Combat Support System

    The Air Force is in the midst of an historical transformation. The way the Air Force is organized and the ways airpower is employed are changing in revolutionary ways. Changing, too, are the ways in which Air Force logisticians provide support to warfighters. The Expeditionary Combat Support System

  • Joint base dormitory fire safety

    The National Fire Protection Association reported 3,570 fires occurred in dormitories between 2003 and 2006, resulting in $29.4 million dollars in property damage. Most dormitory fires were a result of unattended cooking equipment, open flames, overloaded outlets and misused heating appliances.The

  • Navy delivers first EMALS components to CVN 78

    Naval Air Systems Command's Aircraft Launch and Recovery Equipment program delivered the first set of Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System components to the future Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier May 9."Being able to deliver the very first EMALS components is exciting. We are committed to this