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  • Indoor air quality concerns, precautions

    In recent months, indoor air quality has been the subject of much attention due to the summer's high temperatures this summer.Although serious health-related problems are rare, there is a common perception that IAQ causes poor health. The causes and possible effects are not always completely

  • Survivor Outreach Services: An Army source servicing the grief stricken

    It was supposed to be a quick trip to the store to pick up a last minute item for supper, a mild inconvenience in an otherwise good day.But as Ida Gonzalez walked to her car, she saw two men in green uniforms moving up her sidewalk. Those men would turn that good day into the nightmare anyone who

  • 87th Medical Group After Hours Clinic to discontinue services

    The 87th Medical Group After Hours Clinic will officially close Sept. 28. The medical group has worked closely with the Tricare contractor and local medical partners to ensure the joint base military community has access to urgent after-hours medical care.The closest civilian after-hours/urgent care

  • Murphy takes charge of 305th AMW

    Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst bid farewell to one leader and welcomed another at a change of command ceremony for the 305th Air Mobility Wing Sept. 2.Lt. Gen. Robert Allardice, 18th Air Force commander, presided over the ceremony between out-going commander Col. Scott Smith and in-coming

  • DBIDS registration mandatory for all JB MDL personnel, residents

    All Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst personnel and residents must register for Defense Biometric Identification System by December 2010 or they will not be granted access to the base. Anyone not currently registered can do so at the McGuire Welcome Center Monday through Sunday, from 6 a.m. until 10

  • CRW Equipment, manpower augment Pakistan relief cell capability

    Along with the arrival of a contingency response element from the 621st Contingency Response Team, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., came additional capabilities to increase aircraft loading efficiency at Pakistan Air Force's Central Flood Relief Cell at Chaklala Air Base, Pakistan.The

  • Chairman of the Joint Chiefs coins CRW Airmen in Pakistan

    Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, coins Airmen from the 621st Contingency Response Element during a visit to Islamabad, Pakistan on Sept. 1, 2010. The 40 Airmen from the 621st Contingency Response Wing at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J. and are at Chaklala Air

  • Explosive Ordnance Disposal teams answer the call

    Since the terrorist's attacks on 9/11, the Air Force Explosive Ordnance Disposal mission has changed drastically in a very short period of time. "Pre-9/11, AF EOD technicians generally received calls for unexploded ordnances on the flight line," said Staff Sgt. Brian Buhrer, 87th Civil Engineer

  • In the Red Zone: AFC, NFC West breakdown

    I'm halfway through my breakdown of the 32 teams in the NFL as this week I will briefly analyze the NFC and AFC West divisions. Teams within these divisions have extremely interesting topics that have floated around the media within the last few months, so lets get started.AFC WestDenver BroncosThe

  • Contingency response element providing critical airlift support in Pakistan

    More than 30 members from the 621st Contingency Response Wing at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, arrived at Chaklala Air Force Base, Pakistan, to provide additional manpower, equipment and organization to current flood relief operations out of Pakistan Air Force's Central Flood Relief