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Senior NCO to receive top honor for being outstanding security forces professional
January 19, 2011 — Master Sgt. Donald Hart from the 628th Security Forces Squadron Joint Base Charleston will be recognized in April at the Air Force Security Forces Center in San Antonio, Texas, as the Outstanding Security Forces Flight Level Senior Noncommissioned Officer of the Year for his efforts October 2009 through September 2010. The award is specific toward... MORE

Master Sgt. Donald Hart, installation security manager assigned to the 628th Security Forces Squadron, is the 2010 Outstanding Security Forces Flight Level Senior Noncommissioned Officer of the Year Award winner.

Weapons Station News Briefs - Jan. 21
January 19, 2011 — To submit a news brief, send an e-mail to patriot@charleston.af.mil. Make the subject line "NEWS BRIEFS." Submissions must be received no later than close of business the Friday prior to publication.Events:TuesdayCareer Connection: Transitioning from the military? Is your spouse seeking employment, or, are you just looking to change your career?... MORE

Keeping those pearly whites healthy
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Sterilization Supervisor Gwendolyn Fields wraps a case containing dental instruments prior to sending the pack through its final sterilization phase. This four-phase process includes a thermal disinfector which initially cleans the instruments, wrapping and prepping of each pack, a heated sterilization machine and cooling and storage for later use. This process ensures the sterilization of the equipment prior to use on patients at Naval Health Clinic Charleston Dental. (U.S. Navy photo/Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Jennifer R. Hudson)

Around the Station
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Fireman Erica Williams looks through a box filled of retained record files, verifying if the papers need to be shredded or stored for future use at Personnel Support Detachment onboard Joint Base Charleston-Weapons Station, Jan. 12. More than 500 boxes, each filled with hundreds of pieces of paper are scheduled to be processed at PSD, ensuring needed paperwork is kept while expired records are shredded. (U.S. Navy photo/Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Jennifer R. Hudson)

Intramural basketball standings, scores and schedule
January 19, 2011 — Current standings:1. Boeing: 2 - 02. 628th Logistics Readiness Squadron: 1 - 0 3. 628th Civil Engineer Squadron: 1 - 04. 628th Security Forces Squadron: 1 - 05. 628th Medical Group: 1 - 1 6. 437th Maintenance Squadron: 1 - 17. 315th Airlift Wing: 1 - 18. 437th Aerial Port Squadron: 0 - 19. 628th Force Support Squadron: 0 - 110. 628th Comptroller... MORE

Marrington Elementary School Virtue of the Month
January 19, 2011 — Marrington Elementary School has a very special character education program called "Virtue of the Month." Each month, the teachers select children from their classrooms who best demonstrate a specific character virtue that they have learned in class. The featured virtue for the month of December was "generosity." In school, in work or in life,... MORE

Marrington Elementary School recognized 17 students for their "generosity," the school's Virtue of the Month.

Tax Centers open at JB CHS
January 19, 2011 — The Joint Base Charleston Tax Centers will open Jan. 24. The JB CHS-Air Base tax center is located at 205 South Davis Drive, Bldg. 246, room 125, and will begin taking appointments from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. The contact number is 963-1040. The Weapons Station tax center will also open Jan. 24 at 101 NNPTC Circle, Bldg. 206, room 123. Hours of operation... MORE

This week in Air Force history
January 19, 2011 — Jan. 16, 1998 - After a devastating earthquake hit China's Northern Hebei Province, a C-17 Globemaster III left Kadena Air Base, Japan, for Beijing with 40 tons of relief supplies, consisting of blankets, sleeping bags, medical supplies, rations and cold-weather clothing.Jan. 17, 1991 - Strikes by B-52G's and F-117A's opened the Gulf War.Jan. 18,... MORE

This week in Navy history
January 19, 2011 — Jan. 16, 1991 - Operation Desert Storm, the liberation of Kuwait from Iraq, beganJan. 17, 1955 - USS Nautilus (SSN-571), the first nuclear-powered submarine, cast off lines at 11 a.m. and sent a message "underway on nuclear power."Jan. 18, 1911 - Eugene Ely landed the first aircraft on board a ship, the USS Pennsylvania.Jan. 19, 1840 - Navy Lt... MORE

Information dominance at SSC Atlantic
January 19, 2011 — SPAWAR Systems Center Atlantic was recently the site of an Office of Naval Research sponsored technology development and experimentation project designed to deliver information dominance to warfighters. The Combat Systems to Command and Control Limited Technology Experiment acts as data exchange technology development and experimentation to provide... MORE

Bob Rozard, left, and Trey Oats diagram the network connections on a white board during the successful CS/C2 data exchange technology development and experimentation as SSC Atlantic.