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Joint Base Team comes together to support those in quarantine and isolation
April 9, 2020 — With the rapid spread of COVID-19 throughout the United States, protective measures have been implemented across the country to protect individuals from contracting the virus and flatten the curve... MORE

Photo of Airmen sorting pre-packaged meals.

Protecting the force: Joint Base MDL Airmen keep personnel nourished during pandemic
April 3, 2020 — With the United States and other countries trying to conquer the COVID-19 pandemic, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, has taken appropriate measures to protect the force while attempting to flatten the curve... MORE

Joint Base MDL implements new Dronebuster technology to deter evolving threat
February 6, 2020 — The 87th Security Forces Squadron on Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, live by the motto “Defenders of the Force”. In an age where technology is a prevalent entity around the world, the Defenders of the Force must adapt to new threats that may arise... MORE

Photo of an Airman aiming a Dronebuster device.

Air Mobility Command civic leaders visit Joint Base MDL
November 18, 2019 — Air Mobility Command civic leaders visited Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, to meet Airmen and experience the mission set Nov. 5-7.This tour was the second stop of a three-part series to emerge the civic leaders into a mobility Airman’s world. The group started in March at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, where they witnessed nearly 800... MORE

First ever: Artificial intelligence used for AMC Flight Commander Course
October 2, 2019 — Instructors from the Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst Flight Commander Course incorporated Air University’s live simulation – Mixed Reality Leadership Exercise into the class for the first time in Air Mobility Command, Sept. 27 on Joint Base MDL... MORE

U.S. Air Force Capt. John Hoffecker, 204th Intelligence Squadron flight commander, listens to an artificial intelligence presentation during a live simulation – mixing reality leadership experience during a Flight Commander Course on Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, Sept. 27, 2019. The AI provided information based on the students’ responses which gives students a more realistic practice to complex interpersonal skills. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Ariel Owings)

Air Force Military Treatment Facilities pilot medical readiness
August 10, 2017 — Air Force Medicine has a non-stop global readiness mission. Medical Airmen must be prepared to deploy on short notice to provide life-saving and performance-enhancing healthcare in diverse, austere, and isolated locations, and all Airmen must be medically ready to deploy. To achieve this readiness mission, the Air Force Medical Service operates 76... MORE