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87th LRS Airmen ACE hot-pit training
May 3, 2023 — Airmen from the 87th Logistics Readiness Squadron, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, traveled to Atlantic City Air National Guard Base, New Jersey, to collaborate with the 177th Fighter Wing to take part in an integrated hot-pit refueling training the week of April 24, 2023... MORE

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Gary Kittrell, 87th Logistics Readiness Squadron fuels service center controller, right, is instructed on how to perform a hot-pit refuel of an F-16C+ Fighting Falcon.

87th ABW Integrated Prevention and Resilience kicks off Comprehensive Fitness Day
October 21, 2022 — Classes are in session! Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst held Comprehensive Fitness Day on October 17th. This event, led by the 87th Air Base Wing Integrated Prevention and Resilience office, was open to the joint base community providing class sessions with a myriad of topics and interests as a way to promote personal resilience, readiness of our Total Force, and continuously improve the quality of life to all individuals. Crista Brady-Szabo, 87th ABW Integrated Prevention and Resilience community support coordinator, detailed how Comprehensive Fitness helps to reduce self-defeating behaviors, feelings of hopelessness and despair, and yield a stronger, healthier, happier, and more resilient joint base community... MORE

Joint Base MDL leadership promote suicide prevention awareness one sign at a time
September 9, 2022 — On Sept. 8, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst leadership and members of the Suicide Prevention Awareness program greeted the joint base community coming into the base, while holding signs of positive messaging, in support of Suicide Awareness Month on Joint Base MDL, N.J. The Suicide Prevention Awareness program created the positive messaging activity to enhance mental health and increase the level of support towards the joint base community. September is Suicide Prevention Awareness month. JB MDL mental health advocates collaborate to raise awareness for suicide prevention and strengthen the mental health of the joint base community... MORE

JB MDL leadership and members of Suicide Prevention pose for a picture

Joint Base MDL presents its first Cultural Intelligence seminar
August 2, 2022 — On July 29th, the 87th Air Base Wing Diversity and Inclusion hosted its first Cultural Intelligence seminar located at the McGuire base theater on Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst. This event provided the joint base community with the opportunity to learn about the true meaning and relevance behind cultural intelligence, and how it could impact the organizational structure of today’s military workforce, from present to the future. U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Willie Baker III, 87th ABW diversity and inclusion superintendent, explained the purpose of this event... MORE

Lead speaker lectures participants at the Cultural Intelligence seminar.

Chief of Chaplains visits JB MDL
February 25, 2022 — Chaplain, U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Randall Kitchens, U.S. Air Force and U.S. Space Force Chief of Chaplains, along with Chief Master Sgt. Natalie Gray, U.S. Air Force and U.S. Space Force Chaplain Corps senior enlisted advisor, spent Feb. 16 and 17 meeting and exchanging information with leaders and members across multiple organizations on Joint Base MDL... MORE

a photo of the Chief of Chaplains visiting JB MDL

Get to Know You: U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Michael Wynne, 87th Air Base Wing Command Chief
February 10, 2022 — Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst welcomes U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Michael Wynne as our new 87th Air Base Wing command chief. With more than 25 years of military service, Wynne is fully prepared to take on this position to successfully lead Joint Base MDL into the future. Wynne is joined by his wife Andrea, sons Austin and Cory, and their Boston terrier Gizmo. Since the start of his military career in August 1996, Wynne progressed from being an aircraft maintainer to a squadron superintendent at the 730th Air Mobility Squadron, Yokota Air Force Base, Japan. Prior to being selected by U.S. Air Force Col. Wes Adams, 87th ABW and Joint Base MDL commander, to become the newest 87th ABW command chief, Wynne was serving as the 521st Air Mobility Operations Wing command chief at Ramstein AB, Germany... MORE

The new 87th ABW command chief poses for a picture.

KC-46A Pegasus arrives on Joint Base MDL
November 9, 2021 — The Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst community celebrated a monumental milestone for the installation as it welcomed its first KC-46A Pegasus to its new home in an arrival ceremony Nov. 9, 2021. The event marked the beginning of new total force aerial refueling operations at the joint base, making it the first and only joint base with KC-46 lead operations... MORE

Silhouette of 4 airman in front of KC-46

87th ABW looks for new ways to develop its civilian workforce
April 15, 2021 — The 87th Air Base Wing is looking for new ways to improve the civilian workforce on Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst and provide opportunities to develop professional skills needed to be effective leaders. One initiative that the 87th ABW is testing is the enrollment of civilians into Airman Leadership School, a five-week school that educates Airmen to become future noncommissioned officers. The first iteration of this new initiative was completed on April 1. ... MORE

87 ABW is working on enrolling junior civilians into Kish Airman Leadership School for the leadership education program.

Joint efforts propel Thule AB toward new normal
January 15, 2021 — The 87th Medical Group and the 305th Aerial Port Squadron contributed joint efforts to support Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst’s first transportation of the COVID-19 vaccine to Thule Air Base, Greenland, Jan. 13. In compliance with the Department of Defense’s COVID-19 vaccine operations, the units ensured safe and secure shipping of the vaccine to help protect the health and mission readiness of Thule AB personnel . ... MORE

Photo of Airmen assigned to the 305th Aerial Port Squadron loading the COVID-19 vaccine onto a Boeing 757 assigned to Air Transport International.

Understanding Anxiety
March 9, 2020 — Experiencing occasional anxiety is a normal part of life. You might feel anxious speaking in front of a large group, or driving in heavy traffic. Anxiety encompasses feelings of worry, nervousness, or dread. In moderation, anxiety isn’t necessarily a bad thing. It is a normal reaction to stress and can be beneficial in some situations. Anxiety can... MORE