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Feel better, function better with ‘Spring Into Shape’ Challenge
April 11, 2018 — Learn how to feel and function better with Air Mobility Command’s Spring into Shape physical activity challenge. This challenge is a command-wide initiative designed to promote physical activity for the workforce. SIS encourages participants to engage in various forms of physical activity such as brisk walking, muscle toning, fitness classes and... MORE

Air Mobility Command’s Spring into Shape physical activity challenge takes place at JB Charleston from March 20 - June 1, 2018.

JB Charleston to live stream Holocaust Remembrance Program
April 11, 2018 — The Joint Base Charleston Holocaust Remembrance Committee has arranged to live stream the 25th Annual Federal Inter-Agency Holocaust Remembrance Program, "Bearing Witness," which will be held, tomorrow, Thursday, April 12, 2018 at the Lincoln Theatre, in Washington, D.C. from 11:00 am - 12:30 pm.JB Charleston teammates can view the program via live... MORE

SPAWAR Systems Center Atlantic holds leadership summit
April 10, 2018 — More than 230 Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center (SSC) Atlantic Integrated Product Team (IPT) leads and members gathered here March 21 and 22 for a leadership summit focused on the theme of “speed to the fleet.” Leaders from the Marine Corps, SPAWAR Systems Command headquarters, Program Executive Officers and Fleet Forces Command shared their... MORE

Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center (SSC) Atlantic Executive Director Chris Miller discusses lessons learned in a wrap up of SSC Atlantic’s Integrated Product Team (IPT) Leadership Summit held March 21 and 22. Miller said it is more imperative than ever that IPTs execute projects quickly, and that the entire SSC Atlantic team supports IPT efforts. The summit focused on “Speed to the Fleet”. SSC Atlantic develops, acquires and provides life cycle support for command, control, communications, computer, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (C4ISR) systems, information technology and space capabilities. A leading-edge Navy engineering center, SSC Atlantic designs, builds, tests, fields and supports many of the finest frontline C4ISR systems in use today, and those being planned for the future.

Reserve Firefighters Tackle Aircraft Burn Trainer
April 5, 2018 — Firefighters with the 315th Civil Engineer Flight stepped out of the firehouse and into a fire during the March Air Force Reserve drill weekend at Joint Base Charleston, S.C. The team conducted aircraft live-fire training, with newer members taking the lead to gain familiarity with equipment and tactics... MORE

Reserve Firefighters Tackle the Aircraft Burn Trainer

JB Charleston to host free Air & Space Expo
April 4, 2018 — Joint Base Charleston will host the 2018 Air & Space Expo, which is open to the public, April 28th, 2018 beginning at 8:30 a.m. on the Air Base. Admission and parking for the event are free. ... MORE

The Thunderbirds are scheduled to perform at the 2018 Air & Space Expo on the Joint Base Charleston - Air Base April 28, 2018. The event is free and open to the public.

JB Charleston revs up for motorcycle season
April 3, 2018 — Joint Base Charleston held their annual motorcycle rider’s safety briefing March 30 at the Air Base Theater. The base holds this event each year at the beginning of the riding season to get service members back in the mind set of operating a motorcycle safely. “This is what’s important, we care about you,” said Col. Jimmy Canlas 437th Airlift... MORE

U.S. Air Force Col. Jimmy Canlas, 437th Airlift Wing commander, delivers opening remarks during the annual motorcycle rider’s safety briefing March 30, 2018, at the Air Base Theater.

CG Director of Health Safety and Work Life visits NHCC
April 3, 2018 — U.S. Coast Guard Rear Adm. Erica Schwartz, Director of Health, Safety and Work-Life for the Coast Guard, visited Naval Health Clinic Charleston March 20. MORE

Health Service Technicians 1st Class Heidi Bennett, center, and Nicole Flores, right, Fleet Liaison Readiness Support for Coast Guard Charleston, greet Rear Adm. Erica Schwartz, left, Director of Health, Safety and Work-Life for the U.S. Coast Guard, during Schwartz's visit Naval Health Clinic Charleston March 20. Schwartz and her staff met with Coast Guard and NHCC leaders before touring the health care facility. Bennet, Flores and two other Coast Guard health service technicians are embedded at NHCC to provide medical and dental care for Coast Guard personnel and their families stationed at Sector Charleston. Schwartz is responsible for the Coast Guard's health care system of 41 clinics and 150 sick bays, as well as, operational and off-duty mishap prevention, response and investigation. Schwartz oversees the Coast Guard's child care programs and food services delivery programs, ashore and afloat and the Coast Guard's Ombudsman, Substance Abuse, Health Promotion and Sexual Assault Prevention and Response programs.

SSC Atlantic unmanned systems, swarm technology
April 3, 2018 — Ask physicist Brad Knaus how he got into unmanned systems and he’ll tell you he started out working for the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center (SSC) Atlantic Air Traffic Control division, focusing on counter measures and detection for small unmanned systems. Ask him how he got into drones and he’ll tell you, “It just kind of snowballed into... MORE

Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center (SSC) Atlantic employee Chad Sullivan tins the wire for a new battery lead to install on an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). Sullivan is a member of the SSC Atlantic Unmanned Systems Research (SAUSR) Range team which is working with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to get autonomous technology in the hands of warfighters. SSC Atlantic develops, acquires and provides life cycle support for command, control, communications, computer, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (C4ISR) systems, information technology and space capabilities. A leading-edge Navy engineering center, SSC Atlantic designs, builds, tests, fields and supports many of the finest frontline C4ISR systems in use today, and those being planned for the future.

NHCC holds Patient Safety Awareness Week
April 3, 2018 — According to the Department of Defense Patient Safety Program, Patient Safety Awareness Week, Mar. 11 - 17, 2018, offered an opportunity to recognize the importance of quality care and patient safety throughout the Military Health System. It also emphasized the importance of unifying military treatment facilities to use leading practices ensuring... MORE

U.S. Navy Lt. Jonathan Carmack, head of Naval Health Clinic Charleston’s Staff, Education and Training Department, inspects a mock patient and its surroundings for potential hazards in NHCC’s “Room of Errors,” Mar. 16, 2018. The room was designed with purposely planted examples of hazards which could cause harm to patients or put their privacy at risk as part of Patient Safety Awareness Week, a national campaign which ran March 11-17.

USS Ralph Johnson commissioned in Charleston
March 30, 2018 — Approximately 6,000 people from across the country gathered to watch the commissioning of the USS Ralph Johnson (DDG-114), March 24, 2018, in the Port of Charleston, S.C. The USS Ralph Johnson is an Arleigh Burke – Class destroyer with the roles of anti-aircraft, anti-submarine and anti-surface warfare. The crew “man the rails” aboard ship to symbolize the commissioning of the ship into the U.S. Navy fleet. U.S. Navy Cmdr. Jason Patterson assumed command of the ship and her crew... MORE

Joint Base Charleston’s leadership attends the commissioning ceremony for the USS Ralph Johnson (DDG-114) March 24, 2018, at the Port of Charleston, S.C.