Features - Page 38

Reaching for the anchors
September 22, 2010 — Sailors assigned to Naval Weapons Station Charleston here had the opportunity to learn important strategies Sept. 21 that could help set them apart from their peers in next year's chief petty officer selection board.Looking to reach for their own set of anchors - the unmistakable insignia of a chief petty officer - the briefing was a first for...

Warrior of the Week – Senior Airman Derek Fisher
September 22, 2010 — Senior Airman Derek Fisher is a member of the 437th Operations Support Squadron and has been stationed at Joint Base Charleston since 2007. He is currently serving in the Middle East with the 817th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron on his second deployment.In his deployed unit, Airman Fisher works as a journeyman in the aircrew flight equipment career...

Warrior of the Week
September 15, 2010 — Senior Airman Katie Gieratz is a member of the 628th Air Base Wing Public Affairs office and has been stationed at Joint Base Charleston for three years. She is currently serving in the Middle East with the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing on her first deployment.In her deployed unit, Airman Gieratz works as a photographer, who is responsible for...

CFC kicks off Sept. 9
September 8, 2010 — On your mark, get set, give!The 2010 Combined Federal Campaign kicked off for Joint Base Charleston Sept. 9 with the start of the CFC Commander's Challenge Run at the fitness center Sept. 9.While Joint Base Charleston has not set a monetary goal, it's important to make sure everyone has the opportunity to give."We are pushing for new goals as this...

628 CES lights the way ahead
September 8, 2010 — When it comes to finding ways to keep Joint Base Charleston "green" it's safe to say the 628th Civil Engineer Squadron here will find ways to make it happen.The newest project to go green at JB CHS involves Induction lighting as the way ahead."What we are doing is changing out existing mercury vapor or high pressure sodium fixtures and installing...

Airman provides insight into 6-month tour in Afghanistan
August 18, 2010 — On Nov. 7, 2009, Tech. Sgt. Joseph Varney, noncommissioned officer in charge of the Constructing Flight within the 628th Contracting Squadron here at Joint Base Charleston, said goodbye to his wife and their two children, packed his mobility bag and boarded a jet for a six-month deployment to the Middle East. The Holbrook, Mass., native entered the...

CMSAF shares perspective about readiness, development, resiliency
August 18, 2010 — The Air Force's top NCO spoke at the Air Force Sergeants Association Professional Airmen's Conference Aug. 17, citing readiness, deliberate development and resiliency among Airmen and their families as his main focuses.Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force James A. Roy said statistics of 40,000 Airmen deployed and 133,000 in combatant commands across...

Spotlight on sponsorship: Lending a helping hand
August 17, 2010 — When Staff Sgt. Jason Mark exited the highway in his 26-foot moving truck after dropping off his wife and 10-month-old baby at his in-laws house, he did not expect to see them for a couple of weeks. He had just driven down from Watertown, N.Y., where the family had lived the last four years while he worked as an Air Force recruiter. Now, with less...

Warrior of the Week – Airman 1st Class Joshua Cox
August 17, 2010 — Airman 1st Class Joshua Cox is a member of the 628th Logistics Readiness Squadron and has been stationed at Joint Base Charleston since the spring of 2009. He is currently serving in the Middle East with the 451st Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron on his first deployment.Airman Cox performs deployed duties as a journeyman in the supply...

First 6 volunteer opportunities can make the most of your career
August 11, 2010 — 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 is open to all pay grades from E-1 through E-6. The next First 6 meeting is scheduled for August 26 at 11 a.m. in the First Term Airmen Center...