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Joint Base Charleston hosts pistol competition
May 31, 2016 — During this year's Charleston's Police Week celebration, Joint Base Charleston SFS Combat Arms Training and Maintenance Flight hosted an elementary level Excellence-in-Competition (EIC) Pistol Match on Weds, 18 May. The EIC Program is an awards program recognizing marksmanship and is open to all military members. Individuals earn awards (badges)...

Insurance updates critical
May 31, 2016 — Most servicemembers keep their records up-to-date because they receive automated reminders or leadership directs them to review their records. For example:Most people are good about updating their virtual Record of Emergency Data (vRED). If a life changing event doesn't cause an individual to review their vRED, the annual reminder from virtual...

Security Forces Airmen honor fallen during Police Week
May 31, 2016 — Members of Joint Base Charleston honored fallen law enforcement members during a retreat ceremony May 20, 2016 at Joint Base Charleston, in honor of Police Week.

Charleston RiverDogs host Military Appreciation Night
May 31, 2016 — The Charleston RiverDogs hosted Military Appreciation Night to show their support for the local military, May 19, 2016 at Joseph P. Riley Jr. ballpark in Charleston, S.C. The Military Appreciation Night featured the Joint Base Charleston Honor Guard, Master Sgt. Jason Gilbert, a 628th Medical Operations Squadron superintendent, singing the national...

JB Charleston participates in mobility exercise
May 26, 2016 — Ten C-17 Globemaster IIIs from the 437th Airlift Wing and the 315th Airlift Wing took off from Joint Base Charleston - Air Base as part of a large formation exercise May 26, 2016, to provide support for America's Global Response Force. The aircraft formation was part of a larger annual mobility exercise known as Crescent Reach 2016 which also...

JB Charleston Celebrates Police Week
May 26, 2016 — In honor of Police Week, the 628th Security Forces Squadron held a memorial to remember and celebrate their fallen brothers and sisters in law enforcement, May 20, 2016.

AMC command chief visits JB Charleston
May 26, 2016 — Command Chief Master Sgt. Shelina Frey, Air Mobility Command chief, toured Joint Base Charleston May 22 - 27, 2016. Frey used the tour to meet and receive feedback from Airmen on base. The AMC's mission is to provide air mobility with a vision of always having unrivaled global reach for the United States. The AMC includes the U.S. Air Force...

Non-profit organizations present Sailors with letters of appreciation
May 25, 2016 — Sailors of the Naval Nuclear Power Training Unit Charleston community service division were presented letters of appreciation from the Lowcountry Food Bank and the American Red Cross May 20, 2016, at Joint Base Charleston, S.C. More than 100 sailors transitioning through the community service division have volunteered nearly 10,000 hours in support...

Joint Base Charleston sailor aids bike accident victim
May 23, 2016 — A Joint Base Charleston Sailor is being hailed as a Good Samaritan for rendering aide to a man injured in a bike accident.Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Kyle Price was driving home from Naval Health Clinic Charleston, where he works as a hospital corpsman, when he saw a man on a nearby bike trail thrown violently from his bike."Traffic was moving...

FEA holds award lunch at JB Charleston club
May 18, 2016 —