Fort Dix News

For those who didn't get enough fireworks last night, Lawrenceville will host a 7:30 p.m. concert tomorrow with a full display at 9:45 p.m. on the Rider University Campus, 2083 Lawrenceville Road, Lawrence.

Fort Dix bids farewell to Col. Ronald Thaxton, left, who served as installation commander for the past two years.

As Denville Mayor Ted Hussa introduced New Jersey National Guard Sgt. Ronald Joseph, a single voice called out from somewhere in the crowd.

Chief Warrant Officer Joseph Berdis presents his unit's new company guidon bearing the colors and insignia of the civil affairs branch - at a re-flagging ceremony June 19 at Ft.

PRATTVILLE -- Blake Rich ardson was born last Sunday on Father's Day, three weeks early.

Levittown - mhayes@phillyBurbs.comMOUNT HOLLY - A caravan of fire trucks and dozens of motorcycles escorted Army Sgt.

The 217th Military Police Company out of Prattville mobilizes this week for an Iraq deployment.

MARGATE When Uncle Sam called to say "I want you" at the Mucciarone home, an entire family took the challenge.

When he was Iraq, one the best ways Army Specialist Matthew Wilfrid was able to talk to his mother back home was via Instant Messenger.

Anne Miller took one look at her medal and broke into an enormous smile as she held it over her heart.

Army Spec. Bryan Budd loads his .50 caliber machine gun during Operation Pacific Warrior at Fort Hunter Liggett, where more than 4,000 Army reservists are conducting their annual training exercise.

Nicholas shows his son, Peter, countless memorabilia from his days in World War II.

Levittown - mzimmaro@phillyBurbs.comMOUNT HOLLY - There was no live entertainment, no governor, and there weren't tens of thousands of people lining the streets of a township to which they have little connection.It was just how they wanted it.A group of four soldiers from the Army National Guard 50th Infantry Brigade Combat Team who returned from ...

For years, civilian employees at the Navy base in Lakehurst, N.J., have earned more than their counterparts at nearby Army and Air Force installations.

Army chaplain Joanne Martindale was summoned in the middle of the night to the base camp hospital near Tikrit, Iraq, where nearly two dozen U.S. soldier casualties had been brought from an incendiary roadway explosion.

More than 150 Army Reserve soliders loaded up and headed out from Reading today.

State and local American Legion members will hold their annual parade and memorial service Sunday for military veterans at Locustwood Memorial Park.

CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? -- Sgt. Richard Kimball, 1463rd Transportation Company, Michigan National Guard completes a post deployment audiology exam in the mobile OnSite Health testing center at the Timmermann Center, June 2. Soldiers caught in roadside bombings and other situations that result in hearing trauma are returning home with permanent hearing ...

Staff Sgt. Christopher Donohue of the New Jersey Army National Guards 50th Infantry Brigade Combat Team returned from service in Iraq on June 1. He was deployed to Iraq as part of the largest call up of New Jersey National Guard Troops since World War II.

The Justice Department is investigating a now-defunct lobbying firm that gave millions in campaign contributions to members of the House Appropriations defense subcommittee that doled out earmarks.