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  • Driving in the Dark

    Imagine you are driving through hostile territory in pitch-black darkness and cannot use any form of lighting for fear of giving away your position to enemy forces. How can you safely maneuver through woods, over bridges, and around obstacles without putting yourself or fellow Airmen at risk?   The

  • Training for disasters

    Clouds gathered in the distance, painting the sky an inky black. Thunder rumbled while lightning flashed on the scene of inhabitants fleeing the coastal towns of New Jersey. The fear of the crowd mounted, as Superstorm Sandy brewed a storm so violent it decimated our beautiful shores. Those

  • 108th Wing Commander's message on sexual assault: "Protect each other!"

    In Fiscal Year 2012, there were 3,374 reports of sexual assaults involving service members according to the Department of Defense's Annual Report on Sexual Assault in the Military. Furthermore, the number of service members anonymously reporting a sexual assault grew by more than 30 percent in the

  • New Jersey Air Guard Student Flight prepare recruits for basic training

         No one's yelling at them.     Yet.     But when the training instructors at Basic Military Training at Lackland Air Force Base in Texas begin molding the new enlistees, the New Jersey recruits will be ready for the experience.     "It 's quite a culture shock when they step off the bus at basic

  • The electrician

    BRICK, N.J. - New Jersey Air National Guard Staff Sgt. Carl Hilpl is standing with the rest of the electric crew in the parking lot of the Ocean County Medical Center in Brick, N.J.The temperature has fallen to 33 degrees and the rain is turning to snow. Nor'easter Athena will soon be dumping snow,

  • 108th CRG tackles "Eagle Flag"

    When August rolls around in the training calendar for the New Jersey Air National Guard, Airmen from the 108th Contingency Response Group know exactly what to expect. They know they need to put on their game-face and tackle the exercise they have been participating at for the past three years: Eagle

  • 108th Wing welcomes new commander

    With a KC-135 Stratotanker at their backs, the Airmen from the 108th Wing stood at attention inside Hangar 33-33 here May 20, as Col. Kevin J. Keehn assumed command of the 108th Wing, New Jersey Air National Guard, from Brig. Gen. Michael L. Cunniff.Keehn, a Bayville resident, accepted the 108th

  • Be careful with medication you take: Your military career depends on it

    If you have a backache and you remember that last year your doctor prescribed you some pain killers for another ailment, you probably won't think twice about taking those pills to alleviate your ailing back.  Furthermore, many people will take over-the-counter medication with no thought of coming up

  • M50 gas mask: New look, same protection

    For those members who haven't already heard, the current MCU2P mask that is presently in use for all 108th Wing members is in the process of being replaced. The new mask that will replace the MCU2P will be the M50 Joint Service General Purpose Mask and it is a major improvement and a welcome