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Bill Murray flies with 315th AW for RiverDogs opener
May 6, 2021 — Actor Bill Murray joined 315th Airlift Wing Reservists and helped kick off the Charleston RiverDogs 2021 season opening home game with a C-17 flyover May 4, 2021, at 7:25 p.m. over Joseph P. Riley, Jr. Park in Charleston, South Carolina... MORE

315th Airlift Wing to kick off RiverDogs season opener with flyover
May 4, 2021 — 315th Airlift Wing Reservists flying a Joint Base Charleston C-17 Globemaster III will help the Charleston RiverDogs baseball team kick off their 2021 season opening home game with a C-17 flyover this evening at about 7:30 p.m. over Joseph P. Riley, Jr. Park... MORE

CSAF Memo to Airmen: Leadership Library
March 22, 2021 — Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown, Jr.'s presents his Leadership Library. A chance to offer new books, podcasts and documentaries in order to generate regular conversations with Airmen on things that interest him and may interest them... MORE

Building digital literacy through Digital University
November 20, 2020 — Digital University strives to fit the needs of all Airmen by providing 100,000 licenses to access more than 12,000 courses. ... MORE

Joint Base Charleston Halloween Activities
October 16, 2020 — FSS Annual Boo Bash on Weapons Station (Oct. 30, 2020)Joint Base Charleston will hold their Annual Boo Bash at Locklear Park on the Naval Weapons Station Oct. 30, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. There will be various activities, to include; Trunk or Treat, games, movie on the lawn featuring “Hocus Pocus,” a haunted bus, and fireworks. This is a free... MORE

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JB Charleston's Natural Resource Office will be conducting a hunters safety class
July 31, 2020 — Terrence Larimer, Joint Base Charleston's natural resource manager assigned to the 628th Civil Engineer Squadron, answered some questions about the upcoming Hunter Safety Education Classes being held at JB Charleston. Larimer explained what the natural resource office is responsible for. “The natural resource office is in charge of making sure that the natural resources on the base are managed and taken care of in a way that facilitates the military mission,” he said. “We insure that all of the pertinent state and federal natural resource laws are followed so that we don't have any hold ups in the mission activity because of problems with natural resources. The major things that we are charged with taking care if are things like endangered species management, timber management and outdoor recreation” ... MORE

A hunter who took the hunter safety course at Joint Base Charleston aims a bow and arrow at JB Charleston. The natural resource office offers a hunter safety course on August 8, September 19 and October 24 for anyone interested please contact Terrence Larimer, the natural resource manager at (843)794-7951.

Parenting during COVID-19
May 4, 2020 — As a father of a four-year-old daughter, the reason I go to work is to make sure that she is taken care of -- food in her stomach, clothes on her back, a roof over her head and a better future for her. I was aware of the possibility that I could be away from my family with little to no contact when I joined the military, and I was prepared to do what I had to do to honor my service commitment. Having said that, all of the training I have received could never have prepared me for, or empowered me to predict, how my work-life balance would be flipped upside down over the past several weeks. ... MORE

Akira Arzu-Davis, holds a stuffed animal while her father, Airman 1st Class Cory J. Davis, a photojournalist assigned to the 628th Air Base Wing Public Affairs Office, teleworks from home at Joint Base Charleston, S.C., April 28, 2020. Families are encouraged to practice physical distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic. One way to practice physical distancing is by staying indoors.

16th AS delivers hope, develops community bonds
May 1, 2020 — The 437th Airlift Wing’s mission is to provide safe, precise reliable airlift anytime, anywhere. The wing has one of the largest fleets of C-17 Globemaster III aircraft in the Air Force and contributes to a significant portion of Air Mobility Command’s missions. The 16th Airlift Squadron supports this mission by developing leaders, caring for families, projecting power and delivering hope. ... MORE

Capt. Sophia Schmidt, 16th Airlift Squadron Operations Support Flight assistant flight commander, wears a 16th AS squadron patch at Joint Base Charleston, S.C., April 29, 2020.

Command Post Airmen respond, alert JB CHS to nearby tornadoes
May 1, 2020 — On April 13, 2020, two Airmen were tracking multiple tornadoes near Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina. One of the tornadoes was a threat to the installation; however, the two Airmen accomplished tasks needed to be done in order to alert the base of the possible life-threatening danger. The two Airmen work in the 628th Air Base Wing, and they receive extensive training in order to handle high-pressure situations and emergency conditions such as natural disasters. When Airman 1st Class Madison Henry and Airman 1st Class Joseph Arnold, both emergency actions controllers assigned to the 628th Air Base Wing Command Post, received the tornado warning notification they quickly went into action and alerted JB Charleston to the nearby danger. ... MORE

Airman 1st Class Joseph Arnold, an emergency actions controller assigned to the 628th Air Base Wing Command Post, demonstrates how to broadcast a verbal tornado warning with siren simultaneously while using the Giant Voice notification system on the Air Base and Naval Weapons Station at Joint Base Charleston, S.C., April 20, 2020. The tornado warning and siren are used to warn personnel outdoors to seek shelter in the event of a tornado. Arnold is one of several Command and Control Operations specialists who work rotating shifts around the clock to man Palmetto Ops at the command post. The command post remains vigilant and operates 365 days a year to provide command and control support to the base as needed.

Air Force update for COVID-19
March 16, 2020 — In an effort to minimize the spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 and to prioritize the health and safety of Department of the Air Force personnel, the following modifications have been made... MORE