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First 6 volunteer opportunities can make the most of your career
March 2, 2011 — The Joint Base Charleston First 6 is a professional organization which focuses on providing junior enlisted service members a forum for making the most of their military careers. The organization extends the invitation to all service members in pay grades from E-1 through E-6 to join.First 6 meetings, which include free food, are held the fourth...

Naval Nuclear Power Training Command graduates Class 1006
March 2, 2011 — On Feb. 25, family and friends of Nuclear Power School Class 1006 gathered in Rickover Circle on Joint Base Charleston - Weapons Station, to recognize the hard work of their Sailors in completing the rigorous Nuclear Power School curriculum. The guest speaker was Master Chief Petty Officer Jerry Pittman, Command Master Chief, Navy Recruiting...

Diamond Sharp
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Preventing grass fires
March 2, 2011 — According to the South Carolina Forestry Commission, any forest fire, brush fire, grass fire or any other outdoor fire not controlled and supervised is called a wildfire. These fires cause damage to the forest resource as well as wildlife habitat, water quality and air quality.Of increasing concern is the threat wildfires pose to homes and lives...

Fly with the Eagles
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Joint Base Charleston address change
March 2, 2011 — Effective Oct. 1, 2010, Charleston Air Force Base and Naval Weapons Station Charleston ceased to be two distinct installations and merged to form Joint Base Charleston. Beginning March 21, 2011, the city name of Charleston AFB will be replaced by Joint Base Charleston for all residents on the Air Base side of the installation. The Weapons Station...

Local Airman is now Tops in Blue
March 2, 2011 — There were no cameras and studio lights and Ryan Seacrest wasn't there to give her a gold ticket to Hollywood, but for Airman 1st Class Petrice Brown, assigned to the 628th Logistics Readiness Squadron on Joint Base Charleston - Air Base, none of that mattered. Airman Brown was recently selected for the military's own version of a golden ticket by...

333rd Fighter Squadron takes over Joint Base Charleston
February 23, 2011 — Seeing a C-17 in the sky over Charleston is nothing new, but as of Feb. 19, chances are people began to notice a different type of aircraft as well; a much smaller, sleeker and louder aircraft. The 333rd Fighter Squadron from Seymour Johnson Air Force Base in North Carolina began the process of landing 13 of their F-15E Strike Eagle's here at...

This week in Air Force history
February 23, 2011 — Feb. 20, 1952 - President Harry S. Truman asked retired Lt. Gen. James H. Doolittle to lead a three-man commission to study relief of airport congestion near large cities.Feb. 21, 1973 - A 30-year civil war in Laos ended and a ceasefire prevailed. The U.S. halted air strikes.Feb. 22, 1945 - Aircraft from Eighth, Ninth, and Fifteenth Air Forces...

This week in Navy history
February 23, 2011 — Feb. 20, 1962 - Lt. Col. John Glenn, United States Marine Corps, became the first American to orbit Earth. His flight in Friendship 7 (Mercury 6) consisted of three orbits in 88 minutes at a velocity of 17,544 mph with the highest altitude of 162.2 statute miles. His capsule was recovered by USS Noa (DD-841).Feb. 21, 1945 - USS Bismark Sea (CVE-95)...