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SPAWAR Systems Center Atlantic hosts IT Job Shadow Day
February 23, 2011 — High school students from throughout the Tri-county area got a first-hand look at how science and information technologies are creating information dominance for America's Navy during SPAWAR Systems Center Atlantic's Information Technology Job Shadow Day Feb. 14.High school sophomores, juniors and seniors from Charleston, Berkeley and Dorchester... MORE

High school students control an unmanned aerial vehicle during SPAWAR Systems Center Atlantic’s Information Technology Job Shadow Day Feb. 14, on Joint Base Charleston-Weapons Station. (courtesy photo)

This week in Navy history
January 26, 2011 — Jan. 23, 1960 - The bathyscaph Trieste descended to the deepest part of the ocean, the Marianas Trench.Jan. 24, 1991 - Helicopters from USS Leftwich and USS Nicholas recaptured the first Kuwaiti territory from the Iraqis.Jan. 25, 1963 - The 1st Seabee Technical Assistance Team arrived in Vietnam.Jan. 26, 1913 - The body of John Paul Jones is laid... MORE

LCAP Inspection Scheduled Feb. 4-11
January 26, 2011 — More than 2,500 personnel from 315th Maintenance Group, 437th Maintenance Group and 628th Logistics Readiness Squadron are ready for the upcoming Air Mobility Command Logistics Compliance Assessment Program inspection. The LCAP team, with 52 inspectors, arrives Feb. 2 and will be inspecting the groups and squadron on their logistics processes. The... MORE

The 437th Maintenance Squadron, 437th Aerial Port Squadron, 315th Maintenance Squadron and 628th Logistics Readiness Squadron prepare for the Logisitics Compliance Assessment Program inspection.

Information dominance at SSC Atlantic
January 19, 2011 — SPAWAR Systems Center Atlantic was recently the site of an Office of Naval Research sponsored technology development and experimentation project designed to deliver information dominance to warfighters. The Combat Systems to Command and Control Limited Technology Experiment acts as data exchange technology development and experimentation to provide... MORE

Bob Rozard, left, and Trey Oats diagram the network connections on a white board during the successful CS/C2 data exchange technology development and experimentation as SSC Atlantic.

USO Mobile Canteen reaches out to Charleston area Sailors
January 12, 2011 — The East Coast United Service Organization's mobile unit brought a little taste of home to Sailors at Joint Base Charleston-Weapons Station with their 40-foot multi-function, fun-filled mobile canteen, Jan. 10.From its establishment in 1941, the USO has been the bridge between the American people and the U.S.Military, bringing service members a... MORE

Air Force Aid Society provides grants
January 12, 2011 — The Air Force Aid Society provides $2,000 grants to selected children of active duty, Title 10 Air Guard Reserve members on extended active duty, Title 32 AGR performing full-time active duty, retired, retired Reservists with 20-plus qualifying years of service, and deceased Air Force members; spouses (residing stateside) of active duty and Title... MORE

14th Airlift Squadron welcomes new commander
January 11, 2011 — The 14th Airlift Squadron welcomed a new commander during a change of command ceremony December 17, 2010.Lt. Col. Anthony Carr, former chief of operational plans for the 17th Air Force at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, replaced Lt. Col. Randall Huiss, who is now the acting commander for the 437th Operations Group.Colonel Carr was born and raised in... MORE

First 6 volunteer opportunities can make the most of your career
January 11, 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... MORE

Rapid Improvement Event key to communication
January 5, 2011 — Although Joint Base Charleston became fully operational more than three months ago, there remains an ongoing effort to ensure the base's command and control functions are able to efficiently communicate incidents to leadership and the base populace. This includes having all the information needed at the tip of their fingers to make timely and... MORE

Fighting fire with fire
January 4, 2011 — Be prepared to smell some wood smoke around Joint Base Charleston this winter. Wood smoke usually indicates that a prescribed fire is being conducted by the Station's Natural Resources personnel somewhere on the Station's 11,000 acres of managed timberlands. And while the smoke from a prescribed fire can be annoying these fires are used to prevent... MORE

Controlled burns reduce the accumulation of leaf litter, pine needles and dead sticks, reducing the danger of catastrophic wildfires