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Proclamation signing begins SAAPM
April 12, 2017 — JOINT BASE CHARLESTON, S.C. -- Joint Base Charleston leadership signed a proclamation declaring April as Sexual Assault Awareness & Prevention Month April 4 in the Headquarters Conference Room here. SAAPM is observed across the Department of Defense annually to focus on creating an appropriate culture and eliminating sexual assault through a... MORE

From left to right: U.S. Navy Capt. Robert Hudson, Naval Support Activity Charleston commander, U.S. Air Force Col. Robert Lyman, 628th Air Base Wing commander, U.S. Air Force Col. Gregory Gilmour, 315th Airlift Wing commander and U.S. Air Force Col. Jimmy Canlas, 437th Airlift Wing commander, sign a proclamation declaring April as Sexual Assault Awareness & Prevention Month April 4, 2017, in the Headquarters Conference Room here. SAAPM is observed across the Department of Defense annually to focus on creating an appropriate culture and eliminating sexual assault through a personal commitment from all service members at every level.

Creating strong communities through partnership
April 12, 2017 — JOINT BASE CHARLESTON, S.C. - Joint Base Charleston Civic Leaders were given the opportunity to fly aboard a C-17 Globemaster III, March 16 and 17 to visit one of four other joint bases in the United States... MORE

Peter LaMotte, Chernoff Newman senior vice president, right, discusses the T-38C Talon with Maj. Kenneth Brakora, left, 560th Flying Training Squadron instructor pilot, during Joint Base Charleston’s 2017 Civic Leader Tour to Joint Base San Antonio, Texas, March 17, 2017. The 560th FTRS graduates about 130 instructor pilots per year.

Volvo Car Open hosts military appreciation night
April 12, 2017 — U.S. Navy Capt. Elizabeth Maley, left, Naval Health Clinic Charleston commader, and Master Sgt. Toby Housey, right, 315th Airlift Wing Equal opportunity superintendent, meet with Raquel Atawo, center, U.S. professional tennis player, during military appreciation night at the Volvo Car Stadium, April 6, 2017. Maley, Housey and the Joint Base... MORE

U.S. Navy Capt. Elizabeth Maley, left, Naval Health Clinic Charleston commader, and Master Sgt. Toby Housey, right, 315th Airlift Wing Equal opportunity superintendent, meet with Raquel Atawo, center, U.S. professional tennis player, during military appreciation night at the Volvo Car Stadium, April 6, 2017. Maley, Housey and the Joint Base Charleston Honor Guard represented JB Charleston with the coin toss, singing of the national anthem and posting of colors.

Airmen use special experience to foster relationships during Global Health Engagement
April 11, 2017 — A team of five Airmen, two with a special experience identifier earned through the International Health Specialist (IHS) program, traveled to Tegucigalpa, Honduras to work side-by-side with their Honduran air force counterparts during a subject matter expert exchange here, April 3. Airmen with an IHS certification were able to provide diversified international skills and knowledge of military and civilian health disciplines used to facilitate the five-day engagement by enabling flight medicine knowledge to be shared across a language barrier, which helps strengthen partnerships. ... MORE

U.S. Air Force Capt. Ricardo Sequeira, 628th Medical Operations Support Squadron and 14th Airlift Squadron flight surgeon, Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina, right, talks to a member of the Honduran air force about flight medicine during an aerospace medicine subject matter expert exchange in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, April 4. The goal of the global health exchange is to share best practices, enhance relationships, and build partnership capacities.

JB Charleston runs for awareness
April 11, 2017 — Airman 1st Class Dylan Rumsey, 628th Logistics Readiness Squadron inventory apprentice, participates in a color run hosted by the Sexual Assault Prevention and Response office, at Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina April 7, 2017. The run was held as part of Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month, which focuses on creating an appropriate... MORE

Airman 1st Class Dylan Rumsey, 628th Logistics Readiness Squadron inventory apprentice, participates in a color run hosted by the Sexual Assault Prevention and Response office, at Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina April 7, 2017. The run was held as part of Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month, which focuses on creating an appropriate culture to eliminate sexual assault.

U.S. Airmen share aerospace medicine best practices with Honduran counterparts
April 11, 2017 — Five U.S. Airmen conducted a subject matter expert knowledge exchange with their Honduran counterparts to share best practices and increase partner nation capacities in aerospace medicine from April 4-6... MORE

Honduran air force Subteniente Auxiliar Sanidad Obed Antonio Contreres Fuentes, left, talks to U.S. Air Force Capt. Diego Torres, center left, Detachment 4, 375th Operations Group flight nurse instructor and evaluator, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, Staff Sgt. Gabriel Trujillo, center right, 779th Medical Operations Squadron paramedic, Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, and Capt. Leslie Whiting, 88th Aerospace Medicine Squadron aerospace nurse manager, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, as part of a subject matter expert exchange in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, April 4. The global health engagement brought U.S. and Honduran counterparts together to build and strengthen partner relationships.

U.S., Honduran air force share best medical practices
April 11, 2017 — Five U.S. Airmen conducted a subject matter expert knowledge exchange with their Honduran counterparts to share best practices and increase partner nation capacities in aerospace medicine from April 4-6... MORE

628th MDG aids USCG Sector Charleston with historic exercise
April 10, 2017 — Members of the 628th Medical Group assisted U.S. Coast Guard Sector Charleston with a communicable disease exercise at the Federal Law Enforcement compound April 4. The exercise was the first of its kind and tested communication procedures and the integration of federal, state, local and private industry partners while analyzing response... MORE

Members of the Center for Disease Control, South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control and Medical University of South Carolina participate in a communicable disease exercise at the Federal Law Enforcement compound April 4, 2017. The exercise, the first of its kind in Charleston, S.C., tested communication procedures and the integration of federal, state, local and private industry partners while analyzing response capabilities if an infected person needed to be transported from a vessel to the Port of Charleston.

Professional tennis player takes time to visit Sailors
April 7, 2017 — Kayla Day, professional tennis player, plays a game of pool with Naval Nuclear Power Training Unit students April 4, 2017, at the Bowman Center on Joint Base Charleston - Weapons Station, S.C. Day toured the NNPTU campus and signed autographs for Team Charleston members while she was in the Charleston area to compete in the Volvo Car Open tennis... MORE

Kayla Day, professional tennis player, plays a game of pool with Naval Nuclear Power Training Unit students April 4, 2017, at the Bowman Center on Joint Base Charleston - Weapons Station, S.C. Day toured the NNPTU campus and signed autographs for Team Charleston members while she was in the Charleston area to compete in the Volvo Car Open tennis tournament.

1st Combat Camera Squadron reaches milestone
April 7, 2017 — The 1st Combat Camera Squadron here celebrated its 25th anniversary April 1. Many combat camera squadrons have existed but 1st CTCS will be the only remaining Active Duty combat camera squadron in the Air Force. While it’s only been 25 years under its current name, 1st CTCS can trace its lineage as far back as 1943 when it was originally activated... MORE