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Star tennis player tours JB Charleston
April 3, 2014
Maj. Daniel Thompson, 628th Air Base Wing Chaplain, gives a coin to professional tennis player Lauren Davis April 1, 2014, during a morale tour of Joint Base Charleston, S.C. The tour included signing autographs at the Charleston Club followed by a C-17A Globemaster III static tour. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Renae Pittman)
Joint Base Charleston leaders show support for SAAM
April 2, 2014
Col. Jeffrey DeVore, 628th Air Base Wing commander, signs his name on the 2014 Sexual Assault Proclamation April 1, 2014, to kick off Sexual Assault Awareness Month at Joint Base Charleston-Air Base. The commanders and command chiefs of the 315th Airlift Wing, 437th Airlift Wing, Naval Support Activity Charleston and 628th ABW each signed the document in a mutual show of support for victims of sexual assault and to affirm JB CHS’s stance against the crime. (U.S. Air Force photo by 1st Lt. Christopher Love)
Class 14-A Honor Guard Graduation
April 2, 2014
Senior Airman Austin Overbaugh, 628th Air Base Wing Honor Guard graduate, marches down the aisle during the Class 14-A Honor Guard Graduation March 28, 2014, at the Education Center on Joint Base Charleston – Air Base, S.C. These Airmen participated in a grueling two-week training course where they learned how to perform and perfect the different ceremonies that Honor Guard members take part in such as wreath ceremonies or Military Funeral Honors. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Airman 1st Class Clayton Cupit)
Youth Aviation, Space, Leadership camp sign-ups deadline extended to April 9
April 2, 2014
US Coast Guard Cutter Gallatin decommissioning
April 2, 2014
United States Coast Guard Cutter Gallatin (WHEC-721), rests at anchor before its decommissioning ceremony March 31, 2014, in Charleston, S.C. The Gallatin was commissioned in 1968 and served for 45 years. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Staff Sgt. Aaron Thomasson)
JB Charleston takes it to the air with large formation exercise
April 2, 2014
Soldiers from the 82nd Airborne Division, Ft. Bragg, N.C., wait for the green light indicating it is time to jump March 27, 2014, on a C-17 Globemaster III flying over an undisclosed location. The paratroopers were part of a large formation exercise which provided more than 500 operational and maintenance training objectives and demonstrated the U.S. Air Force’s strategic capability. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Airman 1st Class Clayton Cupit)
JB Charleston conducts mass casualty exercise
April 1, 2014
First responders from Joint Base Charleston take part in a Mass Casualty Exercise March 28, 2014, at JB Charleston – Air Base, S.C. The purpose of the exercise was to test the ability of JB Charleston first responders in the event of an emergency.(U.S. Air Force photo / Senior Airman Tom Brading)
Navy leadership signs SAAM proclamation
April 1, 2014
Capt. Timothy Sparks, Naval Support Activity Commanding Officer signs the Sexual Assault Awareness Proclamation April 1, 2014, while Capt. Jon Fahs, Naval Nuclear Power Training Command commanding officer (left), and Capt. Marvin Jones, Naval Health Clinic Charleston commanding officer, look on. The proclamation states that April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month, and encourages Sailors to “Live our values: step up to stop sexual assault.” (U.S. Air Force photo/Eric Sesit)
CPOs celebrate 221 years of excellence
April 1, 2014
Chiefs, senior chiefs and master chief petty officers from USNS Comfort, join the LowCountry Chief Petty Officer’s Association at Joint Base Charleston – Weapons Station, to celebrate the 221st birthday of the establishment of the chief petty officer rank April 1, 2014. The honors of cutting the cake went to the oldest chief in attendance, retired Master Chief Petty Officer Terry Anthony, (center right), and to the youngest, Chief Petty Officer Eric Reed, a Machinist’s Mate assigned to the Naval Consolidated Brig Charleston. (U.S. Air Force photo/Eric Sesit)
ALS John Levitow Award winner announced
April 1, 2014
Col. Darren Hartford, 437th Airlift Wing commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Shawn Hughes, 437th AW command chief, present the John L. Levitow Award to Senior Airman Maurice Hargraves, 437th Aircraaft Maintenance Squadron crew chief, during the Airman Leadership School Class graduation March 28, 2014, at Joint Base Charleston - Air Base, S.C. The Levitow award is given for a student's exemplary demonstration of excellence, both as a leader and a scholar. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Staff Sgt. William A. O’Brien)