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  • Not once by twice; Chaplain runs marathon

     Everyone has an epiphany once in a while. You can be at a baseball game watching your favorite team play, or you can be at a Broadway play. It doesn't matter where it happens, but somehow, someway you get that "eureka!" moment. And if the epiphany is significant enough, it may change your life. 

  • Civil Engineers break ground for new complex

    With white hard hats and silver shovels, the 108th Wing held a groundbreaking ceremony Tuesday Dec. 21 here to commemorate the construction of the 108th Wing Base Civil Engineer Complex on Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J.In attendance for the event was Army Maj. Gen. Glenn K. Rieth, the

  • So long, farewell, auf wiedersehen, goodbye

    When November comes to a close, I start a new phase of my life - orders take me into the Retired Reserve. After 28 years in the military - active duty Army, Pennsylvania Army National Guard and New Jersey Air National Guard - I am changing my daily wear of camouflage to ... what I want to wear!As is

  • 108th CRG tests its mettle with Eagle Flag

     A category-three hurricane hits the United States coast, bringing with it strong winds and torrential rains. Through its path of destruction, homes are destroyed, power lines are knocked down, and the area is flooded. Because of this, people are displaced and left without basic needs. The governor

  • 108th Wing goes to Gulfport

    Members from the 108th Wing out of Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., departed on April 11 to Gulfport Combat Readiness Training Center, Miss., to participate on an Organization Readiness Exercise there.Simulating a deployment, more than 400 Airmen in full battle gear boarded KC-130s and

  • Supply techs smile their way through work

    As the October 2011 mandatory wear date for Airman Battle Uniforms approaches, issuing the ABUs to all enlisted personnel is the responsibility of the Logistic Readiness Squadron's supply technicians.Providing more than 1,000 personnel with individual uniforms and gear might feel like an

  • Because of a promise, baking cakes becomes passion

    If you've ever had a piece of cake at a 108th Wing event during the past two years, chances are the cake was made by Tech. Sgt. Crystal ChinQuee-Smith, the 108th Alternate Base Equipment Control officer and Software Benefits administrator.When people get into cooking or baking, it is usually

  • Update from Iraq - 108th Civil Engineers exceeding expectations

    In December 2009, the 108th Civil Engineer Squadron left Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst for a six month federal activation to Baghdad, Iraq. Though it took more than a week from start to finish, the 108th and members from several other Air National Guard and active duty Air Force units came

  • Tips for "going green" around the house

    At the Going Green seminar held this week at the DMAVA headquarters in Lawrenceville, a lot of interesting facts and information was put forward. Representatives from the Clean Water Fund and EarthShare New Jersey gave many tips, particularly about cleaning and pest control, during the seminar. Here

  • Cha-Ching! Putting money back in your pockets

    Most New Jersey Guardsmen are well aware of the many benefits they are entitled as military service members. They are aware of the discounted tickets to amusement parks; 100 percent tuition assistance; commissary privileges; and low cost life insurance, to name a few.But not many N.J. Guardsmen know