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Command Fitness Leader certification course offered at Sam's Fitness Center
September 15, 2014
Drew Stallard, Sam's Fitness Center trainer, oversees the Command Fitness Leader certification training Sept. 12, 2014, at Sam's Fitness Center on Joint Base Charleston, S.C. (U.S. Air Force photo/Jessica Donnelly)
JB Charleston hosts 9/11 memorial retreat ceremony
September 12, 2014
Airmen prepare to lower the colors during a 9/11 memorial ceremony Sep. 11, 2014, at Joint Base Charleston, S.C. The flag was flown at half staff through out the nation in memory of the victims of 9/11. The retreat ceremony was a poignant reminder of the events of 13 years ago, and the continuing efforts today’s military is making against the War on Terrorism. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Clayton Cupit)
Civil engineer squadrons team up, repave road
September 11, 2014
Senior Airman Kadeem Trammell, 560th Red Horse Squadron horizontal construction worker, cuts through asphalt using a K-12 saw during a re-pavement job Sept. 10, 2014, at Joint Base Charleston, S.C. Red Horse Airmen work with 628th Civil Engineer Squadron Airmen throughout the year to assist with jobs around the base as well as to complete upgrade training for deployments. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Senior Airman Dennis Sloan)
Remembering 9/11
September 11, 2014
(Left to right) Chief Petty Officer Selectees Brad Carmen, Ryan Kinder and Terence Harmon, raise the colors Sept. 11, 2014, in front of the Naval Support Activity headquarters on Joint Base Charleston, S.C., while members of the LowCountry Chief Petty Officers Association and Capt. Timothy Sparks NSA commanding officer (right) stand at attention. The selectees conducted the flag raising ceremony in remembrance of the events of 9/11, and concluded with each person in attendance telling their story of where they were on that day. (U.S. Air Force photo/Eric Sesit)
JB Charleston holds 2014 Air Force Ball
September 10, 2014
The Joint Base Charleston Honor Guard posts the Colors during this year’s Air Force Ball Sept. 6, 2014, at the North Charleston Convention Center in North Charleston, S.C. This year’s ball celebrated 67 years of military superiority through air power. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Rasheen Douglas)
Navy Wives Club of America installs new officers
September 10, 2014
Capt. Timothy Sparks, Joint Base Charleston deputy commander and Naval Support Activity Charleston commanding officer (right), along with Cmdr. David Tarwater, NSA executive officer, conduct an installation ceremony for the newly elected officers of the JB Charleston Navy Wives Club of America, Inc., Chapter MENRIV #240, Sept. 6, 2014, at Joint Base Charleston, S.C. The Club operates the Weapons Station Thrift Shop and provides numerous volunteer activities and support to active-duty service members and their families, veterans and local community charities. Pictured (right to left) Sparks, Hazel Cole, president; Penney Carucci, vice president; Linda Hadden, recording secretary; Jan Hill, corresponding secretary; Fawn Hersman, treasurer and Diane Glove, chaplain. (Courtesy photo)
Ombudsmen: Making a difference where it matters most
September 10, 2014
Retired Rear Admiral Robert Besal (back row center), Capt. TImothy Sparks, Joint Base Charleston deputy commander and Naval Support Activity commanding officer (left) and Cmdr. David Tarwater, NSA executive officer, congratulate LowCountry Ombudsmen during the Ombudsman Appreciation luncheon Sept. 10, 2014, at the Redbank Club on Joint Base Charleston, S.C. The Ombudsman in attendance included Jennifer Marsland, Naval Nuclear Power Training Command (seated), (left to right) Capt. Sparks; Donna Pappas, U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Gallatin; Brooke Johnson, Naval Operation Support Center Charleston; Missy Geiser, Naval Health Clinic Charleston; Sharon Schmelling, Naval Consolidated Brig Charleston; Chelsea Crowell, Naval Support Activity Charleston; Rear Adm. Besal; Aimee Pereira, NSA; Beth Darius, Naval Nuclear Power Training Unit; Sandy Barker, NNPTC; Master Chief Petty Officer Joe Gardner, NSA command master chief; Joy Leftwich, NNPTC; Kimberly Walker, NNPTC and Cmdr. Tarwater. Not in attendance were John Monroe, Space & Naval Warfare Systems Center Atlantic; Linda Stevens, Navy Munitions Command; Rachel Gentry, U.S. Coast Guard Sector Charleston and Stephanie Johnson, NHCC. Ombudsman are official representatives of the commanding officer and play a vital role in establishing and maintaining current and accurate communication between the command and its family members. The program was started in 1970 by Adm. E.R. Zumwalt, Jr., then Chief of Naval Operations, who issued one of his infamous Z-grams, Z-Gram 24 which is represented in the official Ombudsman Seal which contains 24 stars. Ombudsman Appreciation Day is actually Sept. 14, but commands celebrate the event at any time during the month of September. (U.S. Air Force photo/Eric Sesit)
Vietnam vets lay wreath at JB Charleston
September 9, 2014
Members of the Pleiku Air Base Association met for a wreath laying ceremony Sept. 5, 2014, at Joint Base Charleston, S.C. The members of the group met to lay a wreath and honor their fellow Vietnam era service members who were stationed at Pleiku Air Base, and were killed or missing in action during the Vietnam War. (U.S. Air Force photo / Senior Airman Tom Brading)
C-130 spray away mosquitos
September 8, 2014
An Air Force Reserve aircrew flying a C-130 Hercules assigned to the 910th Airlift Wing, Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio, performs aerial spraying for mosquitos Sept. 6, 2014, over Joint Base Charleston – Weapons Station, S.C. The insecticide the unit uses is mixed with water to dilute the product to exact specifications to cause no harm to insects or wildlife other than mosquitos. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Dennis Sloan)
Streamlining medical records through HAIMS
September 8, 2014