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  • Salute to Service Bowl 2025, JB MDL takes belt again

    Service members from Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., and Fort Hamilton, N.Y., play in the annual Salute to Service Bowl at MetLife Stadium, N.J., Aug. 16, 2025. Team JB MDL scored the winning point, making them champions for the fourth year in a row. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Haeleigh

  • Exercise prepares Airmen for potential public health emergencies

    U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Danika Henderson, 87th Medical Group medical technician, receives a simulated vaccine during a Public Health Emergency exercise at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., Aug. 7, 2025. During the exercise, mass amounts of patients simulated exposure to Anthrax and

  • Warfighters in action: WAREX 25 at JB MDL

    U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers participate in Warrior Exercise (WAREX) 25, a large-scale readiness training event held at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey. The exercise provides realistic, combat-focused training to enhance mission readiness, interoperability and joint operational

  • Joint base chaplain descendant of first U.S. Army chaplain

    A visit to the Army Chaplain Museum in Columbia, South Carolina, unexpectedly revealed a remarkable family legacy for U.S. Air Force Chaplain (Col.) Jonathan Hurt, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst senior chaplain, who discovered he is the direct descendant of the first U.S. Army Chaplain, John Hurt.

  • JB MDL welcomes new commander

    Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, welcomed a new installation commander during a Change of Command ceremony June 17, 2025.

  • Total Force team deploys mobile control tower

    In an example of Total Force Integration, active-duty Airmen, Sailors and Air National Guard teams successfully deployed and activated the Mobile Special Navigational Aid-7 tower at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey enhancing airfield capability and delivering critical training