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  • DOD STARBASE lifts off on Joint Base MDL

    On May 5, 2021, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst was selected to host a Department of Defense STARBASE, a five-week, full-time Science, Technology, Engineering and Math academy that complements at-risk students’ education with “hands-on, minds-on” learning.

  • Meet Joint Base MDL's Sexual Assault Response Coordinators

    April is Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month. The message serving as this year’s theme is “Protecting our people protects our mission.” The office of Sexual Assault Prevention and Response (SAPR) is tasked with oversight of the DoD’s sexual assault policy, as well as implementation of

  • Plasma on the Go: Supporting Operation Warp Speed

    With the insurgence of treatments to mitigate the spread of coronavirus throughout the United States, the Armed Forces Whole Blood Processing Laboratory East on Joint Base MDL is shipping plasma to support these efforts. ASWBPL-East’s project to shift this key product to the National Blood Stockpile

  • COVID-19 vaccine arrives to Joint Base MDL

    A limited supply of the COVID-19 vaccine arrived to Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, Dec. 31, 2020 with members on the installation receiving the shot a few hours after arrival. For Joint Base MDL, it is the next step to neutralizing the virus.

  • 108th Medical Group launches MEDEVAC TCCC training

    During MEDEVAC training, participants prepare to transport a mock patient out of a UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter at the Babe Ruth field, Nov. 16, 2020 on Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J. This training helps military personnel on how to transport patients in and out of moving vehicles. (U.S. Air

  • Understanding Depression

    This is a stressful, uncertain time. The COVID-19 pandemic has brought many significant changes to how we live daily life. Social distancing, quarantine, and isolation can be overwhelming and may cause feelings of insecurity, confusion, hopelessness, and, ultimately, depression.

  • Joint Base MDL plans to Connect to Protect during Suicide Prevention Month

    Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst is committed to preventing suicide among Service members and families.Suicide prevention is a Department of Defense (DoD) priority throughout the year, but during September—Suicide Prevention Month—the Department brings added attention to the complex issue of suicide