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  • 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

  • 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