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NEWS

  • JB MDL gears up for Hurricane Sandy

    Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst units began gearing up for the potential arrival of Hurricane Sandy with an Emergency Operations Center stand-up Oct. 26 here.The representatives collaborated to determine the precautions base officials must take to prepare the installation for the approaching

  • Scott Airman named 2012 Air Mobility Command Icon

    There were lights, cameras and plenty of action. The stage was set for a rock star...or in this case nine Air Mobility Command rock stars performing for AMC Icon Oct. 25 at Scott Air Force Base, Ill. A Scott AFB 1st Lt. Nicole White took home the grand prize of $1,000 and the title of 2012 AMC Icon.

  • Air Mobility Command’s Icon experience gets enhanced

    Air Mobility Command teamed with Air Force Personnel Center's Entertainment Office for the first time to further enhance the AMC Icon competition for contestants and the audience. AMC Icon, held Oct. 25 at Scott Air Force Base, Ill., showcased the talent of 10 Airmen from across the command. The

  • Preventing domestic violence key to healthy relationships

    When punches are thrown, feelings are bruised and a family is crushed, violence within the home becomes a sobering subject. Domestic violence has the power to seep into any household within the Fairchild community, according to Fairchild's Domestic Abuse Victim Advocate, Janet Bunn. Educating the

  • Professional gathering signals a new approach to professional development

    Air Mobility Command is taking advantage of a single symposium to take the place of 11 separate conferences that would have otherwise been held throughout the past year. To get there, officials had to re-imagine how to get the same value out of 4-hour conferences at a single symposium that they had

  • Network 56 gets the gold: Base enlisted group earns presidential award

    The Network 56 organization was presented the Presidential Volunteer Service Award (Gold Level) during an Oct. 12 ceremony at the Northern Lights club here.Network 56 earned the gold level recognition thanks to 1,086 hours of community service. The group volunteered for 70 events from November 2011

  • Social norms intervention--Redefining the stereotype

    The military has a culture rich with a broad range of practices, traditions and beliefs - dependent on anything from base assignment to age and career field.These social norms, the rules for how people should act in a given group or society, are the subject of an ongoing study into the drinking

  • ORE brings reserve, active-duty Airmen together at JB MDL

    A group of six players act as upset civilians gathered outside the gate of a simulated base during an exercise Oct. 15 here. The group is acting like protestors who are unhappy with the Air Force being in their country. Fire department and security forces personnel arrive on scene to provide

  • APS Airman honored at American Red Cross heroes breakfast

    An Airman from the 62nd Aerial Port Squadron was honored Oct. 24 at the 2012 American Red Cross Pierce County Heroes Breakfast.Staff Sgt. Landon Jensen, 62nd APS ramp services supervisor, received the "Military Hero Award" for saving a woman from a burning car last year. "Our annual heroes breakfast