By | February 11, 2015
A groundbreaking ceremony for military construction projects P100/P099 was held Feb. 6, 2015 at Nuclear Power Training Unit Charleston at Joint Base Charleston – Weapons Station, S.C. Pictured (from left): Charles Friendly, Site Project Planning and Engineering manager, Master Chief Donald Ziegler, NPTU command master chief, CAPT Steve Hamer, Naval Facilities Engineering Command Southeast commanding officer, CAPT Robert Hudson, NPTU Charleston commanding officer, CAPT Timothy Sparks, JB Charleston deputy commander, J.H. Smyder, NPTU technical director and B.E. Stewart, Caddell Construction Co., Inc., president and CEO. The NPTU building currently serves more than 1,400 students a year, and is expected to double to more than 3,000 students by 2020. The new facilities and simulation technology will enable NPTU’s mission to successfully meet the future Fleet training demand. (U.S. Air Force photo / Senior Airman Tom Brading)