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Joint Base MDL conducts mobility exercise
March 14, 2018 — Airmen from Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst participated in an annual mobility exercise here from Feb. 28 to March 10 in order to hone their skillsets in a simulated deployed environment. The exercise was conducted at JB MDL and enabled the 87th Air Base Wing, 305th Air Mobility Wing and 621st Contingency Response Wing to focus on full spectrum... MORE

MDL hosts joint Service Member of the Year competition
May 11, 2017 — Representatives from all four military branches recently participated in the third annual Service Member of the Year competition here May 3-4. Ranging in rank from junior enlisted to company grade officer, the 21 competitors were pushed to their physical and mental limits with challenges including a physical assessment, a ruck march and land... MORE

Contestants sit and wait for the results of the 2017 Service Member of the Year competition at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., May 10, 2017. The annual competition takes members from each branch of military and pushes them to both their physical and mental limits.

Making a difference, one fire truck at a time
August 5, 2016 — Case in point, Master Sgt. Jorge A. Narvaez, a traditional New Jersey Air National Guardsman with the 108th Security Forces Squadron, is in the process of getting a fire truck sent to Nicaragua.Narvaez, who is originally from Nicaragua, came to the United States in 1981 and has served with the Princeton Police Department as a patrolman for 22... MORE

Master Sgt. Jorge A. Narvaez, left, 108th Wing Security Forces, New Jersey Air National Guard, poses for a photo in front of a 1982 Mack 1250 GPM pumper fire truck at Mercer Engine No. 3 fire department in Princeton, N.J., July 13, 2016. Narvaez was instrumental in getting the truck donated to a group of volunteer firefighters in Managua, Nicaragua through the Denton Program, which allows U.S. citizens and organizations to use space available on military cargo aircraft to transport humanitarian goods to countries in need.