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  • Fire Emergency Services – Careless Smoking Habits

    One of the most common causes of deaths in home fires is careless smoking. It has been estimated that 35% of all home fire deaths (about 1,500 a year) and 17% of all home fire injuries are caused by cigarette fires. Over $300 million in property is lost in these fires. Careless smoking is the #1

  • Joint Base celebrates retiree appreciation

     Joint Base MDL members recently hosted the third annual Joint Retiree Appreciation Day at the Timmerman Center here April 29.  More than 1,200 retirees and family members attended this year’s event to take part in informational briefings from vendors and organizations that work to represent retired

  • Joint Base hosts state-wide emergency training exercise

    The New Jersey Office of Emergency Management, New Jersey Task Force One, FEMA and State Urban Search and Rescue Task Force recently conducted a full-scale search and rescue exercise on Joint Base MDL, April 21.The Joint Base was chosen for the exercise due to its ability to host a wide variety of

  • Everyone can contribute to stormwater pollution prevention

    Stormwater pollution is one of New Jersey's greatest threats to clean and plentiful water and that's why Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst residents are doing something about it.The rain washes pollution from streets, parking lots, and lawns into storm drains. From there the water travels directly to

  • Local youth donates 3,000 comic books to servicemembers

    In a heartwarming display of generosity, 10-year-old Carl Scheckel donated his collection of comic books to servicemembers at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst during April, 2017.   Carl donated 3,000 comic books to the Joint Base with hopes that they will be delivered to men and women serving our

  • Condors keep aircraft flying

    Sailors from Fleet Logistics Squadron completed a 35-day inspection of a C-130T Logistics Support Aircraft here, April 7.The squadron, also known as VR-64, is home to five C-130T Logistics Support Aircraft, which are used for rapid transportation of personnel and cargo. With the high tempo of

  • MFAP Conference Information

    What is MFAP-  a quality of life initiative to get feedback from our JBMDLcommunity.  Quality of life issues are submitted and reviewed and researchedat an annual conference and then out briefed to installation leadership.They are then provided to their primary proponents for action. 

  • Soldiers share field artillery lessons and tactics at MDL

    Soldiers from across the Army recently attended the North East Regional Field Artillery Symposium at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, April 11 - 12, 2017.   Comprised of field artillery units spanning from West Virginia to Maine, the NERFAS provided an opportunity for organizations to

  • AMC Test and Evaluation Squadron conducts benchmark

    AMC Test and Evaluation Squadron (AMCTES) conducted a benchmark C-5M Cybersecurity Adversarial Assessment, becoming the first test of this kind conducted on an AMC aircraft, and among the first conducted on any Air Force Major Weapons System.  AMCTES Test Directors coordinated the development of