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Chapel helps fight daily stressors
June 2, 2015 — (This article is part of Joint Base Charleston's Integrated Delivery System series. These stories focus on an IDS program, highlighting their services.)Servicemembers face stressors such as deployments, relationship troubles, financial struggles and legal binds which can be overwhelming when piled on top of keeping the mission going.Fortunately for... MORE

SFS Defender receives Award of Valor
May 13, 2015 — Usually, driving home after work is a mundane event for all service members. Luckily for one severely injured driver, Airmen are on duty 24-hours a day.Senior Airman Catherine Lund, a base defense operation center controller from the 628th Security Forces Squadron was the first responder to a major vehicle accident June 9, 2014 on Aviation Avenue... MORE

Senior Airman Catherine Lund, a base defense operation center controller from the 628th Security Forces Squadron, receives the Award of Valor from members of the Tri-County Fraternal Order of Police Lodge #3 April 23, 2015, at Charleston, S.C. Lund was the first responder to a major vehicle accident June 9, 2014 on Aviation Avenue near Joint Base Charleston, S.C. Lund is the first military member to receive the award. (Courtesy photo)

Airman earns three John L. Levitow Awards
May 4, 2015 — Joint Base Charleston is home to some of the finest Airmen in today's Air Force. This fact is demonstrated by an Airman who has gone above and beyond in his career.This individual has been awarded not one, not two, but three John L. Levitow Awards while attending Airman Leadership School, Non-Commissioned Officer Academy and Senior Non-Commissioned... MORE

Joint Base Charleston promotes SAPR month theme: “know your part, do your part”
April 28, 2015 — Throughout the month of April, military and civilian members participated in events for Sexual Assault Prevention and Response month at Joint Base Charleston, S.C.Events included a 5K SAPR run, a "design a shirt for the clothesline" project and a "walk a mile in their shoes" event, which further raised awareness and promoted education on the SAPR... MORE

Military and civilian personnel attend a victim advocate recognition luncheon April 21, 2015, at Joint Base Charleston, S.C. The victim advocate program is spearheaded by the Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office to ensure a compassionate and effective response for victims of sexual assault. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Marianique Santos)

Family Advocacy Program combats domestic violence
April 15, 2015 — (This article is part of Joint Base Charleston's Integrated Delivery System series. These stories focus on an IDS program, highlighting their services.)Domestic abuse exists throughout society ... it does not discriminate. It occurs within all age ranges, ethnic backgrounds and economic levels. Unfortunately, military families are not exempt from... MORE

Maj. Jeffrey McLean, 628th Medical Group Family Advocacy Officer, discusses a referral with a first sergeant April 14, 2015 at Joint Base Charleston – Air Base, S.C. The Family Advocacy Program or FAP was designed to prevent domestic abuse and child abuse and neglect by providing education and awareness programs for all members of the military community. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. AJ Hyatt)

Airman saves the life of a child
April 8, 2015 — What was supposed to be a beautiful afternoon at the beach for a Joint Base Charleston fireman and his girlfriend quickly turned into a nightmare for a local Charleston mother and her three year old daughter.Airman 1st Class Daniel Pippen, 628th Civil Engineer Squadron firefighter and his girlfriend Becky Atkins had spent the afternoon of March 9,... MORE

Airman 1st Class Daniel Pippen, a fireman with 628th Civil Engineer Squadron Fire Department and Joint Base Charleston, S.C., and his girlfriend, Becky Atkins, a registered nurse at East Cooper Medical Center in Mount Pleasant, S.C., saved the life of a young girl March 9, 2015 after an afternoon on the beach at Sullivan's Island. The girl had been submerged in a small pool that had been created by the receding tide. After two cycles of CPR she started coughing and crying, and the Sullivan's Island Fire Department transported the child and her mother to the hospital. Days later the child's mother reached out to Pippen and let him know her daughter Annie was fine and back home. (U.S. Air Force photo / Senior Airman George Goslin)

Airmen help out in a time of need
April 1, 2015 — When good friends of the 17th Airlift Squadron's unit training manager were in need, she wasted no time in rounding up a few good Airmen to help.In September 2014 Valerie Singley's friends Scott and Tina Fox had their world completely turned upside down. Scott was diagnosed with cancer and it was spreading fast. His doctors felt it was best for him... MORE

A team of Airmen from Joint Base Charleston, S.C., volunteered over the Martin Luther King Jr., holiday to clean up the yard of Scott and Tina Fox, who are friends of Valerie Singley, 17th Airlift Squadron unit training manager. In September 2014 Scott was diagnosed with cancer and following treatment and surgery, his wife Tina had become his full time caregiver, leaving no time to work in the yard. After three and-a-half hours of yard work, the Airmen had bagged 50 bags of yard clippings, removed branches from the roof of the house and organized the Fox’s garage. (Courtesy photo)

Former soldier earns Air Force wings
March 4, 2015 — Air Force pilots play a vital role in supporting wartime operations by delivering supplies and flying wounded troops to hospitals in hopes of saving their lives, but rarely do they find themselves looking down a scope firing at enemy combatants.First Lt. Kevin Summerbell, 15th Airlift Squadron C-17 Globemaster III pilot, felt the recoil of his... MORE

First Lt. Kevin Summerbell, 15th Airlift Squadron C-17 Globemaster III pilot, shows where the bullet exited his arm after being shot in Iraq by enemy combatants while serving in the United States Army Feb. 19, 2015, at Joint Base Charleston, S.C. Summerbell later attended Officer Training School and commissioned as an officer in the Air Force to be a C-17 pilot, the same aircraft he was flown back on after being wounded in combat. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Senior Airman Dennis Sloan)

Born to wave the flag
November 19, 2014 — Blaine Yelton was born Aug. 12, 1915, when World War I was in its second bloody year.And if he could have had his way, and if the Army could have found a uniform small enough to fit him, baby Blaine probably would have jumped out of his crib and fought in that war too.After all, this now 99-year old veteran fought in World War II, Korea and Vietnam... MORE

Retired Chief Master Sgt. Blaine Yelton as he looked almost 74 years ago, when he flew 55 missions in the Pacific Theater as waist gunner on a B-24. (Courtesy photo)

Angel of the Battlefield: One year later
June 3, 2014 — More than 2,000 service members have died and almost 20,000 have been wounded fighting in Afghanistan. Becoming one of those statistics was not what Senior Airman Taylor Renfro had in mind when she deployed there in 2013. But on May 29, 2013, two weeks before redeployment home, the vehicle she was riding in was hit by an improvised explosive device... MORE

Senior Airman Taylor Renfro, 628th Medical Group, is seen here while on deployment in Southwest Asia in 2013. Renfro received the Purple Heart, the Army Combat Action medal and the Air Force Action medal for her service in Afghanistan. She recently received the Angels of the Battlefield award during the 8th Annual Angels of the Battlefield Gala, March 26, 2014, at the Four Seasons Hotel in Washington, D.C., for providing life-saving treatment and demonstrating extraordinary courage during her career as an Air Force medic. (Courtesy Photo)