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  • EC honors historic AF leader

    Every Airman should know the name Grace A. Peterson. Nearly every Professional Military Education course in the Air Force mentions her as the first woman to ever hold the rank of chief master sergeant.For the two hundred in attendance at the Expeditionary Center Oct. 18, the first woman to be

  • Expeditionary Center Launches “Ground Up Challenge”

    Visitors to the U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center can expect to become more intimately familiar with "the ground" than they were expecting if they happen to be on the campus at 8 a.m., 11 a.m. or 4 p.m. respectively.At those designated times, all military members within the Center, student or

  • EC takes UDM training on the road

    The U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst is expanding its capability for training unit deployment managers by deploying mobile training teams across the Air Force.These mobile training teams will consist of pairs of UDM instructors who will travel to major Air

  • EC Eagle named top instructor by national organization

    A U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center non-commissioned officer here was recently recognized as the 2009 National Defense Transportation Association's Outstanding Instructor of the Year during the NDTA's forum and exposition Sept. 20 in Baltimore, Md.Staff Sgt. Robyn Tabako, an instructor with

  • EC SNCO named Liberty USO Air Force Servicemember of '10

     The Liberty USO will present its 2010 U.S. Air Force Servicemember of the Year award to Master Sgt. Melvin "Shawn" Fogle, U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center Air Transportation Branch superintendent Oct. 1 during their annual Gala.The son of a sergeant major of the Marine Corps, Fogle was born in

  • Mobility Airmen support Pakistan flood relief

    Mobility Airmen have been involved in the Pakistan flood relief effort since floods began affecting the country in late July. Among the Airmen deployed to Pakistan are about 30 members from Air Mobility Command's 818th Contingency Response Group, 621st Contingency Response Wing, from Joint Base

  • USAF EC Eagles run from river to sea for Wounded Warrior Project

    A team of seven U.S. AF Expeditionary Center Eagles raised more than $1500 for the Wounded Warrior Project, running the 15th Annual River to Sea Relay. The 14-segment, 92-mile journey across New Jersey stretched from Milford, on the Delaware River, to the shoreline of Manasquan.Each of the seven

  • Eagle Flag exercise expands, achieves new milestones

    Airmen from the U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center recorded a significant milestone this week as they hosted their first Defense Support to Civil Authorities exercise involving hundreds of federal, state, local and military participants at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J."The 421st Combat