CRW set up and tear down for Crisis Response 17

Airmen from the 621st Contingency Response Wing are trained to be the first in and the last out of a deployed location.   Often times when the order comes to deploy to a location where there is little to know Air Force presence, the 621st CRW will take the lead and arrive at that location,

MDL airpower trains for crisis response

Airmen from the 305th Air Mobility Wing, 87th Air Base Wing, 621st Contingency Response Wing, and 514th Air Mobility Wing kicked off the operational readiness exercise Crisis Response 2017 on March 6. The CR17 is meant to demonstrate the mobility capabilities of JB MDL Airmen, deploying four wings

AMCTES Test Directors Awarded the 2016 NDIA Testers of the Year Awards

 Two Test Directors from the Air Mobility Command Test and Evaluation Squadron (AMCTES), a mission partner organization housed at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, NJ, have been awarded the 2016 National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA) Air Force Testers of the Year Award.  Each year, the NDIA

JB Officials Release Annual Drinking Water Consumer Confidence Reports

Joint base officials from the 87th Civil Engineering Group and Aerospace Medicine Squadron released the 2016 Consumer Confidence Report for the Lakehurst drinking water systems February 6, 2017.The CCR is a federally-mandated document summarizing annual drinking water testing results for public

87th ABW All Call Questions and Answers

How will they determine who will be “deployed” for the upcoming MOBEX?The determination of which 87 ABW personnel who will process for deployment in Phase I of the MOBEX, but not actually travel, was made by a fair-share division of UTCs across all Groups by the IG based on Group CC intent and

Airmen test after dark

The 305th Air Mobility Wing and 87th Force Support Squadron teamed up to help swing and night shift Airmen take their physical fitness test at hours that better fit their schedules.At the standard PT testing times, night shift Airmen would be taking the evaluation after working a 12 hour shift.“It

Joint Base Mission Video

Airmen thanked with LOFT

Select Airmen from JB MDL participated in a local orientation flight, here, Feb. 16The 305th Air Mobility Wing sponsored a flight for 22 Airmen from the Joint Base’s many support agencies.“This is our way to say thank you,” said Col. Clinton Zumbrunnen, 305th Operations Group commander. “We couldn’t

Joint Base Airmen rope into ATSO Rodeo

Members of the  Joint Base Emergency Management and Inspector General offices teamed up to host an ability to  survive and operate training session here Feb. 7 – 9.  The ATSO Rodeo was focused on individual protective and operational actions meant to prepare MDL members for an upcoming exercise

Joint Base hosts naturalization seminars

The Mount Laurel Field Office of The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Citizenship and Immigration Services hosted the first of two preliminary seminars centered around obtaining U.S. citizenship at the Military and Family Support Center on Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, Feb. 7,