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Goose Creek Mayor meets joint base team
October 27, 2017 — Goose Creek Mayor Michael Heitzler, center, speaks to Joint Base Charleston leadership during a tour of the Army Strategic Logistics Activity Charleston, JB Charleston Weapons Station, S.C., Oct. 25, 2017. Heitzler toured the Naval Support Activity, ASLAC, Naval Health Clinic Charleston, the Naval Nuclear Power Training Command and the 841st...

Citadel hosts Military Appreciation Week
October 17, 2017 — Col. Patrick Winstead, 437th Airlift Wing vice commander, tosses a coin as an honorary captain to determine which team gets possession of the ball at the Johnson Hagood Memorial Stadium for the Citadel’s Military Appreciation Night, Oct. 14, 2017. The 628th Security Forces Squadron and 628th Civil Engineer Squadron Explosive Ordnance Disposal...

Citizen Soldiers ready JB Charleston Airmen for deployment
October 5, 2017 — Members from the South Carolina Army National Guard provided a modified version of Warfighter Skills Training to a class of Joint Base Charleston Airmen at the McCrady ANG Training Center Sept. 25-29, 2017...

Innovation saves AMC $2 million annually
October 2, 2017 — The 437th Airlift Wing began modifying the C-17 Globemaster III aircraft with new mounts for the Electronic Flight Bag Sept. 25, 2017. The new mounts will increase flight safety in C-17s and are estimated to save Air Mobility Command $2 million in repairs annually.The EFB allows the aircrew to digitally view aviation charts and publications...

Youth center hosts Day for Kids
October 2, 2017 — The Joint Base Charleston Weapons Station Youth Center participated in the Day for Kids Sept. 21, 2017, to encourage children to unplug from technology and participate in physical activities.Day for Kids, an annual event started by Nickelodeon in 2004, where all U.S. Nickelodeon channels suspend programming from noon until 3 p.m.“This is a day we...

437 AW crew provides Maria relief within hours
September 25, 2017 — Members of the 14th Airlift Squadron at Joint Base Charleston, S.C., the Federal Aviation Administration and the Federal Emergency Management Agency completed a humanitarian mission in support of Hurricane Maria to St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, Sept. 23.The mission provided the islands with a FAA mobile air traffic control tower with an instrument...

Joint team delivers relief in Maria aftermath
September 25, 2017 — Members of the 14th Airlift Squadron, 437th Airlift Wing, delivered 17 pallets containing more than 129,000 pounds of food and water to St. Croix, Virgin Islands in support of relief efforts after Hurricane Maria, Sept. 24.The mission to St. Croix was one of two humanitarian missions flown to the Virgin Islands within 48 hours. The air crew flew...

70 years: Our Legacy through Airmen's Eyes
September 18, 2017 — Maj. Amanda Ferguson, 628th Medical Support Squadron is the Pharmacy Flight commander here. “We often hear, ‘Thank you for your service,’ when we are in uniform amongst our civilian counterparts. My response is always, ‘It's an honor and a privilege,’ said Ferguson. "Serving has been an incredible journey for me. Uniquely, as a pharmacist, not only...

JB Charleston goes into Hurricane Condition IV
September 7, 2017 — The Joint Base Charleston installation commander put the base on Hurricane Condition IV alert status at 6 p.m. Sept 7, 2017, due to weather conditions projected by Hurricane Irma. Hurricane Condition IV is declared when the forecast calls for the arrival of 50-knot (58 mph) sustained winds or greater within 72 hours. JB Charleston personnel and...

Hurricane Irma: Initial Information
September 6, 2017 — Joint Base Charleston, Hurricane Irma continues its track to the Eastern United States. Recent projections show the Hurricane may directly strike the Charleston area. However, forecast projections can always change and only serve as an estimate. As we prepare for possible landfall in South Carolina, all military and DoD civilian members in the...