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NHCC holds second Continuous Performance Improvement Fair
June 13, 2017 — U.S. Navy Ensign Matthew Evans, officer in training for submarine warfare qualification, serving as support staff for the pharmacy at Naval Health Clinic Charleston, shows NHCC Commanding Officer, Capt. Elizabeth Maley, the pharmacy's new procedure for filling prescriptions during Naval Health Clinic Charleston’s 2nd Continuous Performance... MORE

U.S. Navy Ensign Matthew Evans, officer in training for submarine warfare qualification, serving as support staff for the pharmacy at Naval Health Clinic Charleston, shows NHCC Commanding Officer, Capt. Elizabeth Maley, the pharmacy's new procedure for filling prescriptions during Naval Health Clinic Charleston’s 2nd Continuous Performance Improvement Fair here, June 2. The procedure minimizes errors while improving wait times. Evan's display was one of many at the CPI fair designed to highlight the strides taken by NHCC staff members to improve the quality, education and safety of health care for NHCC's patients.

Virtual battlefield increases math scores for middle school students
June 13, 2017 — Junior high school students might not always get excited about mathematics, but when you incorporate math into video games and inject competition, these local Lowcountry students have a blast. Sixth graders, seventh graders and a mixed group of sixth and seventh graders competed in the sixth annual Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command Department of Defense Virtual DimensionU Math Competition, May 23rd, 2017. The DimensionU program is a multiplayer, first-person shooter-like game where players have to answer math questions when shot or complete challenges depending on the different style of game. ... MORE

Sixth and seventh grade students compete in a multiplayer long-distance telecommunications game as part of the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command Department of Defense Virtual DimensionU Math Competition at Joint Base Charleston, S.C., May 23rd. The adoption of the DimensionU Math program into the tri-county school district curriculum has demonstrated positive results for math testing scores.

437th AMXS change of command
June 9, 2017 — Col. Brian C. Peters, (left), 437th Maintenance Group commander, passes the guideon to Maj. Robert A. Johnson, 437th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron incoming commander, signifying the official change of command during a change of command ceremony at Joint Base Charleston June 9, 2017. Johnson came to Charleston after attending the Army Command and... MORE

Col. Brian C. Peters, (left), 437th Maintenance Group commander, passes the guideon to Maj. Robert A. Johnson, 437th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron incoming commander, signifying the official change of command during a change of command ceremony at Joint Base Charleston June 9, 2017. Johnson came to Charleston after attending the Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, KS.

628 MDOS commander wins prestigious award
June 9, 2017 — Lt. Col. Brian Neese, 628th Medical Operations Squadron commander, was honored with the Federal Health Care Executive Special Achievement Award from the American Hospital Association May 25, 2017... MORE

Col. Brian Neese, 628th Medical Operations Squadron commander, (center) talks with Dr. Joseph Sakran, Medical University of South Carolina assistant professor of surgery, about the progress of the medical personnel at Joint Base Charleston – Air Base, S.C., on Feb. 17, 2016. The goal was to improve suturing skills. Suturing is a stitch or series of stitches done to secure the edges of a surgical or traumatic wound. The cooperation between the local civilian medical professionals and JB Charleston’s medical team from the 628th Medical Group is expected to continue. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Thomas T. Charlton)

18th AF leadership visits 437th AW
June 8, 2017 — Lt. Gen. Giovanni Tuck, 18th Air Force commander, meets with 437th Airlift Wing leadership at the Joint Base Charleston headquarters building June 6, 2017. Tuck explained his expectations and goals for 18th AF. His visit to Charleston was one of a handful around the command allowing him to hear from Airmen about how their wings carry out operations... MORE

Lt. Gen. Giovanni Tuck, 18th Air Force commander, meets with 437th Airlift Wing leadership at the Joint Base Charleston headquarters building June 6, 2017. Tuck explained his expectations and goals for 18th AF. His visit to Charleston was one of a handful around the command allowing him to hear from Airmen about how their wings carry out operations at home and abroad.

JB Charleston participates in community exercise
June 7, 2017 — JOINT BASE CHARLESTON, S.C. -- Joint Base Charleston participated with multiple Dorchester County emergency response agencies during a community partnered mass casualty exercise at Ashley Ridge High School, June 6, 2017. The exercise aimed to improve interagency communication and response to large scale emergencies.“Although today’s scenario was... MORE

Master Sgt. Michelle Wilkes, 628th Medical Group medical information systems NCO in charge, applies cosmetics to a volunteer’s leg prior to Dorchester County’s mass casualty exercise at Ashley Ridge High School in Summerville, S.C., June 6, 2017. Joint Base Charleston assisted multiple Dorchester County emergency response agencies during the community partnered exercise. The event aimed to improve interagency communication and response to large scale emergencies.

Jones takes the reigns at 560th RED HORSE
June 5, 2017 — Lt. Col. Horace Jones assumed command of the 560th RED HORSE Squadron during a ceremony June 3, 2017 at Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina. Although he's the new 560th RED HORSE commander, Jones knows his way around the Lowcountry... MORE

Col. Lori Walden, 622nd Civil Engineering Group commander, passes the the 560th RED HORSE Squadron guideon to the unit's new commander, Lt. Col. Horace Jones during an assumption of command ceremony June 3, 2017 at Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Senior Airman Tom Brading)

Lanier assumes command of 315th OG
June 4, 2017 — Col. Stephen L. Lanier assumed command of the 315th Operations Group yesterday at Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina... MORE

Col. Stephen L. Lanier assumes command of the 315th Operations Group June 3, 2017 at Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina. Col. Jeanine McAnaney, 315th Airlift Wing vice commander, presided over the assumption of command. Lanier was most recently the director of safety for Headquarters, Air Force Reserve Command, Robins Air Force Base, Georgia. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Master Sgt. Shane Ellis)

Studies Highlight Joint Base Charleston’s Economic Impact
May 31, 2017 — Communities across the country with significant industrial, manufacturing, educational, tourist or military footprints periodically will have studies done to determine their economic impact. The state of South Carolina and, more specifically, Joint Base Charleston, are no different. The methodology used by the two studies cited below was the... MORE

21 Charleston C-17s launch in support of Army’s All American Week
May 26, 2017 — The 437th Airlift Wing executed a Large Formation Exercise with 21 C-17 Globemaster III aircraft to complete a joint forcible entry airdrop with the 82nd Airborne Division at Pope Army Air Field, North Carolina, May 25. “On order of our commander in chief, we can deliver the 82nd anywhere in the world at a moment's notice,” said Col. Louis Hansen,... MORE

A formation of C-17 Globemaster IIIs fly over the Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge in Charleston, S.C., during a Large Formation Exercise, May 25, 2017. The LFE tested the 437th and 315th AW’s abilities to complete a joint forcible entry airdrop with the 82nd Airborne Division from Pope Army Airfield, culminating Exercise Bonny Jack 2017, a three-part mobility exercise.