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Medical moulage enhances exercise
December 23, 2016 — Moulage, the art of applying make-up to simulate injuries, is used to train medical and military personnel how to triage and treat patients. Using materials such as artificial blood, latex, paint and silicone, moulage adds realism to exercise scenarios.

USAF EC leaders visit JB Charleston
December 20, 2016 — Maj. Gen. Christopher J. Bence, U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center (EC) commander, Chief Master Sgt. Larry Williams, U.S. Air Force EC command chief and their spouses visited here Dec. 13-15 touring various facilities across the installation to get a first-hand look at Joint Base Charleston’s operations.The EC is the Air Force's Center of...

Team Charleston congratulates newest chief select
December 16, 2016 — Col. Jimmy Canlas, 437th Airlift Wing commander and several Chief Master Sergeants congratulate Senior Master Sgt. Emily Edmunds, 437th Operations Support Squadron superintendent, on her selection to Chief Master Sgt. at the 437th Operations Group building here Dec. 15, 2016. Members are promoted through the supplemental process from testing out of...

Operation: Cookie Drop
December 16, 2016 — Team Charleston Key Spouses Club hosts the annual holiday program: Operation Cookie Drop at the Hunt Housing Office Dec. 7, 2016. The spouses baked cookies for Joint Base Charleston members working the mid, swing and night shifts.

Lions claim 17-A Levitow Award
December 16, 2016 — U.S. Air force Col. Jimmy Canlas, 437th Airlift Wing commander, left, with Chief Master Sgt. Kristopher Berg, 437th Airlift Wing command chief, right, congratulate Senior Airman Drew Gayhart, 16th Airlift Squadron, for receiving the John L. Levitow Award during an Airman Leadership School Graduation ceremony Dec. 15, 2016, at Joint Base Charleston,...

Jumpers earn foreign wings during toy drop
December 16, 2016 — The 15th Airlift Squadron, 437th Airlift Wing, sent a C-17 Globemaster III to drop nearly 1,000 Army paratroopers at Pope Army Airfield at Fort Bragg, North Carolina for the Army’s annual Randy Oler Memorial Operation Toy Drop Dec. 9-10. Paratroopers lined up early in the morning for the opportunity to receive a lottery ticket and to donate an...

Reservists brighten VA patients’ Christmas
December 15, 2016 — A few of Santa’s little helpers from Joint Base Charleston made a special Christmas delivery to Veteran residents at the Charleston VA’s Patriot Harbor Community Living Center Dec. 14...

Fighting fire with fire
December 14, 2016 — Wildfires in Georgia, Tennessee and North Carolina made big news this past November and South Carolina is no stranger to wildfires either. In 2009, just north of Myrtle Beach, 20,500 acres of forest land experienced a wildfire destroying 76 homes and damaging another 96. The 628th Civil Engineering Squadron's (CES) Wildland Fire Management Plan...

Team Charleston shares holiday spirit with deployed members
December 14, 2016 — Holidays from Home collected donations from across the installation and local area to provide to service members who will be deployed for the holiday season. Volunteers collected and packaged enough items for more than 1,000 deployed members.

Military spouse licensing offers career portability for military families
December 14, 2016 — It’s not easy being a military family. Unpredictable work hours, deployments and constant moves from base to base are ever-present stressors affecting morale and readiness. For the estimated 100,000 working military spouses who serve in professions requiring a state license or credential, there is the additional challenge of moving across state...