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Hundreds welcome 560th RED HORSE Airmen home
November 7, 2017 — During the warm evening hours of Nov. 3, hundreds of eager family members and friends anxiously awaited for the arrival of more than 90 Citizen Airmen returning from a long deployment in the Middle East. The Airmen, assigned to the 560th RED HORSE Squadron, here, deployed together... MORE

560th Red Horse Returns Home From Deployment

437th APS loads helo training device for Australian air force
November 2, 2017 — Joint Base Charleston sends a wide variety of supplies to multiple locations across the world with the help of the 437th Aerial Port Squadron... MORE

Greg Passmore, 437th Aerial Port Squadron material manager, takes weight measurements for a helicopter training device at Joint Base Charleston, S.C., Oct. 19, 2017.

Partnership enables JB Charleston sealift relief efforts to Puerto Rico
October 31, 2017 — The first humanitarian relief supplies sealifted from Joint Base Charleston to Ponce, Puerto Rico departed here Oct. 31. In the hours following Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria, Joint Base Charleston C-17 Globemaster IIIs responded delivering more than 1,700 tons of aid, supplies and medical teams to affected areas. The C-17’s have the ability to get to austere locations quickly, the amount of cargo it can carry is limited. The USNS Brittin (T-AKR-305) is scheduled to travel between Joint Base Charleston and Puerto Rico several times over the next few months. The first trip is bringing essentials such as food, water and vehicles to get aid to areas where mudslides have created access issues. Later deliveries will provide the equipment to restore utilities and rebuild the infrastructure on the island... MORE

The USNS Brittin (T-AKR-305) departs Joint Base Charleston, S.C., to Ponce, Puerto Rico Oct. 31, 2017.

41st MAS alumni come together at JB Charleston
October 31, 2017 — Former military members of the 41st Military Airlift Squadron held a reunion tour here Oct. 20, 2017. The 41st MAS operated in Charleston Air Force Base from April 13, 1954, to Oct. 1, 1991. While in Charleston, the 41st was led by the 1608th Air Transport Wing and later on, the 437th Military Airlift Wing. ... MORE

Alumni members of the 41st Military Airlift Squadron tour a C-17 Globemaster III on the flightline at Joint Base Charleston, S.C., Oct. 20, 2017.

JB holds vigil for domestic violence victims
October 31, 2017 — Senior Master Sgt. Derrick Sherrod, 437th Maintenance Squadron first sergeant, reads stories of fallen service members during a candlelight vigil ceremony at Joint Base Charleston, S.C., Oct. 30, 2017. Base members and their families came to the vigil to pay their respects to victims of domestic violence. MORE

Senior Master Sgt. Derrick Sherrod, 437th Maintenance Squadron first sergeant, reads stories of fallen service members during a candlelight vigil ceremony at Joint Base Charleston, S.C., Oct. 30, 2017.

Take command with TRICARE changes: Enrollments shifting from fiscal to calendar year starting in January 2018
October 30, 2017 — Starting Jan. 1, 2018, cost changes for TRICARE benefits transition from a fiscal year period to a calendar year period. Changing from fiscal year (Oct. 1 – Sept. 30) to calendar year (Jan. 1 – Dec. 31) makes the TRICARE benefit consistent with civilian health plans. The change will largely affect those plans which have an enrollment fee and are currently billed by the fiscal year... MORE

Continuing an Air Force career - hope after a breast cancer diagnosis
October 30, 2017 — The pink ribbon that symbolizes National Breast Cancer Awareness might be seen as a somber image, but it also represents hope and the many survivors. As awareness, support, and research funding have increased, more and more women are surviving breast cancer and returning to their careers... MORE

Air Force Bioenvironmental Engineers bring advanced exposure surveillance to the front lines
October 30, 2017 — Modern battlefields have many sources of potentially harmful airborne substances, but that is not the only place that Airmen can be exposed to harmful environmental factors. Air Force bioenvironmental engineers are developing technology to track, catalogue, and provide useful data about environmental exposures that will help identify battlefield threats in real time and inform Airmen of the everyday exposures that affect their health... MORE

Drugs aren’t cool, don’t be a fool!
October 30, 2017 — Senior Airman Carly Dykeman (left), Military Working Dog Hulk (center) and Staff Sgt. Casey Jennings (right), from the 628th Security Forces Squadron demonstrate aggression training during this year's Red Ribbon Campaign at Marrington Elementary at Joint Base Charleston - Weapons Station. The National Family Partnership, established in 1980,... MORE

ALS class 17-G graduates
October 30, 2017 — Col. Gregory Gilmore, left, 315th Airlift Wing commander and Chief Master Sgt. Jeffrey Payne, right, 315th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron superintendent, congratulate Senior Airman Matthew Koser, middle, 315th Civil Engineer Squadron member, for earning the John L. Levitow Award during the class 17-G Airman Leadership School Graduation at the... MORE

Col. Gregory Gilmore, left, 315th Airlift Wing commander and Chief Master Sgt. Jeffrey Payne, right, 315th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron superintendent, congratulate Senior Airman Matthew Koser, middle, 315th Civil Engineer Squadron member, for earning the John L. Levitow Award during the class 17-G Airman Leadership School Graduation at the Charleston Club here Oct. 25, 2017.