b'.A Brief History continued from page 4Dix has a history of mobilizing, training and demobilizing Soldiers from as early as World War Ithrough the present day. In 1978, the first female recruits entered basic training at Fort Dix.In 1991, Dix trained Kuwaiti civilians in basic military skills so they could take part in their countrys liberation. Dix ended its active Army training mission in 1988 due to Base Realignment and Closure Commission recommendations. It began a new mission of mobilizing, deploying and demobilizing Soldiers and providing training areas for Reserve and National Guard Soldiers. In 1994, the United States Air Force Expeditionary Center was established as the Air Mobility WarfareUSS Shenandoah ZR-1, Built at Lakehurst, New Jersey in 1923. 680 feet long, 36 tons. Powered by five,Center on Dix.8 cylinder Packard engines of 300hp each.Destroyed by a storm in 1925. Since the 1950s, aviation boatswains mates Lakehurst have been trained at Lakehurst to operate catapults Lakehursts history begins as a munitions-testingand arresting systems on aircraft carriers. site for the Imperial Russian Army in 1916. It wasLakehurst conducts the unique mission of then gained by the U.S. Army as Camp Kendricksupporting and developing the Aircraft Launch during World War 1. The Navy purchased theand Recovery Equipment and Support Equipment property in 1921 for use as an airship station andfor naval aviation. The Electromagnetic Aircraft renamed it Naval Air Station Lakehurst.Launch System and the Advanced Arresting The Navys lighter-than-air program was conductedGear system that will replace the existing steam at Lakehurst through the 1930s. During Worldcatapults and the Mk-7 arresting gear are being War II, anti-submarine patrol blimps were operateddeveloped and tested at Lakehurst at full-scale from Lakehurst.shipboard representative test facilities here. J6 Military Appreciation Resource Magazine Thank You For Your Service'