ASA command staff says hello, goodbye to senior leaders

In every military organization, there comes a time when nameplates change on desks and next to doorways. So it is, at the command section of Army Support Activity-Dix.ASA-Dix Commander Col. Patrick Slowey has seen a changeover in both of his deputies' positions recently."This has been a time of

Changes to the Payroll Savings Bond Program

The U.S. Treasury will no longer issue paper savings bonds to federal employees through payroll deduction after September 30, 2010. In anticipation of this, Defense Finance and Accounting Service will discontinue bond allotments July. Any participant with a bond denomination not fully deducted by

JB MDL celebrates Independence Day

Reserve augmentee positions available throughout AF, at JB MDL

The Air Force Reserve is set to hire 1,600 augmentees throughout the Air Force with several positions available at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst.Designed under one of several Reserve categories, individual mobilization augmentees do not serve in Reserve organizations, but instead are assigned to

Dix safety director cruises retirement highway after 44 years

After 44-years of working and flying for the government, Leo Falanga, aviator turned safety director, was last reported seen on his motorcycle shortly after leaving Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst June 30 and heading down the road of retirement.Falanga, who first served in the Air Force with duty

NAVAIR honors 68 years of service

Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division Lakehurst recently held a service at the Engineering Complex Quadrangle dedicating the Perry DiGiovanniantonio Conference Room 103 in Building 596. More than 100 current and former employees attended the dedication in honor of honor of DiGiovanniantonio,

Granite State Soldiers prepare for Iraq

Soldiers from the New Hampshire Army Reserve unit, the 94th Military Police Company dotted the I's and crossed the T's as they conducted their final preparations for a deployment to Iraq June 22."Everyone is trained and ready to deploy. The morale is the highest it's been in years and the Soldiers

87 LRS, 305 MXS bring World Trade Center steel

On the morning of September 11, 2001, Maj. Elizabeth Clay, previously the 305th Maintenance Squadron commander, sat on a bench outside the Pentagon. She heard the roar of a jet in the distance and stood, expecting to see two fighter jets en route to a fly-by over Arlington National Cemetery. She

JB MDL Airman rescues baby from blazing fire

For Senior Airman John Muirhead, 87th Civil Engineer Squadron, Fire Department, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, rescuing others comes as second nature.While off-duty and visiting a friend from the Jamesburg fire department July 2, Muirhead, an Air Force fire fighter; whose hometown is Bloomfield,

Online program helps military families vote absentee

Defense Department officials launched an Internet-based program June 28 to help servicemembers and other Americans living overseas vote more easily in November's elections. The new online voting assistant at www.fvap.gov will make the registration and absentee ballot application process "quick,