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All-Terrain Vehicle (ATV) Safety
August 9, 2011 — All-Terrain Vehicles provide are a past time many people enjoy. However, they also present their own risks. The ATV Safety Institute promotes the following rules when operating an ATV: Always wear a Department of Transportation compliant helmet and goggles, long sleeves, long pants and over-the-ankle boots and gloves. Never ride on paved...

Navy Region Southeast to hold change of command ceremony
August 9, 2011 — Capt. John "Jack" Scorby Jr. will relieve Rear Adm. Townsend "Tim" Alexander as Commander, Navy Region Southeast, during a routine change of command ceremony at Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Fla., Aug. 18.The ceremony will mark an end to Alexander's leadership of the command that supports and guides 17 installations throughout the Southeastern...

First shirts take on ALS
August 9, 2011 —

Congratulations to Team Charleston's staff sergeant selects
August 9, 2011 — One hundred fifty-eight Charleston Airmen were selected for promotion to the rank of staff sergeant at Joint Base Charleston - Air Base. The senior airmen selected for promotion to staff sergeant are:628th Aerospace Medicine Squadron: Bianca Cortez, Amber Coyle, Amanda Hastings, Donald Jenkins628th Air Base Wing: Ashanti Jackson, Donald McKeown,...

This week in Air Force History
August 8, 2011 — Aug. 7, 1975 - Two C-141s flew from Ramstein Air Base, Germany to Bucharest, with disaster relief supplies after extensive flooding of the Danube River and its tributaries.Aug. 8, 1981 - A Charleston Air Force Base C-141, loaded with a Delta Force squad from Pope AFB, evacuated 95 civilians from Banjul, Gambia after an attempted coup. Aug. 9, 2005...

Time to sign your lease
August 8, 2011 —

PT: Good for you, good for me
August 8, 2011 —

Why we need to protect wetlands
August 5, 2011 — Many people living in the United States are unaware of the importance of wetlands and the need to protect them. It's an issue occasionally reported on television news and sometimes on programs found on cable TV channels such as The Discovery Channel, Animal Planet and the National Geographic Channel. But what are wetlands? And why are they so...

Trouble moving? Plan ahead
August 5, 2011 — The peak summer move season is in full swing and like last season, the entire Department of Defense is experiencing difficulty obtaining Transportation Service Providers to pack and pick up personal property shipments. DoD attributes this to several factors, including limited carrier capacity, an increase in private sector moves, completion of...

NAVCONBRIG places service dog with wounded service member
August 5, 2011 — The Naval Consolidated Brig Charleston, in partnership with Carolina Canines for Service, placed another prisoner-trained service dog with a wounded service member August 4, 2011.Marine Sgt. Darrell Jones was the fifth member of the Wounded Warrior Battalion East to receive a service dog trained at NAVCONBRIG Charleston. Jones made two combat...