Golf Battery 3/14 Marines send shells down range

Marines from Golf Battery 3rd Battalion, 14th Marine Regiment, conduct artillery training May 4, 2013, on the Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst ranges. The unit conducted 155 mm artillery training using their primary weapon system, M777A2 howitzer. This training is essential and helps to ensure the readiness of America's fighting force. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. David Carbajal/Released)

Golf Battery 3/14 Marines send shells down range

Cpl. James Heitzer, Golf Battery 3rd Battalion, 14th Marine Regiment field artillery cannoneer, pitches dirt as he builds a cover hole during artillery training May 4, 2013, on the Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst ranges. The unit simulated a real-world combat environment by digging cover holes to take cover during enemy fire. Heitzer is a Mays Landing, N.J., native. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. David Carbajal/Released)

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1st Lt. Maria Juliano, 6th Airlift Squadron pilot, performs a preflight checklist on a C-17 Globemaster III May 2, 2015, on Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J. The 6th AS is the oldest airlift squadron in the Air Force, providing global air mobility using the C-17. Juliano hails from Branchburg, N.J. (U.S. Air Force photo by Russ Meseroll/Released)

Service member spotlight: a solid base

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New Jersey Air Guard recruits prepare for BMT

Tech. Sgt. James Morris a recruiter with the 177th Fighter Wing, explains the about face movement to Edana A. Kudjordji, 108th Wing Student Flight member, April 13, 2013, at the National Guard Training Center in Sea Girt, N.J. Forty-four members of the New Jersey Air National Guard Student Flight spent a weekend in a simulated basic training environment preparing them for military culture April 13 and 14. Student Flight gives new enlistees a head start on basic military training, making the transition from civilians into Airmen easier from the time of enlistment until the time they leave for BMT. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Mark C. Olsen/Released)

NAVAIR commander visits joint base

NAVAIR Commander Vice Adm. David Dunaway, right, strikes up conversations with Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division Lakehurst employees after presenting them with documents recognizing their achievements in the Aircraft Launch and Recovery Equipment missions April 30, 2013, at Joint Base McGuire Dix Lakehurst, N.J. (U.S. Navy courtesy photo/Released)

Medical professionals talk autism

Dr. Hanna Rue, National Autism Center executive director, speaks at the Autism Spectrum Lunch and Learn April 25, 2013, on Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J. Rue discussed the treatments identified as established, emerging and unestablished and how practitioners can treat as part of evidence-based practice for the handling of autism. (U.S. Air Force photo by Russ Meseroll/Released)

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Chaplain (Maj.) Eric Boyer, 87th Air Base Wing chaplain, offers a prayer at the Air Advisor Memorial Remembrance Ceremony April 26, 2013, at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J. The event commemorated the two-year anniversary of the shooting in Kabul, Afghanistan, that claimed the lives of nine Air Advisors, April 27, 2013. A bell was rung during the recitation of the names of the fallen, followed by turning on of the memorial’s fountain and a moment of silence. (U.S. Air Force photo by Russ Meseroll/Released)

Boom goes the dynamite

Airman 1st Class Eli Marquez, 87th Explosive Ordnance Disposal journeyman, trains on the M107 .50 caliber rifle, April 22, 2013, at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J. The EOD technicians use the rifle as a tool in the clearance of runways of unexploded ordnance. The rifle can be used to fire at unexploded ordnance in order to detonate or break them apart. The process for this is called standoff munitions disruption. Marquez hails from Miami, Okla. (U.S. Air Force photo by Russ Meseroll/Released)

EFMP

Katie Montez receives information from Monica LaSalle, owner of Exceptional Kidz Rehab, Philadelphia, at the Exceptional Family Member Program Spring Resource event April 17, 2013, at the Military and Family Support Center on Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J. The event was part of the celebration for the Month of the Military Child and brought together military and civilian agencies to present information to help special needs families navigate through daily military life. Montez is the spouse of Tech. Sgt. Jesse Montez, U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center K-9 instructor. (U.S. Air Force photo by Russ Meseroll/Released)

Service member spotlight: change for the better

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Leader shares challenges, successes, inspires at-risk youths

Command Sgt. Maj. Calvin Coler, 174th Infantry Brigade command sergeant major, addresses National Guard Youth ChalleNGe candidates April 19, 2013, at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J. His mission was to share his story and help motivate the teens to become more productive members of society. (U.S. Army Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Stan Maszczak)