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  • New Jersey base gets evacuees from Haiti on road home

    A flight carrying 44 evacuees arrived here late Saturday in a continuing effort to assist U.S. citizens in Haiti after the country was devastated by a 7.0-maginitude earthquake Tuesday.JB MDL personnel, along with civilian agencies and individual volunteers, have assisted nearly 500 people evacuated

  • JB MDL welcomes evacuees from Haiti

    Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst welcomed more than 250 evacuees from Haiti this morning following a 7.0-magnitude earthquake there. The Joint Base is facilitating support efforts with various governmental and civilian organizations to ensure the evacuees are properly cared for. The team has

  • Air Force provides rapid response to disaster in Haiti

    Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst launched the first of several C-17 Globemaster IIIs mid-afternoon Thursday in support of relief operations following a massive earthquake in Haiti.The 21 passengers and six crew members represented four wings assigned to JB MDL signifying the symbiotic relationships

  • AMC commitment to conserve energy sizzles with new McGuire contract

    The temperature of Air Mobility Command's commitment to energy conservation is as high as the savings that will be realized through an Energy Savings Performance Contract signed Dec. 23 at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst.The Energy Savings Performance Contract implements four energy savings

  • McGuire Airmen provide earthquake relief

    Air Mobility Command's 621st Contingency Response Wing stationed here will deploy Airmen to Haiti today in the wake of the country's 7.0-magnitude earthquake.Members are deploying to facilitate humanitarian airlift operations and aid in providing ground support to the people of Haiti.More than 100

  • Town Hall meetings kick off at Dix

    The first of three Town Hall meetings scheduled to take place this week on each service's home turf in JB MDL occurred at Dix on Jan. 11.Joint Base and 87th Air Base Wing Commander, Col. Gina Grosso, welcomed a crowd to the early evening gathering at Timmermann Center. After briefly introducing her

  • King fought for the American way

    I once asked a learned friend how he accounted for the extraordinary success of the civil rights movement in the United States during the 1960s. My friend was a chaplain, a black and an historian to boot. He countered my question by asking me another question. "Could I remember," he said, "any

  • Education open house unveils learning opportunities

    The U.S. military believes in fighting smart and encourages all hands to get as much training as possible. The importance of formal, technical or on-the-job education is continually emphasized.Organizations at JB MDL promote more and better education for a stronger military. Opportunities to advance