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  • Freedom Wing announces its award recipients for 2012

    The 514th Air Mobility Wing named its 2012 award recipients during the annual awards banquet held March 9 at the Tommy B's Community Center here.Those selected were:Senior Airman Sean Barrett, 514th Civil Engineer Squadron, Airman of the Year Master Sgt. Shawn Jones, 514th AMW, Noncommissioned

  • Resolutions, wing priorities go hand-in-hand

    I don't think I've ever set New Year's resolutions. I've always felt that if something needed to be done, I'd do it no matter what the calendar reads. However, at the beginning of this year, a reporter pressed me for my resolutions. Saying that I don't make them wasn't going to suffice, so I just

  • NEWS BRIEFS: motorcycle safety, federal benefits phone system

    Preseason motorcycle briefingsPreseason motorcycle briefs are available for riders to receive information on motorcycle safety and the upcoming course schedule and to review the installation's motorcycle policy. The briefs are an annual requirement for on-base motorcycle riders. All briefs will last

  • Family readiness office helps Airmen recover from hurricane

    New York City goes dark. Rain crashes down as thousands of refugees from lower Manhattan make their way north on foot in search of food and shelter. It sounds like the plot of the latest apocalypse movie in which a hero swoops in to save the day, but this was reality for many on the east coast in

  • New hours for base gates

    Some gates to Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst will being operating on a limited schedule beginning Feb. 24. Wrightstown Gate0600- 2200 DailyBrowns Mills Gate24 HoursRoute 68 Gate24 HoursPemberton Gate0700- 0900 & 1415 -1615 Monday- FridayClosed Saturday and SundayDix Welcome Center0700-1600 Monday-

  • January issue of Freedom Flyer now available

    The January issue of Freedom Flyer contains coverage of an Airman leading his team in the Philadelphia Mummers Parade and information on tuition assistance. Click here to open the issue.

  • College cash available for Airmen

    Many new Airmen cite education benefits as a top incentive for choosing to serve, yet hundreds of thousands of dollars in Air Force college money go unused every year.Tuition assistance is one education benefit that Airmen can use to offset the cost of higher learning. The Air Force Reserve provides

  • Full-scale readiness inspection trimmed to one-day event

    We can all take a collective sigh of relief. The operational readiness inspection that was scheduled for April has been pushed back to July. And the news gets even better. The inspection, which will evaluate our ability to survive and operate, will start and end on July 13.That's it. No deployment

  • Key decisions can lead to safer, richer, healthier Airmen

    Let's make a few resolutions this year and stick to them. Our families and our units need us to. In this fast-paced world in which we live, there is a lot of competition for a reservist's time, and it comes from multiple sources--home, work and military duty. When scrambling to satisfy their many