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Newest Senior Master Sergeants selects
March 4, 2016 — This year across the Air Force, 11,904 Master Sergeants were eligible to make the rank of Senior Master Sgt. and only 1,467 were selected for promotion. That's only 12.32%!According to the Air Force Personnel Center, the average selectee overall score was 20.48. Additionally, the U.S. Air Force Supervisory Examination average score was 78.42 and... MORE

Joint Base Charleston's newest Senior Master Sergeant selects pose for a group photo with leadership from both the 628th Air Base Wing and the 437th Airlift Wing during the promotion selection party held at the Charleston Club, March 4, 2016. The base had 11 selectees total, representing the 12.32 percent of all promotees. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Renae Pittman)

Partnership brings BCLS bookmobile to JB Charleston-WS
March 3, 2016 — Col. Robert Lyman, Joint Base Charleston commander and Donna Worden, Berkley County Library System director, signed an agreement to partner the Berkley County Library with Joint Base Charleston at the Charleston Metro Chamber of Commerce March 2, 2016.When the Naval Weapons Station and the Air Force Base became a joint base in 2010, the libraries... MORE

Col. Robert Lyman (left), Joint Base Charleston commander, and Donna Worden (right), Berkley County Library System director, sign an agreement to partner the Berkley County Library with Joint Base Charleston at the Charleston Metro Chamber of Commerce, S.C., March 2, 2016. The agreement allows the BCLS’ bookmobile to supplement the JB Charleston-WS library. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman Megan E. Munoz)

NNPTC graduation
March 2, 2016 — The following personnel from Naval Nuclear Power School class 1506 received excellence awards in academic and personal achievement.EnlistedTop MM MMN3 Benjamin Kimball 3.89 GPATop EM EMN3 Evan Edrington 3.87 GPATop ET ETN3 Jason Dade 3.94 GPAEnlisted Class Honorman ETN3 Jason Dade 3.94 GPAEnlisted Class "Hard... MORE

Sailors bow their heads in prayer during the graduation ceremony of Nuclear Power School class 1506 at Naval Nuclear Power Training Command (NNPTC) in Goose Creek, S.C. Based at Joint Base Charleston-Naval Weapons Station, NNPTC trains Sailors in fundamentals of design, operation, and maintenance of shipboard nuclear propulsion plants. (U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communications Specialist Second Class Jason Pastrick)

Justice files
March 1, 2016 — Involuntary Administrative Discharges (February 2016)Mr. Robert YanceyDischarge Clerk, 628 ABW/JAThe below Airmen of Joint Base Charleston were involuntarily discharged for conduct that demonstrated a lack of potential for further service. Members discharged from their current enlistment with a less than fully Honorable service characterization... MORE

Joint Base Charleston, S.C. justice files for February 2016.

Annual fund drive benefiting NMCRS begins
March 1, 2016 — During the month of March 2016, the Joint Base Charleston - WS will conduct begin its annual fund drive in support of the Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society, an organization whose mission is to help Marines, Sailors and their families when financial emergencies arise.Since 1904, the society has provided financial, educational and other assistance to... MORE

MUSC surgeons train military medics
February 29, 2016 — Members of the 628th Medical Group met with two trauma surgeons from the Medical University of South Carolina on Joint Base Charleston - Air Base, S.C., on Feb. 17, 2016.The special guests coordinated with 628th MDG leadership to provide proper suture training to the medical group's Airmen.Suturing is a stitch or series of stitches done to secure... 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)

Tax center volunteers support base members
February 26, 2016 — With tax season in full effect, members of Joint Base Charleston have been trying to file their tax returns as soon as possible.The tax centers at both the Air Base and Weapons Station have supported JB Charleston members for many years through volunteers who provide advice and expertise to the entire Team Charleston. Currently, there are only two... MORE

Tech. Sgt. Latoya Johnson-Mallory, 628th Legal Office paralegal, assists Joint Base Charleston members with their tax returns Feb. 9, 2016, at the Charleston Club on JB Charleston – Air Base, S.C. The Airmen working the tax center are able to provide tax return assistance to all active-duty, retirees and their dependents. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Clayton Cupit)

Team Charleston civilian concludes 54-year career
February 26, 2016 — "A lifetime of dedication, a lifetime of experience and commitment to our nation."With these words, Col. John Lamontagne, 437th Airlift Wing commander, summed up the 54-year career of Frank Metzger, a decades-long member of Team Charleston who has decided it's "Time to go."Metzger, a Wing Plans program analyst, celebrated his retirement Feb. 23,... MORE

Frank Metzger, a Wing Plans program analyst with the 437th Airlift Wing, smiles behind two C-124 Globemaster II model aircraft, Feb. 24, 2016, at Joint Base Charleston, S.C. Metzger, who is retiring after 54 years of combined federal service, served in the military as a navigator for 24 years and his first assignment was with the 1608th Air Transport Wing at Charleston Air Force Base, where he flew in C-124s. The C-124, nicknamed “Old Shaky,” is an unpressurized cargo plane that had to be flown low and in the weather. Metzger flew in a C-124 over the North Atlantic Ocean in the winter.(U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Jared Trimarchi)

School choice options at JB Charleston
February 26, 2016 — Joint Base Charleston is serviced by three county and one state charter, school districts. Joint Base Charleston - Air Base (JB Charleston - AB)Air Base residents are assigned schools in the Charleston County School District. Residents may choose Hunley Park or Lambs Elementary Schools for students K-5 grades; Jerry Zucker Middle School of Science... MORE

JB Charleston - WS tax center opens early March
February 26, 2016 — Tax season is well underway and the legal office has been operating the Base Tax Office providing tax assistance at the Air Base to the base population. The Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) Center located at the Weapons Station will open on 7 March 2016 from 1300-1800 in Building 206, Room 123A (DEERS and ID cards office). It is important... MORE