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9/11 ceremony commemorates first responders
September 12, 2018 — Leaders and members of the joint base community commemorated 17 years since the attacks of 9/11 during a memorial ceremony at the Timmermann Center here, Sept. 11, 2018. The event paid special tribute to the victims and families of those who perished in the attacks and the first responders who worked around the clock in the days that followed... MORE

A wreath of yellow flowers stands in front of the Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst 9/11 Memorial following a commemorative ceremony at the Timmermann Center on JB MDL, N.J., Sept. 11, 2018. The memorial site contains twisted steel beams that were salvaged from ground zero, and was officially completed in 2016.

Military and Community Members Remember the Hindenburg
May 15, 2018 — Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst leaders, Navy Lakehurst Historical Society members and members of the community attended the 2018 Hindenburg Memorial Ceremony here May 9. This year’s ceremony marked the 81st anniversary of the Hindenburg airship crash on May 6, 1937, at the former Naval Air Station Lakehurst. “It is important to remember our... MORE

Airmen Apprentice Hunter Horton-Harmash awaits to ring the bell during the Hindenburg Memorial Ceremony at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst on May 9, 2018. The bell was rung after the names of the crew and passengers of the Hindenburg were read. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Stanley Moy/ Released)

Honoring, remembering the NATO ATC/A nine
May 1, 2018 — The Air Advisor Memorial Foundation hosted an annual remembrance ceremony at the Air Advisor Academy here, April 27. Every year the ceremony is held at Joint Base MDL on April 27 at 10:10 a.m., to honor, rededicate and remember the nine NATO Air Trade and Command/Afghanistan air advisors who were shot and killed during a tour in the Middle East... MORE

Merrium Hamilton, widow of U.S. Air Force Capt. Nathan Nylander, comforts their children during the Air Advisor Memorial Foundation Annual Remembrance Ceremony April 27, 2018 on Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J. The ceremony was created in 2012 to honor and remember the nine NATO Air Trade and Command/Afghanistan Airmen who were killed in action April 27, 2011. An Afghan officer working alongside the Airmen opened fire inside the air command and control center, resulting in their deaths. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Ariel Owings)