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  • Don't be a target

    The risk of becoming an intelligence target increases greatly during foreign travel. As an American military member or government employee traveler with access to useful information, it is possible to become the target of foreign intelligence or security service anytime in any country. The threat is

  • Sailors, Coast Guardsmen train for Afghanistan, Pakistan Hands Program

    Sailors and Coast Guardsmen from across the country have entered into the final phase of their training here as they prepare to embark on their mission assignment to the Afghanistan-Pakistan Hands Program.The Af-Pak Hands Program was initiated by, and is under the direct oversight of, the Joint

  • JB MDL ‘green’ shoppers save more at AAFES stores

    The base exchange/post exchange is rewarding military shoppers who are doing their part for the environment through its new "Use a Bag, Save the Planet" initiative. Instead of using traditional plastic bags, retail facilities at the Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst main exchange are encouraging

  • McGuire Airmen continue to support Haiti relief

    Air Force reservists from the 514th Air Mobility Wing here continue to provide aerial port and translator skills in Haiti for earthquake relief efforts. Members of the 35th and 88th Aerial Port squadrons arrived in Haiti in mid-February. Living on meals, ready to eat and residing in tents, the nine

  • All Services Meet or Exceed March Recruiting Goals

    The military services met or exceeded their March recruiting goals for the active and reserve components, Defense Department officials reported April 16.Also, officials said, retention is above the goals for the first six months of the fiscal year.The active Army signed up 6,615 recruits in March

  • SMA testifies to Congress on force stress, resilience

    The Army's senior enlisted advisor told members of Congress Wednesday that what keeps him awake at night is stress on the force.Sgt. Maj. of the Army Kenneth O. Preston testified to the House Appropriations Committee military construction subcommittee alongside his service counterparts from the

  • Gates adopts 26 Fort Hood panel recommendations

    Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates has directed the Defense Department immediately to implement 26 interim recommendations of an independent panel he appointed to look into the Nov. 5 shooting spree at Fort Hood, Texas, Pentagon officials said April 19.Gates signed the memorandum April 12.Maj. Nidal

  • MCPON testifies quality of life

    The master chief petty officer of the Navy and senior enlisted leaders from all the services testified before Congress April 14. They appeared before the House Appropriations Committee Subcommittee on Military Construction.MCPON Rick D. West, along with the other top senior enlisted leaders from the

  • Virtual World prepares mobility Airmen for real mission

    Airmen preparing for the worldwide mobility mission of the 621st Contingency Response Wing here now have a powerful new training tool. A state-of-the-art virtual firearms training simulator with a 300-degree field of view is now being operated by the 819th Global Support Squadron to prepare CRW

  • Gates supports 'contiguous training' for Reserve components

    While admitting initial reservations, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates told a National Guard conference today he sees benefits of a new plan that allows reserve-component servicemembers to conduct pre-deployment training before the clock starts ticking on their 12-month mobilization cycles.Gates