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  • 'Kidz Showing Kindness' gets Scott families involved in volunteering

    Scott children are helping surrounding communities while learning valuable skills that may last them a lifetime."Kidz Showing Kindness" is a program founded by Christy Gilliland, a military spouse, aimed at getting children and their families more involved in volunteering.Gilliland said she wanted

  • DOD Comptroller: Sequestration devastates U.S. military readiness

    During a Senate hearing yesterday on President Barack Obama's $9.5 billion military construction budget request for fiscal 2014, Defense Department Comptroller Robert F. Hale said the severe and abrupt budget cuts imposed by sequestration are devastating the U.S. armed forces.Hale and John Conger,

  • Wingman Day focuses on CAF

    Team McChord stood down normal operations May 10 to focus on being good Wingmen and the importance of Comprehensive Airman Fitness during Wingman Day. The theme of Wingman Day emphasized the four pillars of CAF: mental, physical, social and spiritual fitness. The goal is to help Airmen, Air Force

  • Camarillo Springs Fire hits home for Guard’s 146th Airlift Wing

    When hot, dry, gusty winds from the east, known as Santa Ana winds, carried the sparks and embers of the Camarillo Springs wildfire dangerously close to homes and neighborhoods late last week, the California National Guard members who responded alongside fire personnel had a unique opportunity -- to

  • N.J. State Police finds missing JB MDL teen

    Officials at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst announced that the New Jersey State Police found the missing 13-year-old military family member, at approximately 11 a.m. today.N.J. State Police found her near the Red Lion Barracks State Police Facility in Southampton, N.J., when a driver phoned the

  • Hindenburg crash: 76 years later

    The 76th anniversary of the Hindenburg airship disaster was held at 6:30 p.m. May 6, 2013, at the Hindenburg Memorial here.The Navy Lakehurst Historical Society and joint base community members held the annual ceremony to commemorate the 36 passengers, air and ground crew members who lost their

  • Ruck march tests endurance

    Walking 13 miles carrying 45 pounds or more for most people may not be a very enjoyable time, but to some it can be a fun time to spend with friends or co-workers.Saturday morning at the base parade field began the second annual Scott Bataan Death March Memorial Ruck Challenge.Candidates who were

  • From take off to drop off: Antarctic medical evacuation in only 60 hours

    A C-17 Globemaster III crew from Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., together with Aeromedical Evacuation and Critical Care Air Transport Team Airmen, safely evacuated an ailing individual from McMurdo Station, Antarctica April 22 after responding to a request from the National Science Foundation, the

  • Team McChord responds to Antarctica medevac

    Airmen from the 62nd and 446th Airlift Wings completed a winter emergency medical evacuation mission in Antarctica April 22.In a matter of 60 hours after leaving McChord Field, the team successfully transported a patient requiring urgent medical attention from the National Science Foundation's

  • In midst of Syrian crisis, Mobility Airmen deliver aid

    Mobility Airmen delivered the first shipment of nonlethal U.S. aid to the armed Syrian opposition April 30. The shipment, transported by a regionally-based C-17 Globemaster III crew from the 385th Air Expeditionary Group, delivered approximately 43 tons of halal meals and medical supplies, and