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  • NGB Top NCO Visits New Jersey National Guardsmen

    The Senior Enlisted Advisor of the National Guard Bureau, Chief Master Sgt. Mitchell O. Brush, paid a visit to New Jersey National Guardsmen at the Joint Training and Training Development Center in Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, March 20, 2016.Brush advises the Chief, National Guard

  • Three Airmen chosen as outstanding

    The 108th Wing announced their 2015 Airmen of the Year winners this past January.Senior Airman Edwin Rodrigues with the 108th Logistics Readiness Squadron won the Airman of the Year award. Staff Sgt. Paula Daniels with the 108th Force Support Squadron won the Non-Commissioned Officer of the Year

  • Good Guardsmen Wear Clasps

    For those who have spent their entire careers in the Air Force, communicating with members of the other services can be as difficult as ordering a pineapple pizza in Istanbul. The Navy and Marines have a language all their own; at least the Army and Air Force speak a similar language, as it wasn't

  • Be Proud of Your Military Accomplishments, Tell the World

    Have you recently been promoted or received an award for your hard work and dedication to the Wing? Supervisors, has a new Airman recently joined your shop or an Airman recently returned from tech school or NCO academy?Usually when these events happen, the Airmen is recognized internally with

  • It’s Emblematic, sometimes looks do matter

    Imagine your child creates something in art class and, as any proud parent would, you post it to Facebook--Facebook being the new refrigerator and all. Then, a week later you see a viral Facebook image with your child's art making someone else famous and/or rich. Insert expletive here! Right? Or

  • Hanging it up for a simple life: It’s complicated

    Working a nine-to-five schedule and having a house with a white, picket fence is the way many perceive the American dream. What happens when you make your living at 35,000 feet in the air? Oh, and so does your husband. And you both have part time flying gigs for the Air Force and you have two

  • Decisions: Stay or Leave?

    With the oath of enlistment, Airmen swear to support and defend the Constitution of the United States. Airmen agree to put their lives on the line and commit to more years of service. Like everything else in the military, there is a behind-the-scenes that is accomplished by more hardworking

  • Heroine vs. Heroin: A life worth saving

    Sara Kucharski is a dedicated nurse. She is also a first lieutenant in the New Jersey Air National Guard and recently, the Infection Control Officer from the 108th Medical Group, saved a man's life from a heroin overdose in Camden County this past April.During her time away from the 108th Wing,

  • Helpful Airmen Aid Homeless Vets

    Members of the 108th Medical Group, New Jersey Air National Guard, provide blood pressure checks to homeless veterans at the New Jersey Department of Military and Veterans Affairs Stand Down Day at the John F. Kennedy recreation center in Newark, N.J. On Oct. 10, 2015. The stand down day allows the

  • More than just a new ribbon

    Remember a time when the team you played for won the championship trophy? Maybe it was baseball, football, cheerleading or for some, it was Dungeons and Dragons. You had a sense of pride - a real sense of accomplishment and that trophy symbolized that emotion. Consequently, Airmen of the New Jersey