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  • Joint service mobility specialists assist FEMA in cargo training

    A team composed of Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst mobility specialists assisted Federal Emergency Management Agency logistics personnel on training and preparation of cargo at JB MDL, New Jersey, Feb. 12 and 24, 2015.Mobility specialist comprised of Army, Air Force and FEMA personnel came together

  • Expeditionary Center vice commander visits 43 AG

    The vice commander of the U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center, Brig. Gen. Tim Gibson, visited the 43rd Airlift Group Feb. 19-20, 2015, to meet with Airmen and learn about their units' unique capabilities, key initiatives and missions.During his two-day visit, he received a Global Response Force

  • Mere minutes between life and death

    As storms brewed throughout northern California Feb. 7, the community of Hiouchi in Del Norte County went dark. Whole trees and large branches were thrown by the wind into power lines and transformers, and more than 5,600 people in Del Norte lost power. One of those people was Joe Akin, a retired

  • Stories from Vietnam: Into the assassin's den

    Editor's Note:  This is a first in a series on Scott's Vietnam Veterans, and is part of the DoD's 50th Anniversary Commemoration of the Vietnam War.Low on fuel, a radio call came over the net directing a search for a downed American pilot. Capt. Keith Sawyer was returning from directing an air

  • Mobility Airmen exercise readiness with 82nd Airborne Division

    Air Mobility Command Airmen and aircraft joined forces with U.S. Army paratroopers from the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, for an Emergency Deployment Readiness Exercise here Jan. 27.Five U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III transport aircraft and Airmen from the 437th Airlift Wing,

  • MacDill's JCSE returns from fight against Ebola

    "We've got extraordinary Americans with experience, talent, dedication, who are willing to put themselves on the front lines to get things done," stated President Barrack Obama in a recent address on the American Ebola efforts.Of these extraordinary Americans, was a small group from MacDill's Joint

  • CRW maintains readiness with Army at joint exercise

    The 621st Contingency Response Wing, also known as the CRW, maintained their readiness to deploy at a moment's notice as they participated in a joint exercise with the U.S. Army at the Joint Readiness Training Center here, January 10-22.Approximately 61 Airmen from the 571st Contingency Response

  • 18th AF commander visits 437th AW at JB Charleston

    Air Force Lt. Gen. Carlton D. Everhart II, 18th Air Force commander, his wife Michele and Chief Master Sgt. Robert Rodewald, 18th AF command chief, visited Airmen, families and civilians from the 437th Airlift Wing Jan. 8-9, 2014, at Joint Base Charleston, S.C.To get a first-hand view of JB

  • Airman earns top firefighter honors

    For the second consecutive year, a Joint Base Lewis-McChord Air Force firefighter won the Army Firefighter of the Year award. Senior Airman Kevin Alfonso, a 627th Civil Engineer Squadron firefighter, was presented the award for 2013 on Dec. 11, 2014 at JBLM.Alfonso has served at McChord Field's Fire