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Ryder assumes command of 437th AMXS
July 22, 2015
Colonel Brian Peters, 437th Maintenance Group commander, passes the guidon to Maj. Robert Ryder, the new 437th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron commander during an assumption of command ceremony held at Joint Base Charleston, S.C., July 22, 2015. Ryder comes to JB Charleston from MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., where he was the 6th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron commander. Lt. Col. Adam DiGerolamo, the former 437th AMXS commander departed JB Charleston in June 2015 and is now the 379th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron commander at Al Udeid Air Base. (Courtesy photo / 437th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron)
628th LRS Port Ops receives new boats
July 22, 2015
The 628th Logistics Readiness Squadron Port Operations received two new Harbor Security Boats this month to replace some of their older boats. The boats were received as part of a phased-replacement program governed by Chief of Naval Operations Instruction 4780.6. This program allows for the regular overhaul and modernization or replacement of small boats without impacting the command's mission. The Joint Base Charleston – Weapons Station’ shoreline spans approximately 15 miles of the Cooper River and Sailors, Airmen and Department of Defense contractors patrol the shoreline on these Harbor Security Boats. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. AJ Hyatt)
AFPC Roadshow team visits JB Charleston
July 22, 2015
Personnel from Headquarters Air Force and the Air Force Personnel Center visited Joint Base Charleston – Air Base July 20, 2015, to share information about Enlisted Evaluation System and Weighted Airman Promotion System changes. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. AJ Hyatt)
Reservist second at Armed Forces Triathlon Championship
July 22, 2015
Major Jamie Turner proudly stands on the winners’ podium with 2nd Lt. Samone Franzese and 2nd Lt. Jessica Clay at the Armed Forces Triathlon Championship race in Hammond, Indiana, June 7, 2015. Turner (right) continued her world-class triathlete success as the second female to cross the finish line and automatically qualified as one of six athletes to compete on the women’s team at the Military World Games in Mungyeong, South Korea, Oct. 2-11, 2015. Turner is a C-17 pilot with the 317th Airlift Squadron. Franzese, a medical student with the U.S. Army, finished first, and Clay, from Camp Casey, Korea finished third in the competition. (Courtesy photo)
437th Airlift Wing aircrews particpate in 18th AF 16-hour, trans-Pacific flight in support of Talisman Sabre
July 22, 2015
U.S. Air Force Maj. Dana Dailey 446 Airlift Wing, McChord Air Force Base, Wash. pilots a C-17 Globemaster III into position to conduct aerial refueling with a KC-10 Extender during an airdrop mission with U.S. Army Soldiers from 3rd Battalion, 509 infantry Brigade in support of Exercise Talisman Sabre July 7, 2015, over the Pacific Ocean. Exercise Talisman Sabre is a U.S. Pacific Command (PACOM)- sponsored exercise that trains PACOM forces in a high-end, mid-intensity warfighting scenario involving a Combined Task Force (CTF). PACOM forces and Australian Defense Forces (ADF) will establish, constitute, command and control a Combined Task Force (CTF-660) of U.S. and Australian forces that will enable assessment of the primary training audiences in order to exercise combined operational warfighting in the Pacific theater. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Jason Robertson/Released)
AF releases first term Airman retraining quotas
July 22, 2015
Luzzatto takes command of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Charleston District
July 22, 2015
Lt. Col. Matthew Luzzatto (left) assumed command of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Charleston District from Lt. Col. John Litz (second from the right) during a change of command ceremony July 10, 2015 in Charleston, S.C. Brig. Gen. C. David Turner (second from left) commander of the South Atlantic Division presided over the ceremony. Liza Metheney (right), is the USACE, Charleston District deputy district engineer. Luzzatto joins the Charleston District as the 86th Commander and District Engineer from his latest assignment as the Chief of Host Nation Construction for U.S. Forces Japan in Tokyo. As district engineer, Luzzatto will be responsible for planning, engineering and constructing water resource projects, such as the Charleston Harbor Post 45 Deepening Project, and administering laws for the protection of navigable waterways and regulatory actions for the state. He will oversee approximately 250 employees who are stationed throughout the state. Luzzatto will oversee the military construction program at Fort Jackson, as well as other federal agencies, such as Joint Base Charleston, throughout the city, state, and region. (Courtesy photo / U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Charleston District)
Advancement profile notifications made easy
July 21, 2015
628th MSG Change of Command
July 20, 2015
Colonel Robert Lyman (left), Joint Base Charleston commander, passes the 628th Mission Support Group guidon to incoming commander, Col. Richard Mathews (right), during the 628th MSG change of command, July 17, 2015 at Joint Base Charleston, SC. Matthews assumed command of the 628th MSG from Col. Michael Mongold during the ceremony. Matthews comes to JB Charleston from Air Mobility Command at Scott Air Force Base, Ill,, where he was chief, Engineering Division Direcotrate of Instllations and Mission Support. Mongold is headed to the Air Force Personnel Center at Joint Base San Antonio – Randlolph, Texas, where he will serve as the chief of the Air Expeditionary Forces Operations Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Airman 1st Class Thomas T. Charlton)
Director of Navy Hospital Corps tours NHCC
July 20, 2015
Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael Prunty (left) and Petty Officer 3rd Class Gregory Lafer, hospital corpsmen at Naval Health Clinic Charleston, Joint Base Chareston, S.C., greet Force Master Chief Sherman Boss, director of the Navy Hospital Corps, July 17, 2015 as Boss toured NHCC during his visit to Joint Base Charleston. (Navy photo by Hospitalman Adrienne Quinter)