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Short Rounds
Ambassador Visits JT2DC Gets New CO Brig. Gen. Charles A. Harvey Jr. presents Col. Anthony Formica the guidon for the National Guard Bureau’s Joint Training and Training Development Center (JT2DC), Fort Dix on Sept. 24. Formica was the former executive officer of the Center. The JT2DC formed a task force last year that traveled to New Orleans for Hurricane Katrina relief operations in a program that developed into “Neighbors helping Neighbors.” Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Dave Moore, JFHQ-NJ/PAO. Helping The Villages Pfc. Martha Marchese, Delta Company, 250th Brigade Support Battalion, as well as other Battalion Soldiers have been actively involved with Civil Military Operations in Iraq. This operation is where Soldiers visit villages to help people with medical treatment, power supply, food and water and any other issues which need attention. Photo courtesy 250BSB. Health And Fitness Fair Held Sgt. 1st Class Charley Keuscher (right), C Company, 250th Signal Battalion, listens as Staff Sgt. Daniel Opperman Jr. (left), 177th Fighter Wing Medical Group explains the results of Keuscher's chloresteral test during the day-long Health and Fitness Fair held Sept. 7 at the Joint Training and Training Development Center at Fort Dix. Photo by Tech. Sgt. Mark Olsen, NJDMAVA/PA. Vice Chief Of Staff Visits Wing Gen. John D.W. Corley (center), Vice Chief of Staff, Headquarters, U.S. Air Force visits with Tech. Sgt. Steven R. Gaskill (left) and Capt. Luz M. Aponte (right) during his trip to the 177th Fighter Wing on August 29. Corley spoke about transformation, Iraq and Afghanistan deployments and career field realignment. Photo by Tech. Sgt. Mark Olsen, 177FW/PA. Welcome Home Lt. Col. Aranibar Penaloza presents his daughter Virginia the Center of Influence Award during the Army Medical Detachment (AMEDD) of the New Jersey Army National Guard’s Welcome Home and Freedom Salute held at the National Guard Training Center at Sea Girt August 20. The AMEDD members served in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Photo by Sgt. Marie Exley, 444MPAD. Firefighters Briefed A Navy Blue Angels crew chief briefs (l-r) Technical Sergeants' Ron Wilkens and Alex Cadavid, along with Staff Sergeants' James Gillespie, Seth Van Doren (standing) and Wayne White, all 177th Fighter Wing firefighters, on the procedures for evacuating a pilot from an F-18 Hornet. This was all part of the preparations for this year’s Atlantic City Air Show held on August 23. Photo by Tech. Sgt. Mark Olsen, 177FW/PA. A Trip To Shindad Combined Joint Task Force Phoenix members pose for a photo during a recent trip to Shindad, Afghanistan. In turret: Chief Warrant Officer 2 Dario H. Marchena Jr., standing (l-r): Pfc. Albert J. Hausmann, Col. Michael V. Shute, Sgt. 1st Class Joseph P. C. Prieto; kneeling: Cpl. Juan Rodriguez and their interpreter. Task Force Soldiers are helping the Afghan government build a professional Afghan National Army. Photo courtesy Col. Michael Shute. |
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