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315 AW to host Red Bull Paper Wings competition during April UTA
March 27, 2019 — The 315th Airlift Wing and Red Bull are hosting a 2019 Red Bull Paper Wings (paper plane) competition, a qualifier for the world championships, April 13, 2019, from 3 to 7 p.m., at Joint Base Charleston, S.C. The competition will be held in Nosedock 2, (near the 437th/315th Maintenance Group building). There will be several prizes, Sticky Fingers BBQ and lots of Red Bull and Red Bull swag... MORE

315 AW to host Paper Wings competition during April UTA

The importance of sleep
March 22, 2019 — Most of us are aware that a good night’s sleep is important, enabling the repair and rejuvenation of cells throughout the body. When you’ve had a bad night’s sleep, you’re probably dragging at work the next day, have trouble concentrating, feel out of it and may have a slower reaction time to that car stopping in front of you while driving... MORE

CRS conducts maritime tactical training
March 22, 2019 — Master-at-Arms Petty Officer 3rd Class Adam Bolas, Coastal Riverine Squadron 10 Bravo 2nd Platoon, fires a 50 caliber machine gun outfitted with blank fire adapters March 14, 2019, at Joint Base Charleston, S.C. – Naval Weapons Station. During the maritime exercise, the CRS demonstrated tactical team movements, blank firing drills, entry control... MORE

Master-at-Arms Petty Officer 3rd Class Adam Bolas, Coastal Riverine Squadron 10 Bravo 2nd Platoon, fires a 50 caliber machine gun outfitted with blank fire adapters March 14, 2019, at Joint Base Charleston, S.C. – Naval Weapons Station.

Airmen perform inflight TIS training
March 8, 2019 — Joint Base Charleston hosted Air Mobility Command training for aeromedical and infectious disease personnel to better familiarize them with outbreak prevention protocols and procedures, with a focus on Ebola, March 4-6... MORE

A U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III is prepped to transport a transportation isolation system March 6, 2019, during a training exercise that allows Airmen to practice the most effective and safest form of transportation for patients and their medical professionals. Engineered and implemented after the Ebola virus outbreak in 2014, the TIS is an enclosure the Department of Defense can use to safely transport patients with highly contagious diseases.

CRS conducts maritime, landward tactical scenarios
March 8, 2019 — The Coastal Riverine Squadron 10 Bravo 2nd Platoon (Landward Security) conducted a deployment exercise Feb. 25 through March 15, 2019, at the Naval Weapons Station. The primary mission of the CRS is to conduct maritime security operations across all phases of military operations by defending high value assets, critical maritime infrastructure, ports and harbors, both inland and on coastal waterways. CRS can also conduct offensive combat operations in harbors, rivers, bays, across the littorals and ashore... MORE

Master-at-Arms Petty Officer 3rd Class Adam Bolas, Coastal Riverine Squadron 10 Bravo 2nd Platoon, runs across the compound during one of the simulations for a deployment exercise March 6, 2019, at Joint Base Charleston, S.C. -- Naval Weapons Station.

437th Airlift Wing hosts annual awards
March 6, 2019 — Congratulations to the 437th Airlift Wing annual award winners!... MORE

Annual award winners stand with their leadership after being recognized at the 437th Airlift Wing Annual Awards Ceremony March 1, 2019, at Joint Base Charleston, S.C.

Time to 'Dive' back in
March 6, 2019 — Joint Base Charleston leadership marked the grand reopening of The Dive Bar & Grill on the Naval Weapons Station with a ribbon cutting ceremony March 1, 2019. The Dive, a restaurant located adjacent to the NWS bowling alley, had been closed since April 2018, and the plans to renovate the establishment started in Nov. 2017. It is one of ten dining facilities on Joint Base Charleston managed by the 628th Force Support Squadron... MORE

A ribbon-cutting ceremony reopens The Dive March 1, 2019, on the Joint Base Charleston Naval Weapons Station.

USS Charleston honors namesake city with commissioning ceremony
March 6, 2019 — The U.S. Navy warship USS Charleston was commissioned in its namesake city March 2, 2019, in Charleston, S.C. After its christening in Mobile, AL, in 2017, the USS Charleston has been under final preparation for two years before being put in the water and deemed ready for active duty. The commissioning ceremony here is the last stop in a five-step process before the ship reports for duty on the West Coast... MORE

The USS Charleston (LCS-18) is docked at the Port of Charleston, S.C., after its commissioning ceremony March 2, 2019.

JBC Reservists deliver humanitarian aid to Colombia
February 24, 2019 — A group of Reservists from the 315th Airlift Wing from Joint Base Charleston delivered humanitarian aid Friday, Feb. 22, 2019, which will benefit the people of Venezuela... MORE

Charleston Reservists deliver humanitarian aid, met by Colombian President, VP

Eighteenth Air Force leaders visit JB Charleston
February 22, 2019 — Maj. Gen. Sam C. Barrett, 18th Air Force commander, paid a visit to Joint Base Charleston leadership and Airmen Feb. 11-14, 2019, as part of an effort to learn more about the daily mission of JBC and its support to the 18th Air Force. Barrett was accompanied by his wife, Kelly Barrett, as well as Chief Master Sgt. Daniel C. Simpson, 18th Air Force command chief master sergeant. Hosted by Col. Clint ZumBrunnen, 437th Airlift Wing commander, and his wife, Amanda ZumBrunnen, 18th Air Force leaders toured various facilities across the installation for a behind-the-scenes look at base operations while also visiting with service members in action... MORE

Maj. Gen. Sam C. Barrett, 18th Air Force commander, greets Joint Base Charleston leadership Feb. 11, 2019, at Joint Base Charleston, S.C.