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  • MDL youth showcase artwork at gala

    Young artists aged 6 to 12 from around the Joint Base recently submitted artwork for the Boys and Girls Club of America’s annual art competition earlier this month. Watercolor, pastel, collages and collaborations were just a few of the nine mediums showcased during the gallery. A board of neutral

  • Commissary to provide private label alternatives

    A new line of private label products will be available at commissaries around the globe in 2017 according to the Defense Commissary Agency.   Private label products are offered by a retailer under its own in-house brand, creating an alternative to national name-brands which the commissary will

  • Congressional Gold Medal awarded to CAP veteran

    The New Jersey Wing Civil Air Patrol awarded the Congressional Gold Medal posthumously to Vivian Nicholson during the CAP Night of Distinction at Tommy B’s here, Dec. 30, 2016.  Throughout the country, CAP officials presented its earliest members are being honored with the medal for their

  • Largest military solar energy project in Northeast breaks ground on JB MDL

    The Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Installations, Environment and Energy Miranda A.A. Ballentine and the Adjutant General of New Jersey Brig. Gen. Michael Cunniff helped break ground on a 98-acre solar farm here Dec. 20.The 16.5 megawatt solar energy project will be the largest military

  • Keep Your Holidays From Going Up in Flames

    For most of us, the holiday season represents a time for family festivities and good cheer. What few of us consider is that the holiday season is a time when there is an increased risk of home fires.  Many households engage in holiday activities that serve as some of the leading causes of U.S. home

  • Enlisted pilots make Air Force history

    (Editor’s note: Only first name is given because the Air Force limits disclosure of identifying information to first names for all RPA pilots and sensor operators throughout their careers.) It has been over 60 years since the Army Air Corps existed and the enlisted pilots of both the First and

  • AMC releases further guidance on additional arming programs

    SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. -- Air Mobility Command recently released a policy outlining three programs as options installations commanders can consider to enhance the safety and deter threats to AMC personnel. The programs are the Security Forces Staff Arming, Unit Marshal Program, and Law

  • MDL sprinkles holiday cheer on junior enlisted

    Judith Pakay and Allison Pachasa assemble cookies for the annual cookie drive, a program that delivers donated sweet treats to junior enlisted service members in the dormitories at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, Dec. 8, 2016. Pakay alone delivered 2,000 cookies to the drive which

  • Simulators help train aircrews

    All of the 88 plus mission partners on the joint base are unique in their own ways, but only one lets you fly a KC-10 Extender inside of a building.The KC-10 BOT/SIM building is one of the two buildings for this specific training in the Air Force.Inside, they have two simulators that are exact