By | January 12, 2015
Colonel Jeffrey DeVore, Joint Base Charleston commander, and CAPT. Timothy Sparks, Joint Base Charleston deputy commander, welcomes Ray Mabus, Secretary of the Navy, Jan. 9, 2015, to JB Charleston – Air Base, S.C. Mabus was visiting Charleston to recognize the sixth ship in the U.S. fleet designated with the Charleston name. The U.S. littoral combat ship will be built in Mobile, Ala., and is scheduled for delivery in December 2017. (U.S. Air Force photo / Senior Airman Tom Brading)