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Set aside your pride, don’t be afraid to confide
September 19, 2019 — According to the Center for Disease Control, someone in America dies from suicide every 12 minutes and is the 10th leading cause of death in the United States. Although certain demographics may be more susceptible to a particular mental illness, most afflictions do not discriminate by age, race, and religion or body composition. ... MORE

A drummer’s spirit
August 8, 2019 — Native American beliefs, names and customs have been incorporated within many titles, vehicle designations, weapons and traditions of the United States military since the country’s inception.For U.S. Army Specialist Nathan Creel, an animal care specialist assigned to the Charleston Veterinary Treatment Facility and Charleston native, including his... MORE

Flew from fighter to cargo: Pilot gains rare breadth of knowledge
June 14, 2019 — On April 17, 2018, Maj. Jonathan “River” Mahan, an Air Force fighter pilot, took off from Kidena Air Base, Japan, in an F-15C Eagle for the final time. The following day, his life and career changed for good as he, his wife and three children boarded a commercial aircraft headed to Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina. Years of flying fighter aircraft had taken a toll on his body and Mahan decided to change airframes to the C-17 Globemaster III. ... MORE

Ocular allergies 'bloom' this time of year
April 25, 2019 — Spring has sprung and we can see it all around us. The flowers are blooming, there’s yellow pollen dust everywhere and people are spending more time outdoors. Despite all this spring splendor, it is also a time of suffering for millions of Americans. Do your eyes itch or burn? Are they red and puffy? Do these symptoms seem to recur particularly this time of year? It could be allergies. Seasonal allergies are most common in the spring, but can also recur in the fall. Furthermore, some people are affected by environmental ocular allergies year-round. ... MORE

March is Workplace Eye Safety Awareness Month
March 29, 2019 — While we are nearing the end of March and Workplace Eye Safety Awareness Month, it’s never too late to take note of the importance of eye safety, especially in our work spaces... MORE

Gen. Holland: One of only 19 female generals in U.S. Army
March 29, 2019 — In the United States, there are 980 males to every 1,000 females. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, American women hold almost 52 percent of all management and professional-level jobs. But they lag substantially behind men in terms of their representation in leadership positions. However, for one female U.S. Army general, that isn’t the case. Brig. Gen. Diana Holland, South Atlantic District commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, started her career back in 1990, when she graduated from the United States Military Academy as a second lieutenant... MORE

Key Spouse programs build family ties to leadership
March 1, 2019 — It can be difficult for military families when they move to a new base and Key Spouses provide assistance to arriving families so transitioning and settling into the new area are as easy as possible. A Key Spouse here is a person who has to be trained at the 628th Force Support Squadron Military Family Readiness Center to better help families with tasks like changing schools and care programs for children, as well as finding proper employment for spouses... MORE

NHCC Sailor pinpoints, alleviates pain
March 1, 2019 — Every week while he was in medical school, U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Jacques Bouchard, Naval Health Clinic Charleston staff physician, shadowed an Air Force physician who would utilize acupuncture as a form of treatment for an array of conditions. According to Bouchard, it was amazing to witness patients feel positive results right before his eyes. Acupuncture is a medical practice that involves pricking the skin or tissues with needles in order to alleviate pain and treat various physical, mental and emotional conditions... MORE

From NASA to Charleston: director reflects on career
January 30, 2019 — Oftentimes as a young adult starting a career, retirement seems unattainable. But after three decades of civil service, Kathy Edenborough, 628th Contracting Squadron director of business operations and 628th Air Base Wing small business specialist, reached that goal at her retirement ceremony Jan. 30, 2019, at the Hunt Community Center on Joint... MORE

A humanitarian Christmas at Charleston AFB
December 21, 2018 — Eleven years after the end of World War II, the destructive effects were still being felt by many nations in Europe. By the autumn of 1956, the Soviet Union had put down a massive Hungarian uprising in Budapest that resulted in President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s “Atlantic Division Order 73-56” to evacuate Hungarian civilians to the United States under Operation Safe Haven. The 1608th Air Transport Wing, Medium, assigned to Charleston Air Force Base, would provide airlift in the form of C-121 Constellation’s for 6,500 refugees... MORE