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  • Aerobic Marathon welcomes in New Year

    Approximately 20 members of theJoint Base community met at the Dix Griffith Field House Saturday morning to participate in a three hour New Years' Resolution Aerobic Marathon designed to promote fitness and burn off the holiday calories.The first hour of the marathon included a warming up period of

  • 72nd Field Artillery Brigade welcomes new senior NCO

    The U.S. Army's highest enlisted rank is that of the command sergeant major, who is responsible for advising the commander and caring for the morale and welfare of troops within his unit. As with all servicemembers, changes in duty stations are inevitable. The 72nd Field Artillery Brigade held its

  • Training the Force: 72nd Field Artillery Brigade – On Time, On Target!

    At the home of the Ultimate Weapon, Mobilization Training Center Dix, the 72nd Field Artillery Brigade sustains the Army's busiest mobilization platform in the country, hosting more unit detachments than any other First Army MTC. The 72nd trains an average of 9,000 servicemembers each year in

  • CRW "Port Dawgs" leave a footprint in Afghanistan

    Most Airmen are familiar with deployment taskings, but 21 Airmen from the 621st Contingency Response Wing here recently returned from a 60-day "asking" to Afghanistan where they were able to make some major contributions to military operations.Lt. Col. Daniel Krall, commander of the 455th

  • Military working dog teams protect Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst

    It's a dog's life for members of military working dog teams stationed with the 87th Security Forces Squadron. Dog handlers at McGuire and Lakehurst maintain kennels while training and taking care of canines under their charge. Military police and their animals work together to thwart security

  • Additional Seabee battalions deploying to Afghanistan

    Two battalions of Navy Seabees will deploy to Afghanistan in coming months as part of the 30,000 additional U.S. forces deploying to the region. Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 4 will deploy from Port Hueneme, Calif., and NMCB 133 will deploy from Gulfport, Miss. Each NMCB contains about

  • Modern Army combatives class

    Some service members will agree they are very familiar with the most-used combat weapons such as the M16 series and M4 rifles and are prepared at a moment's notice to pick them up and use them.In contrast, what would happen if these same service members no longer had their weapon available for use,

  • Training center welcomes new commander

    Soldiers of the Regional Training Center-East (RTC-E) stood in formation on Sharp Field at Army Support Activity (ASA) - Dix to witness the passing of the guidon during a change of command Dec. 14.Two years after standing up the RTC-E, the organization's first commander, Lt. Col. Walter Easter Jr.,

  • JB MDL celebrates colonel promotions

    Congratulations to JB MDL's newest colonel selects from the 514th Air Mobility Wing.Thomas L. AyersGeza V. LoranthThomas J. Pizzolo