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  • POWs honored at POW/MIA Recognition Day luncheon

    Men and women of Joint Base MDL came together to observe POW/MIA Recognition Day at Tommy B’s Community Activity Center, Sept. 14.Air Force Sergeants Association Garden State Chapter 211 held a hat laying ceremony and luncheon to honor two Vietnam prisoners of war, retired U.S. Air Force Pilot Lt.

  • CFD: Community practices four pillars of fitness

    The Joint Base MDL community came together to practice the four pillars of fitness during this year’s Comprehensive Fitness Day, Sept. 14.   The four pillars of the Air Force’s comprehensive fitness plan are physical, spiritual, mental and social fitness. Service members from all branches and

  • JB MDL celebrates 70 years of air power

    Airmen from Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst celebrated the Air Force’s 70th birthday, here, Sept. 15 at the Air Force Ball. The annual event celebrates another year as the world’s greatest Air Force, this one a milestone, marking seven decades as its own branch of service and how far it has come

  • Suicide prevention month: stopping suicide is everyone’s battle

    September is Suicide Prevention Month, a time for Americans to build awareness and help understand suicide in our culture. More than 40,000 Americans lose their life due to suicide each year and research shows that rates in the military and the general population are very close. The loss of any one

  • MDL Airmen remember the Levitow legacy

    Family members of Medal of Honor Recipient U.S. Air Force Sgt. John Levitow visited Joint Base MDL for a look into their relative’s life, legacy and military service, Aug. 23-24.   John Levitow Jr. and his cousin, Tara Bufis with her husband James, joined Airmen for a tour of the McGuire-side

  • VPP trains to stop violence

    A new class is in session for military members across the Air Force. Founded in 2016, Green Dot, a new program, aims at preventing power-based personal violence by arming Airmen with the knowledge and tools to dismantle dangerous situations at the lowest level possible.Green Dot is a comprehensive

  • ‘Can Do’ games, combat dining-out promote morale

    Airmen with the 305th Air Mobility Wing here came together to celebrate wingmanship and promote morale with the “Can Do” Warrior Games and combat dining-out, July 28.   Just after dawn, teams of four took to the obstacle course on the Dix side of the installation and competed for the fastest time.

  • Team improves C-17 engine change process

    Personnel from the 305th Air Mobility Wing began an initiative to streamline C-17 Globemaster III engine changes, July 27, here. The unit kicked off the continuous process improvement initiative, scheduled to begin Sept. 18-22 with a charter signing event. The initiative was brought on because of

  • Mobility Guardian, AMC’s premier exercise

    Train like we fight is the focus of the inaugural iteration of the largest scale exercise that Air Mobility Command has ever undertaken. Mobility Guardian will feature over 3,000 personnel, including 25 international countries from July 31 to August 11 at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington.

  • CMSAF Wright visits Joint Base MDL

    Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force Kaleth O. Wright visited here to share upcoming changes to enlisted professional military education, interact with leaders from around the joint base and attend an Air Force senior NCO induction ceremony, July 21.  In an announcement on July 18, Wright and his