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  • Service member spotlight: a successful team

    Petty Officer 3rd Class Hank M. Cline, 87th Force Support Squadron air department electronic technician, is the joint base's featured service member of the week. Cline calls Silver Spring, Md., home. Q: Why did you join the military?A: My grandfather was in the navy and I wanted the same training

  • Service member spotlight: a 'standout' Airman

    Airman 1st Class Nilrukshi Jaywardena, 87th Communications Squadron server management technician, is the joint base's featured service member of the week. Jaywardena hails from North Ridge, Calif.Jaywardena is responsible for administrating 135 servers across Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, NJ, to

  • FTU puts boomers in sky

    (Editor's note: This is part two of a three-part series on boom operator training. Part one was published Aug. 29, 2013.)After a three to 15 month period of fundamental courses, technical reviews, flight simulators and time in between classes, KC -10 Extender boom operator students earn the

  • All-Army wrestler sets sights on Olympics

    Army Capt. William "Billy" Simpson learned from an early age to never give up on his dreams. With that always on his mind, his dream to become a soldier and a world-class wrestler is now a reality.Simpson, a field artillery officer with 1st Battalion, 7th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Armored

  • Service member spotlight: a part of something bigger

    Sgt. 1st Class Josue Rodriguez, 174th Infantry Brigade current operations noncommissioned officer, is the joint base's featured service member of the week. Q: Why did you join the military?A: I joined the military because I knew that it would challenge me. I wanted to do something that would improve

  • McGuire's dog whisperer

    As the van rounded the corner into the vacant parking lot, five eager heads peered through the crack of its windows revealing large gaping eyes, the silhouette of wagging tails and a hyper-awareness of what was to come.When the door glided open, frantic paws paced the van floor never exceeding the

  • All-Army wrestler sets sights on Olympics

    Army Capt. William "Billy" Simpson learned from an early age to never give up on his dreams. With that always on his mind, his dream to become a soldier and a world-class wrestler is now a reality.Simpson, a field artillery officer with 1st Battalion, 7th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Armored

  • Army Reserve Aviation Brigade participates in Army North's Vibrant Response

    Soldiers from the 244th Aviation Brigade departed Aug. 11, 2013, from Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., to Camp Atterbury, Ind., to participate in Vibrant Response 13.2 as Task Force Aviation. Vibrant Response is an exercise under the Defense Chemical Biological Radiological Nuclear Response

  • What it takes to win

    "Build your body like you would a Forward Operating Base defense perimeter," advised Army Capt. Adam Storms, the 174th Infantry Brigade 2013 Best Officer. "You wouldn't allow a breach in the perimeter to remain a weak spot; you would strengthen it just as you should strengthen your body with a

  • JB MDL Airmen power savings, infrastructure

    A military installation is similar to a house when it comes to electrical systems. There are power lines running to different circuits with breakers deciding how much power is directed where. The power coming into a home, just like a military installation, has to be provided at a steady rate to the