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Sailors Enhance Medical Expeditionary Training with New Program
December 12, 2023 — Each month, Sailors at Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) Charleston attend Fleet Readiness and Operational Sustainment Training (FROST), which provides a basic understanding and skill set related to operational and expeditionary medical platforms. ... MORE

Members of Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) Charleston practice low light IV insertions during Fleet Readiness Operational Sustainment Training (FROST).

Team Charleston holds ribbon-cutting for new temporary lodging facility
December 5, 2023 — Leaders from across Joint Base Charleston took part in a ribbon-cutting ceremony to mark the grand opening of the Inns of Charleston Temporary Lodging Facility Dec. 4 here.The completed project will serve as a temporary home for service members and their families as they move to and from the Lowcountry.“This achievement is the result of teamwork... MORE

U.S. Air Force Col. Michael Freeman, 628th Air Base Wing commander, gives a speech during the ribbon-cutting ceremony for a new temporary lodging facility on Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina.

Sweet Gesture: Team Charleston hosts Operation Cookie Drop
December 4, 2023 — Joint Base Charleston is looking for volunteers and donations for Operation Cookie Drop taking place Dec. 8, on base... MORE

Care during crisis: 628th MDG conducts Ready Eagle II exercise
November 29, 2023 — The 628th Medical Group participated in a large-scale medical exercise Nov. 16, sharpening their skills in real-world crisis scenarios on base... MORE

Joint Base Charleston Airmen participate in a medical exercise where they act as patients with simulated wounds. Medical Group staff wear protective hear as they treat the simulated patients.

JB Charleston, PMSG make history as first joint base community to win Abilene Trophy
November 15, 2023 — Joint Base Charleston and the Palmetto Military Support Group were awarded the Abilene Trophy Nov. 10 at the 2023 Airlift/Tanker Association Annual Convention and Symposium in Dallas, Texas... MORE

A group of award recipients pose on stage for a photo with their trophy

Team Charleston welcomes 18 new honorary commanders, presents public service award to local community leader
November 4, 2023 — Team Charleston welcomed 18 community and civic leaders into the honorary commander program during an induction ceremony at the Joint Base Charleston Commons, Nov. 2.The program involves more than 50 community leaders who are actively engaged in partnerships with commanders and senior leaders across the joint base.“We're here to recognize a very... MORE

U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. John Klein, U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center commander and Col. Michael Freeman, 628th Air Base Wing and Joint Base Charleston commander, presents Cheryl Clark, Palmetto Military Support Group president, with the Commander’s Public Service Award medal during the Honorary Commander Induction Ceremony at Joint Base Charleston, Nov. 2, 2023.

USAF Expeditionary Center command team visits Team Charleston
November 4, 2023 — The U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center leadership team met with service members and civilian leaders during an installation visit to Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina, Nov. 1-3.U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. John Klein, USAFEC commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Courtney Freeman, USAFEC command chief, witnessed first hand how the men and women of JB... MORE

The U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center leadership team met with service members and civilian leaders during an installation visit to Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina, Nov. 1-3.

JBC deploys first XAB in support of new AFFORGEN deployment model
October 19, 2023 — Joint Base Charleston deployed more than 250 Airmen to Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait, in support of a new Air Force deployment model last week... MORE

15th EAS Global Eagles return from deployment
October 4, 2023 — Team Charleston welcomed home more than 250 Airmen after a deployment to Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. ... MORE

Airmen are welcomed home from deployment by family and friends on the flight line

Fallen but not forgotten
September 25, 2023 — Bells Across America is an annual ceremony that remembers fallen service members by ringing a bell as their names are read... MORE

A U.S. Navy Sailor reads the names of fallen service members as a U.S Air Force Airman rings a bell, during a Bells Across America ceremony aboard the decommissioned aircraft carrier USS Yorktown