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  • Safety, security forefront for 2012 Open House

    Attendees can expect to leave the 2012 Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst Open House & Air Show with feelings of fascination, inspiration and admiration as they enjoy the safe and secure environment.Hundreds of security forces personnel and augmentees will patrol parking areas and entry control points

  • Open House offers community closer look

    Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst is set to open its doors to the community for a very special open house and air show weekend May 12 and 13.The event will be celebrating more than 95 years of defending our nation's air, land and sea.Community members will have an opportunity to get a first-hand

  • Joint base continues to fight range fire

    Members of Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst's Fire and Emergency Services are continuing their efforts to fight the joint base's range fires.The fire is approximately 80 percent contained with expectations for the fire to be fully contained by this evening.Emergency responders who began their

  • Joint base responds to range fire

    Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst responded to a fire on the joint base ranges at approximately 9:30 a.m. today.Since the fire started, approximately 300 acres of wooded area have burned. The fire is located on the training ranges and is currently moving easterly into areas where previous controlled

  • JB MDL prepares for Hurricane Irene

    Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst is actively preparing for Hurricane Irene.Earlier today the base entered Hurricane Condition IV. HURCON IV is declared when the weather forecast predicts the arrival of 50-knot (58 mph) or greater winds within 72 hours.The base's emergency management team is

  • Media invited to 'test drive' 2010 Mud Run Course

    Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst invites media to participate in a 'test drive' of the 2010 "Beast of the East" Mud Run, Sept. 1, 1:30 p.m., here. Media will have an opportunity to scout out the terrain, obstacles, dirt hills, water holes and mud pits before the public event on Sept. 11. This year's

  • Joint Base preparing for 2010 'Beast of the East'

    Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst has been hard at work digging trenches, building mountains and filling mud pits for the 2010 "Beast of the East", the joint base's annual Mud Run scheduled for Sept. 11. This year the course has been redesigned to create bigger and better obstacles than in past

  • 305th Air Mobility Wing to Change Command

    Col. Paul R. Murphy will assume command of the 305th Air Mobility Wing during a ceremony Sept. 2, at 10 a.m., here. Media are invited to witness one of the military's most important traditions as the joint base community bids farewell to one leader and welcomes another. During the ceremony, Col.

  • Joint base to host Fourth of July celebration

    Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst is set to host the annual Fourth of July celebration at the Doughboy parade grounds from 3 to 10 p.m. July 4 on Dix.The event is FREE and open to the general public. Entertainment will include: bouncy castles, a stilt walker, a magician, a balloonist, face painters