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  • Navy civilians, Sailors donate toys to more than 250 local children

    For the 42nd year, Navy civilians and Sailors from the Lakehurst side of Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst came together to donate toys to children from low-income families as part of the Navy Lakehurst Giving Tree Program. More than 250 children from the Toms River, Manchester, Berkeley and Brick

  • Holiday stockings delivered to service members

     Local volunteers from the Chambersburg, Pa., area stuffed and delivered 140 stockings to the Soldiers Chapel at Joint Base McGuire-Dix Lakehurst, making the Christmas holiday a little more festive for service members here. Chambersburg volunteers used local media outlets to enlist the aid from

  • Army Reserve supports Military History Detachment training

    The U.S. Army Center of Military History recently conducted Military History Detachment training here with support from the 83rd U.S. Army Reserve Readiness Training Center. “What a MHD does is go downrange once they get mobilized to collect operational data and conduct interviews,” explained Col.

  • Legal team: Defends in more ways than one

    From the walls adorned with walnut-stained plaques, to the high shelves lined with volumes of legal tomes, their years of experience and expertise are evident. Each Air Force base is like a small and self-reliant city, complete with a courtroom and knowledgeable team of lawyers. It’s these easily

  • Aerial porters own the night

    Under a rainy midnight sky, members of the 305th Aerial Port Squadron practiced loading cargo onto a blacked-out C-17 Globemaster III with the assistance of night vision goggles here, Nov. 30, 2017. The training, designed to mimic reality in a deployed environment, provided porters the skills

  • Snow team plows through winter

    While the leaves are still brown on the trees, the 87th Civil Engineering Squadron snow team is already gearing up for the winter months ahead to ensure that the Joint Base MDL community can still run safely and efficiently when the base gets covered in snow.Stocking up on salt and fine tuning snow

  • HMLA-773 conducts first-of-its-kind training

    Crew members and ordnance technicians with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron-773 (HMLA-773) conducted innovative drooped gun training that will set the standard across the U.S. Marine Corps Dec. 1, 2017 here.   A drooped gun is a malfunction that occurs when an AH-1W SuperCobra 20 mm

  • MFSC keeps military families connected, informed

     JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, N.J.-The military lifestyle can be a challenging and confusing experience for service members and their families. Having the right resources to help navigate these challenges can be invaluable to the success of the mission and family.Whether it’s a deployment,

  • Seven Mobility Airmen receive Bronze Star

    Seven Mobility Airmen received the Bronze Star Medal here during a ceremony, Nov. 21.Maj. Gen. Christopher J. Bence, U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center commander, presided over the ceremony and presented the Bronze Star Medal to the following Airmen for their work with the 621st Contingency

  • Airman saves infant’s life

    After a long day at work we look forward to coming home to unwind into familiar routines; picking up kids from daycare or school, coming home to take off boots and sitting down to have a meal with our families around the table.