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  • Service member spotlight: all for one

    Petty Officer 1st Class Sean Stone, U.S. Coast Guard Atlantic Strike Team damage controlman and response technician, is Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst's featured service member this week. Stone hails from Bremerton, Wash.Q: Why did you join the military?A: I decided to join the Coast Guard right

  • Service member spotlight: role model

    Marine Sgt. Joshua Shearer, Marine Aircraft Group 49 ground supply NCO from Crystal Lake, Il.Q: Why did you join the military?A: I joined the Marine Corps to be part of the world's finest fighting force.Q: What is your job and what is its impact on the mission?A: I work in the ground supply shop

  • Vietnam vet art-vendor 'paints a picture'

    As you walk through the double-door entrance at your local Exchange, you are greeted by many different types of vendors, some of which routinely travel to different bases around the world. Occasionally you are welcomed by beautiful, patriotic and military-themed paintings. Your eyes connect with

  • Service member spotlight: successful, productive

    Sgt. Troy Hutchinson, Marine Aircraft Group 49 assistant training chief, is the joint base's featured service member of the week. Hutchinson hails from Lewiston, Maine. Q: Why did you join the military?A: I always wanted to be a Marine ever since I was 7 years old.Q: What is your job and what is its

  • Service member spotlight: inspire, motivate

    Petty Officer 1st Class Mary Endicott, U.S. Coast Guard Atlantic Strike Team yeoman/response member, is the joint base's featured service member of the week. Endicott hails from Chicago. Q: Why did you join the military?A: I decided to join the Coast Guard right out of high school because, at the

  • Service member spotlight: challenge, experience

    Cpl. Luis Arriaga, Marine Aircraft Group 49 administrative noncommissioned officer, is the joint base's featured service member of the week. Arriaga hails from Houston. Q: Why did you join the military?A: I joined because I wanted to challenge myself as a person and get some experience in life.Q:

  • Boomers begin to move weight

    (Editor's note: This is part three of a three-part series on boom operator training. Part one was published Aug. 29, 2013, and part two was published Oct. 3, 2013.)KC-10 Extender boom operators do more than just pass fuel from one jet to another; they are also trained to coordinate cargo loads on

  • Service member spotlight: honor, privilege

    Spc. Jacquiline Cana, 244th Aviation Brigade Headquarters Company aviation operations specialist, is the joint base's featured service member of the week. Cana calls Atlantic City, N.J., home. Q: Why did you join the military?A: I represent the first generation of my family, who are originally from

  • Service member spotlight: core values

    Lt. John LaMorte, U.S. Coast Guard Atlantic Strike Team assistant operations officer, is the joint base's featured service member of the week. LaMorte calls Marlton, N.J., home. Q: Why did you join the military?A: During my prior job aboard fishing vessels, I was often able to see firsthand the

  • 108th Wing trains for disaster

    Clouds gathered in the distance, painting the sky an inky black. Thunder rumbled while lightning flashed on the scene of inhabitants fleeing the coastal towns of New Jersey. The fear of the crowd mounted, as Super storm Sandy brewed a storm so violent it decimated our beautiful shores. Those