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Local news meteorologist guest speaker at Hurricane Preparedness briefing
May 30, 2012
Bill Walsh, on-air chief meteorologist at WCSC-TV Live 5 News and 315th Airlift Wing Chief of Public Affairs, explains how to use one of the many smart phone applications to track the movement of tropical storms or hurricanes at a hurricane preparedness briefing May 23, 2012 at the Airman and Family Readiness Center at Joint Base Charleston, S.C. Walsh was the guest speaker at the briefing hosted by the Financial Services Office and the Civil Engineer Emergency Management Flight, answering questions about readiness, what to do in the event of a hurricane, as well as the science of a hurricane to JB Charleston military members, Department of Defense employees and dependents. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Staff Sgt. Nicole Mickle)
628th CPTS Change of Command
May 29, 2012
Col. Richard McComb, Joint Base Charleston commander, takes the squadron guidon from Lt. Col. Trevor Whitehill, 628th Comptroller Squadron outgoing commander, during the 628th CPTS Change of Command ceremony at JB Charleston - Air Base, S.C., May 23, 2012. The handing over of the guidon symbolizes the changing of a command. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class George Goslin)
Hurricane Season is coming
May 24, 2012
National Weather Service names Joint Base Charleston "Storm Ready"
May 24, 2012
Joint Base Charleston was recently recognized as a Storm Ready community by the National Weather Service. The Storm Ready status is given to communities that are prepared for severe weather, educate their people and develop a good working relationship with NWS. From left to right are Sarah Winberry, 628th Civil Engineer Squadron installation emergency manager, Senior Airman Ross Kreikemeier, 628th CES Emergency Management flight, and the team lead for the Storm Ready program, Col. Richard McComb, Joint Base Charleston commander, Ronald Morales, Jr., warning coordination meteorologist at the NWS office, Charleston, S.C., Tech. Sgt. Gerald McPherson, 437th Operations Support Squadron Weather Flight, Brian Dillo, 628th ABW Command Post, and Mike Emlaw, Meteorologist at the NWS office in Charleston, S.C. (U.S. Air Force/Tech Sgt. Chrissy Best)
First Responders Practice to Make Perfect
May 23, 2012
First responders check "injuries" of dummies and manikins after a simulated emergency May 15, 2012 at the Amenity Center in The Farm at Wescott Plantation. Department of Health and Environmental Control District 7, in conjunction with Joint Base Charleston members, local emergency medical services, fire departments, law enforcement, coroners and all Charleston area hospitals conducted the live, mass causality incident readiness exercise to test first responder abilities and processes. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Tech. Sgt. Tony Tolley)
News Briefs – Weapons Station
May 23, 2012
News Briefs - Air Base
May 23, 2012
EOD trains to hone skills
May 22, 2012
Airman 1st Class Robert Hardy, Explosive Ordnance Disposal journeyman from the 628th Civil Engineer Squadron, out of Joint Base Charleston, S.C., looks for an unidentified explosive object, May 21, 2012. This scenario, which involves identifying different UXO's, is a part of Hardy's 5-level upgrade training. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Airman 1st Class Chacarra Walker)
In honor of Memorial Day
May 22, 2012
(U.S. Air Force photo illustration by/ Staff Sgt. Nicole Mickle)
Deployed officer gets promoted with family, friends
May 22, 2012
Daniel, son of Maj. Monica Lovasc, pins the rank of lieutenant colonel on a poster board of his mother during a promotion ceremony May 21 at the Joint Base Charleston Airman and Family Readiness Center. Lovasz, who is currently deployed with the 387th Air Expeditionary Group at Camp Buehring, Kuwait, was able to share this moment with her family back home through video chat. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Anthony J. Hyatt)