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628th ABW 1st quarter award winners announced
May 3, 2017 — Members of Team Charleston are recognized by U.S. Navy Capt. Robert Hudson, left, Joint Base Charleston deputy commander, and Command Chief Master Sgt. Todd Cole, right, 628th Air Base Wing command chief, during the 628th ABW First-Quarter Awards Ceremony at the Charleston Club May 2, 2017, at Joint Base Charleston, S.C. Award winners were selected... MORE

Members of Team Charleston are recognized by U.S. Navy Capt. Robert Hudson, left, Joint Base Charleston deputy commander, and Command Chief Master Sgt. Todd Cole, right, 628th Air Base Wing command chief, during the 628th ABW First-Quarter Awards Ceremony at the Charleston Club May 2, 2017, at Joint Base Charleston, S.C. Award winners were selected based on their ability to perform primary duties while adapting to military requirements.

4th CTCS Reservists win big in media contest
May 2, 2017 — Two Reservists with the 4th Combat Camera Squadron at Joint Base Charleston recently earned top honors in the 2016 Air Force Media Contest as well as third place honors in the Department of Defense level competition... MORE

U.S. Marines watch for enemy activity during an urban clear exercise as part of Integrated Training Exercise 2-16 at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif., Feb. 11, 2016. MCAGCC conducts relevant live-fire combined arms, urban operations, and joint/coalition level integration training that promote operational forces' readiness. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Steven A. Ortiz)

JB Charleston recognizes military children
April 24, 2017 — Military children can face adversity due to the essential and demanding career path of their parents. Deployments, permanent changes of station, new school and new friends are a few challenges a military child may face.More than 1.8 million children nationwide have at least one, or both, parents serving in the military.April has been designated as... MORE

Joint Base Charleston leadership recognizes children of deployed military members at the Little Heroes Ceremony at the Airmen and Family Readiness Center, April 18, 2017. The ceremony acknowledged the sacrifice and courage children display while their parents are deployed.

Team Charleston Purples Up! for Month of the Military Child
April 20, 2017 — The Joint Base Charleston-Weapons Station Child Development Center is celebrating Month of the Military Child by hosting Wacky Hat Wednesdays, Purple Up! Fridays and planting gardens with parents and students. April was named Month of the Military Child by former Defense Secretary Casper Weinberger in 1989 to applaud military children for their... MORE

Petty Officer 1st. Class Robert Bromley, Naval Nuclear Power Training Command, holds his daughter, Madelynn, at the Joint Base Charleston-Weapons Station Child Development Center, April 13, 2017. April was named Month of the Military Child by former Defense Secretary Casper Weinberger in 1989 to applaud military children for their daily sacrifices and the challenges they have overcome. WS CDC is celebrating Month of the Military Child by hosting Wacky Hat Wednesdays, Purple Up! Fridays and planting gardens with parents and students.

Creating strong communities through partnership
April 12, 2017 — JOINT BASE CHARLESTON, S.C. - Joint Base Charleston Civic Leaders were given the opportunity to fly aboard a C-17 Globemaster III, March 16 and 17 to visit one of four other joint bases in the United States... MORE

Peter LaMotte, Chernoff Newman senior vice president, right, discusses the T-38C Talon with Maj. Kenneth Brakora, left, 560th Flying Training Squadron instructor pilot, during Joint Base Charleston’s 2017 Civic Leader Tour to Joint Base San Antonio, Texas, March 17, 2017. The 560th FTRS graduates about 130 instructor pilots per year.

Volvo Car Open hosts military appreciation night
April 12, 2017 — U.S. Navy Capt. Elizabeth Maley, left, Naval Health Clinic Charleston commader, and Master Sgt. Toby Housey, right, 315th Airlift Wing Equal opportunity superintendent, meet with Raquel Atawo, center, U.S. professional tennis player, during military appreciation night at the Volvo Car Stadium, April 6, 2017. Maley, Housey and the Joint Base... MORE

U.S. Navy Capt. Elizabeth Maley, left, Naval Health Clinic Charleston commader, and Master Sgt. Toby Housey, right, 315th Airlift Wing Equal opportunity superintendent, meet with Raquel Atawo, center, U.S. professional tennis player, during military appreciation night at the Volvo Car Stadium, April 6, 2017. Maley, Housey and the Joint Base Charleston Honor Guard represented JB Charleston with the coin toss, singing of the national anthem and posting of colors.

JB Charleston runs for awareness
April 11, 2017 — Airman 1st Class Dylan Rumsey, 628th Logistics Readiness Squadron inventory apprentice, participates in a color run hosted by the Sexual Assault Prevention and Response office, at Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina April 7, 2017. The run was held as part of Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month, which focuses on creating an appropriate... MORE

Airman 1st Class Dylan Rumsey, 628th Logistics Readiness Squadron inventory apprentice, participates in a color run hosted by the Sexual Assault Prevention and Response office, at Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina April 7, 2017. The run was held as part of Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month, which focuses on creating an appropriate culture to eliminate sexual assault.

Professional tennis player takes time to visit Sailors
April 7, 2017 — Kayla Day, professional tennis player, plays a game of pool with Naval Nuclear Power Training Unit students April 4, 2017, at the Bowman Center on Joint Base Charleston - Weapons Station, S.C. Day toured the NNPTU campus and signed autographs for Team Charleston members while she was in the Charleston area to compete in the Volvo Car Open tennis... MORE

Kayla Day, professional tennis player, plays a game of pool with Naval Nuclear Power Training Unit students April 4, 2017, at the Bowman Center on Joint Base Charleston - Weapons Station, S.C. Day toured the NNPTU campus and signed autographs for Team Charleston members while she was in the Charleston area to compete in the Volvo Car Open tennis tournament.

1st Combat Camera Squadron reaches milestone
April 7, 2017 — The 1st Combat Camera Squadron here celebrated its 25th anniversary April 1. Many combat camera squadrons have existed but 1st CTCS will be the only remaining Active Duty combat camera squadron in the Air Force. While it’s only been 25 years under its current name, 1st CTCS can trace its lineage as far back as 1943 when it was originally activated... MORE

U.S. Air Force Pararescueman Staff Sgt. Lopaka Mounts, assigned to the 331st Air Expeditionary Group receives a hug from a resident during search and rescue operations after Hurricane Ike, September 13, 2008. This photograph was provided by the 1st Combat Camera Squadron to showcase world events they have documented throughout the past 25 years.

Class 17-C graduates ALS
March 31, 2017 — Col. Jimmy Canlas, left, 437th Airlift Wing commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Kristopher Berg, right, 437th AW command chief, congratulate Senior Airman Andrea Jansen 16th Airlift Squadron loadmaster, for earning the John L. Levitow Award during the class 17-C Airman Leadership School Graduation ceremony March 30, 2017, at Joint Base Charleston,... MORE

Col. Jimmy Canlas, left, 437th Airlift Wing commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Kristopher Berg, right, 437th AW command chief, congratulate Senior Airman Andrea Jansen 16th Airlift Squadron loadmaster, for earning the John L. Levitow Award during the class 17-C Airman Leadership School Graduation ceremony March 30, 2017, at Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina. The Levitow Award is the highest honor awarded to an ALS graduate and is given to the Airman who displays the highest level of leadership qualities. ALS is a five-week course encompassing lessons in the principles of supervision and management, the importance of communication and military professionalism.