6th Airlift Squadron deploys, families bid farewell

Family members were joined by 305th Air Mobility Wing and Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst leadership, as they bid farewell Oct. 26 to the 6th Airlift Squadron Airmen departing for Operations IRAQI AND ENDURING FREEDOM. A farewell ceremony was held at the JB MDL Passenger Terminal to mark the

Contingency Response Airmen build partnership capability in Egypt

Airmen from the 621st Contingency Response Wing bolstered Egypt's ability to mobilize its troops by training twenty Egyptian Airborne soldiers on U.S. airlift operations and cargo loading procedures during this year's BRIGHT STAR exercise in Cairo, Egypt, Oct. 9-21. As the U.S. Air Force builds

JB MDL on right track to achieve 2009 CFC goal

305th Air Mobility Wing quarter award winners announced

Third quarter award winners were announced at the 305th Air Mobility Wing awards ceremony Oct. 23 here. Airman: Senior Airman Christine Condoleon, 6th Airlift Squadron NCO: Staff Sgt. Dean Piatz, 305th Aerial Port Squadron Senior NCO: Master Sgt. Susan Brough, 2nd Air Refueling Squadron Junior CGO:

621st CRW announces award winners

The 621st Contingency Response Wing recognized the following Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst personnel during the third quarter Commander's Call and Quarterly Awards ceremony here, Oct. 26: Airman: Senior Airman Stephen Smith, 817th Global Mobility Readiness Squadron NCO: Tech. Sgt. Joel Bane,

Thrift Savings Plan options available to Airmen

The Thrift Savings Plan is a government-managed, 401k-type payroll-deduction program designed to provide tax-deferred retirement plan for servicemembers and federal civilian employees. Military members can contribute any whole percentage of basic pay, as long as the annual total of the tax-deferred

VA, DOD officials host national mental health summit

Officials with the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Defense are hosting a first-of-its-kind national summit to address the mental health care needs of America's military personnel, families and veterans, harnessing the programs, resources and expertise of both departments to deal

The weapons of warfare adapt with the age of Airmen

Airmen are using off-the-shelf commercial gaming equipment on the battlefield, and according to one Airman operating at a base still littered with Soviet-era landmines, they're a great fit. When Senior Airman James Dobrynski, a St. Louis native, straps on his individual body armor, fire-resistant

Dover Airman named 'AMC Icon'

Tech. Sgt. Letisia Eddy of Dover AFB, Del., was the winner of Air Mobility Command's Icon competition following the command performance here Oct. 22. Staff Sgt. LaTanza Meabon-Whiteside of Little Rock AFB, Ark., garnered second place, and Senior Master Sgt. Craig Hall of MacDill AFB, Fla., took

Commentary: Jessica Hill writes on the high cost of freedom

In John F. Kennedy's address to the nation on October 22, 1962 he said "the cost of freedom is always high, but Americans have always paid it. And one path we shall never choose, and that is the path of surrender, or submission." Americans never shrink from tyrants who seek to destroy freedom, but