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  • Women's History Month: Women involved in all Freedom Wing missions

    As Women's History Month is celebrated throughout March, the Freedom Wing can proudly boast the strong contributions of its female Airmen.Women make up 25 percent of the wing's workforce, significantly higher than 19 percent of the overall Air Force. Those women have plenty of opportunities

  • Aerial Porters prep Airmen for upcoming inspection

    Airmen from the 88th Aerial Port Squadron provided a briefing and a hands-on demonstration of the proper method to build pallets of cargo in a class in the warehouse here March. 11, 2012. The class will help Airmen from the 514th Air Mobility Wing's other units to pack some of their own cargo for

  • Your momma wears combat boots

    On the small town playground of my childhood, the comeback quip of last resort after being physically or verbally pummeled was "well, your momma wears combat boots."It was the juvenile equivalent of today's profane four-letter bombs but with bigger consequences. If used, the surrounding crowd within

  • 514th AMW brings home big awards in media contest

    The 514th Air Mobility Wing at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst took home big awards in the Air Force Reserve Command Media Competition and in the 2011 Air Force Media Contest. The 514th AMW won eight awards in the AFRC competition and Tech. Sgt. Shawn Jones, 514th AMW won print journalist of the

  • News Briefs

    Inspection successCol. Michael Underkofler, 514th Air Mobility Wing commmander, said he is incredibly proud of all of the combat medics other professionals in the Freedom Wing's three medical squadrons for their performance in the health services inspection, which was conducted here Jan. 17-21. The

  • Reserve instructors offer continuity, expertise to active-duty honor guard

    The poise and precision of active-duty Air Force honor guard members here is no longer being jeopardized by the continuous turnover of its trainers.Two reservists from the 514th Air Mobility Wing, Tech. Sgt. Jared Lacovara and Senior Airman Lesley Toussaint, are serving on long-term duty as trainers