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  • 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

  • Commentary: Sergeant Griego writes on the high cost of freedom

    John F. Kennedy said it best, "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." I have served for seven years in the United States Air Force and in those seven years I have experienced

  • JB MDL members participate in Army 10-miler

    Congratulations to the Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst members who placed in the Army Ten-Miler Oct. 4 in Washingon D.C. They placed third out of 29 in the All Comers 2009 Team category. Master Sgt. (USMC Ret.) Jose Rivera, Lakehurst Master Sgt. Robert E. Grant, Jr., McGuire Staff Sgt. Rohan

  • Teams brave rain and cold during memorial ruck run

    They say that if it's not raining, it's not training. It was cold, about 45 degrees on Oct. 17, and it was raining. So, it must have been great training for the 75-plus teams that took part in the First Sergeants Council Third Annual Ruck March at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst.The 75 four-man