Mud + Run = Joint Base Fun

Alex Bailey, a Medford, N.J., native, summits the 20-feet tall "Mud Mountain" obstacle Sept. 8 during the Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst "Beast of the East" Mud Run. This is Bailey's second time participating in the mud run. (U.S. Air Force photo by Ryan Throneberry/Released)

Mud + Run = Joint Base Fun

Mud run participants shimmy two-by-two under Humvees Sept. 8 at the "Humvee Crawl" obstacle during the Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst "Beast of the East" Mud Run. Participants came from all over the Northeast to try their hands at the 10K mud run through the installation. (U.S. Air Force photo by Ryan Throneberry/Released)

Mud + Run = Joint Base Fun

A mud run participant trudges through a mud pit at the “Climb over wall” obstacle Sept. 8 during the Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst "Beast of the East" Mud Run here. This was the 23rd and final obstacle of the fifth annual Mud Run. (U.S. Air Force photo by 2nd Lt. David J. Murphy/Released)

Mud + Run = Joint Base Fun

A mud run participant rinses off as he reaches the final leg of the Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst "Beast of the East" Mud Run Sept. 8 here. This sprinkler, along with a shower truck, allowed runners to clean off the mud before returning home after their adventure. (U.S. Air Force photo by 2nd Lt. David J. Murphy/Released)

Civilians recognized for 40 years of service

Joseph Busacca began his 40-year career as an enlisted Air Force member in 1972. He entered civil service in 1976 after four years of military service and worked as an entry-level mailroom clerk with the Veteran Administration in North Port, N.Y. He transferred to the Army Corps of Engineers in 1978 where he worked as a pipefitter. He relocated to New Jersey in 1981 where he began his career as a plumber with the 438th Civil Engineer Squadron Housing Maintenance Flight. He transitioned to the heating career field and worked as a pipefitter until 1993. His position was converted to a boiler plant operator so he relocated to the 305th CES Central Heat Plant. He has been employed as a heating, ventilation and air conditioning mechanic in the grade of WG-10 with the 87th CES since 1999. Harold R. MartinezNazario served as a chemical entry team member in the Army from 1965 to 1967 and then as a mortar crewman from 1974 to 1984. He began his tenure with the installation in 1985 as a monitor and operator for sports. He moved to the inmate grounds as a monitor in 2004.

JB MDL remembers 9/11

Sgt. 1st Class Bernadette Kirkland, Army Support Activity Dix chaplain assistant, lights a candle at 9:37 a.m., the moment of impact of the Pentagon, during the Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst 9/11 Remembrance Ceremony held Sept. 11 at the McGuire Chapel. (U.S. Air Force photo by Wayne Russell/Released)