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Cooking up some summertime fire prevention safety tips
May 15, 2018 — When the time comes to haul out the gas grill, camping equipment and lawn mower, give some thought to this cooking safety advice from the Joint Base Charleston Fire Emergency Services. It could keep you a lot safer this summer: “Cooking is the leading cause of home fires and home fire injuries,” says Gregory Russell, 628th Civil Engineer Squadron... MORE

JB CHS supports Charleston Battery Military Appreciation Night
May 15, 2018 — Members of Joint Base Charleston attended the Charleston Battery Military Appreciation Night at the MUSC Health Stadium on Daniel Island in Charleston, S.C., to show their support May 12, 2018... MORE

Staff Sgt. Matthew Koser, right, 628th Civil Engineer Squadron Explosive Ordnance Disposal Flight technician, shows four-year-old Jack Plett how to operate one of the EOD robots by clamping onto a traffic cone during the Charleston Battery Military Appreciation Night game at the MUSC Health Stadium on Daniel Island in Charleston, S.C., May 12, 2018. The military appreciation night allowed all military members to attend the soccer game for free. The Charleston Battery won against Bethlehem Steel 2-1.

Team Charleston trains during Fall Prevention Week
May 15, 2018 — For the fifth year in a row, Joint Base Charleston is partnering with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health to highlight fall prevention strategies with the goal of reducing the number of fall-related mishaps... MORE

Airman 1st Class Brandon Chapman, left, 437th Maintenance Squadron Aircraft fuel System journeyman, Airman 1st Class Bryce Pfalzer, center, 437th MXS Aircraft fuel System journeyman, and Airman 1st Class Jared Trabert, right, 437th MXS Aircraft fuel System journeyman, wear the proper fall protection during training May 8, 2018, in the Aircraft Fuel System building at Joint Base Charleston, S.C. There are many variables involved in a fall that are outside of a worker’s control, such as working conditions, the specific job site, and human error. Wearing the proper PPE helps to prevent and reduce as many accidents as possible.

FEA awards ceremony honors team members
May 15, 2018 — The Greater Charleston Federal Executive Association held its annual Employee of the Year Awards Ceremony May 4, 2018, at the Redbank Club on Joint Base Charleston - Weapons Station... MORE

Charleston Combat camera teams take 2 of top three placings in DoD competition
May 9, 2018 — Teams from Joint Base Charleston’s Combat Camera Total Force Initiative squadrons took two of the top three placings at the 2018 Specialist Hilda I. Clayton Best Combat Camera Competition. Four teams of two from the active duty 1st Combat Camera Squadron and the reserve 4 CTCS participated in the competition at Ft. George G. Meade, Maryland, and Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia, April 29-May 4... MORE

Charleston Combat Camera teams take first, third in DoD competition

Team Charleston families celebrate Month of the Military Child at STEAM event
May 8, 2018 — Parents and students play together during a "reveal" celebration as part of the Month of the Military Child at Lambs Elementary School, Charleston, S.C., April 13, 2018. Military children and parents were invited to play together with a recently donated Rigemajig, a large-scale building kit used for hands-on free play and Science, Technology, Engineer, Arts and Math (STEAM) learning. Longtime national partners KaBOOM! and The CarMax Foundation are working together to bring new play opportunities to communities in which military families live and work. MORE

Parents and students play together during a "reveal" celebration as part of the Month of the Military Child at Lambs Elementary School, Charleston, S.C., April 13, 2018.

2018 National Prayer Luncheon
May 8, 2018 — The Joint Base Charleston Chapel hosted the 2018 National Prayer Luncheon May 3, at the Red Bank Club, with U.S. Senator Tim Scott and award winning musical artist Brandon Heath as the guest speakers. The luncheon is designed to recognize the National Day of Prayer, held on the first Thursday in May and signed into law in 1952 by President Harry... MORE

Joint Base Charleston’s Chaplains hosted the 2018 National Prayer Luncheon May 3, at the Naval Weapons Station’s Red Bank Club.

NCFD visits JB Charleston, enhances partnership
May 8, 2018 — Firefighters from North Charleston Fire Department station 10 toured the 628th Civil Engineer Squadron Fire Department at Joint Base Charleston, S.C. May 2, 2018... MORE

NCFD visits JB Charleston, creates partnership

MLA to Senator Scott visits JB Charleston
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U.S. Army Maj. Tauara Hodo, center, 841st Transportation Battalion executive officer, briefs Rick Trimble, left, military legislative assistant to Senator Tim Scott, on the role of the 841st Trans Btn. while Col. Jeff Nelson, 628th Air Base Wing commander, looks on during a tour of Joint Base Charleston May 2, 2018.

560 RED HORSE Learns and Builds Foundations for Future Operations
May 3, 2018 — On an early morning on April 4, with forklifts, bulldozers, backhoes, generators, trucks and CONEX boxes in tow, the convoy made its way to an open field at McCrady Training Center. Upon arrival, the buses full of 560th RED HORSE Squadron airmen quickly unloaded all their heavy equipment and got to work. They surveyed the land, enabled generators, deployed water and latrine stations, erected shelters and a communications center. Over 200 U.S. Reserve Citizen Airmen assigned to the 560th Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operational Repair Squadron Engineers worked at McCrady Training Center, Eastover, South Carolina April 4 and 5, 2018. ... MORE