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Partnership brings BCLS bookmobile to JB Charleston-WS
March 3, 2016 — Col. Robert Lyman, Joint Base Charleston commander and Donna Worden, Berkley County Library System director, signed an agreement to partner the Berkley County Library with Joint Base Charleston at the Charleston Metro Chamber of Commerce March 2, 2016.When the Naval Weapons Station and the Air Force Base became a joint base in 2010, the libraries...

NNPTC graduation
March 2, 2016 — The following personnel from Naval Nuclear Power School class 1506 received excellence awards in academic and personal achievement.EnlistedTop MM MMN3 Benjamin Kimball 3.89 GPATop EM EMN3 Evan Edrington 3.87 GPATop ET ETN3 Jason Dade 3.94 GPAEnlisted Class Honorman ETN3 Jason Dade 3.94 GPAEnlisted Class "Hard...

Justice files
March 1, 2016 — Involuntary Administrative Discharges (February 2016)Mr. Robert YanceyDischarge Clerk, 628 ABW/JAThe below Airmen of Joint Base Charleston were involuntarily discharged for conduct that demonstrated a lack of potential for further service. Members discharged from their current enlistment with a less than fully Honorable service characterization...

Annual fund drive benefiting NMCRS begins
March 1, 2016 — During the month of March 2016, the Joint Base Charleston - WS will conduct begin its annual fund drive in support of the Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society, an organization whose mission is to help Marines, Sailors and their families when financial emergencies arise.Since 1904, the society has provided financial, educational and other assistance to...

MUSC surgeons train military medics
February 29, 2016 — Members of the 628th Medical Group met with two trauma surgeons from the Medical University of South Carolina on Joint Base Charleston - Air Base, S.C., on Feb. 17, 2016.The special guests coordinated with 628th MDG leadership to provide proper suture training to the medical group's Airmen.Suturing is a stitch or series of stitches done to secure...

Tax center volunteers support base members
February 26, 2016 — With tax season in full effect, members of Joint Base Charleston have been trying to file their tax returns as soon as possible.The tax centers at both the Air Base and Weapons Station have supported JB Charleston members for many years through volunteers who provide advice and expertise to the entire Team Charleston. Currently, there are only two...

Team Charleston civilian concludes 54-year career
February 26, 2016 — "A lifetime of dedication, a lifetime of experience and commitment to our nation."With these words, Col. John Lamontagne, 437th Airlift Wing commander, summed up the 54-year career of Frank Metzger, a decades-long member of Team Charleston who has decided it's "Time to go."Metzger, a Wing Plans program analyst, celebrated his retirement Feb. 23,...

School choice options at JB Charleston
February 26, 2016 — Joint Base Charleston is serviced by three county and one state charter, school districts. Joint Base Charleston - Air Base (JB Charleston - AB)Air Base residents are assigned schools in the Charleston County School District. Residents may choose Hunley Park or Lambs Elementary Schools for students K-5 grades; Jerry Zucker Middle School of Science...

JB Charleston - WS tax center opens early March
February 26, 2016 — Tax season is well underway and the legal office has been operating the Base Tax Office providing tax assistance at the Air Base to the base population. The Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) Center located at the Weapons Station will open on 7 March 2016 from 1300-1800 in Building 206, Room 123A (DEERS and ID cards office). It is important...

NHCC leadership attends Ray's game
February 24, 2016 —