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  • Why enforce the standards

    In the military we constantly refer to "the standard." Most standards are developed within Air Force instructions or technical orders. They are what sets us apart from our civilian counterparts.Webster's dictionary defines a standard as "something established by authority, custom, or general consent

  • JB MDL employees to be inspected

    For the week of 15 July, 2013, all AFNet users will be players in an inspection.The Command Cyber Readiness Inspection. This inspection analyzes thesecurity of Department of Defense networks, both physically and in the cyber realm. Userimpact is anticipated to be minimal, however be reminded to

  • Army's powder still dry at 238

    Recent tragic events in Boston, protracted political controversy and factional struggle, a national government struggling to function and remain fiscally viable, an underfunded military...? One might think this a description of contemporary America and this would be hard to refute. Yet, while this

  • Critical Days of Summer: ‘on the road again’

    Private motor vehicle mishaps continue to be the number one cause of fatalities in the Air Force during the summer. The percentage of PMV-related fatalities during the previous three Critical Days of Summer campaigns has decreased slightly (75 percent, 72 percent, and 69 percent, respectively). It

  • An airfield driving story

    We, in airfield management, wear many hats when we are doing day-to-day operations. One of the biggest things we do is airfield safety and the driving program. Basically, we monitor the way people drive on the airfield, if they are driving properly, or if they are even carrying their airfield

  • Command Cyber Readiness Inspection ... what?

    Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst Air Force active duty, guard and reserve units will undergo a Command Cyber Readiness Inspection in mid-July. A CCRI, which the Defense Information Security Agency performs on behalf of United States Cyber Command, is a technical and operational inspection which

  • There I was...: A combat medic who saw a share of combat

    There I was, on an eye-opening deployment. I thought as an Air Force medic I'd be working at a theater hospital. I found out it would not be the case for this deployment. Before leaving the states, I attended three months of training to prepare myself for combat operations and convoys. I landed in

  • Never walk past a problem

    Sometimes the lessons we learn as children prove helpful to our careers. My dad worked for a Fortune 100 company for many years. One day he told me how dozens of the company's leadership had been fired because a low-level employee sent a personal email using a company computer. His company had a

  • Only fools sit around wishing for good old days

    I was recently sitting on my uncle's porch in Compton, Calif., talking with him about the Air Force and the Los Angeles Lakers when my uncle began playing Al Green on a new stereo system he had just purchased. As we reminisced, I asked my Uncle James, "What happened to the old days when you played

  • Drill sergeants prepare for summer surge

    It's early spring at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst and the pre-dawn stillness at Range 29 is disturbed by the gurgle of diesel engines as Soldiers from the 3/385th pull up and begin off-loading weapons and ammunition in preparation for the day's training. These drill sergeants aren't training