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  • Family Advocacy spreads teen dating violence awareness

     You meet their friends. You monitor their internet usage. You keep an eye on their grades. But you can’t be there all the time, and for some of us, that brings a certain amount of anxiety. You know they aren’t babies anymore, but watching them grow up comes with joy, pride, and often fear.  And

  • Snow team plows through winter

    While the leaves are still brown on the trees, the 87th Civil Engineering Squadron snow team is already gearing up for the winter months ahead to ensure that the Joint Base MDL community can still run safely and efficiently when the base gets covered in snow.Stocking up on salt and fine tuning snow

  • Joint Base MDL inducts new honorary commanders

    More than 70 honorary commanders from the surrounding townships were inducted into the Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst team during a ceremony at Tommy B’s Community Center here, Oct. 30, 2017.  The honorary commanders program was established to bridge military commanders and civic leaders together,

  • 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.

  • NJ State Police deploy to aid hurricane victims

    New Jersey State Police Task Force 1 team members deployed out of Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst to support disaster relief efforts in Texas and Louisiana following Hurricane Harvey, Aug. 29, 2017. An initial team from Task Force 1 departed for Texas on Aug. 27. Another 80 members of the task

  • 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

  • Civil Air Patrol’s McGuire Composite Squadron Places 1st

    A team of six cadets from the Civil Air Patrol’s McGuire Composite Squadron recently won New Jersey’s First Place Award in the 9th annual CyberPatriot Competition by crushing 17 other teams in the state with their cybersecurity skills.  The CyberPatriot National Youth Cyber Education Program was

  • DOD names Navy robotics engineer 'Laboratory Scientist of the Quarter'

    A Naval Air Systems Command engineer has been named the Department of Defense Laboratory Scientist of the Quarter for his research in using robotics to optimize workload and increase safety for Sailors on the flight deck.    Dr. James Hing, robotics science and technology engineer with the Naval Air

  • Joint Base 101 offers full intro to installation

    Community members met at the North Chapel Nov. 16, for the Joint Base Seminar 101, hosted by the Warfighter and Family Readiness Center, to learn about the programs and services available to them on and off base. This was the second Joint Base Seminar 101 held at JB MDL which focused on presenting