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Career day encourages local girls to dream big
March 22, 2018 — This year’s Joint Base Charleston Women in Aviation Career Day, here March 20, was a resounding success according to event organizers... MORE

11th Annual Joint Base Charleston Women in Aviation Career Day

Women in Aviation Career Day continues to inspire young girls after 10 years
March 22, 2017 — More than 130 teenage girls from middle and high schools around the Lowcountry attended the 10th Annual Joint Base Charleston Women in Aviation Career Day, March 21. The goal of the Career Day is for young ladies “to learn and to be inspired, and to check out some the options out there for you as careers for different jobs in the future” said Col. Jeanine McAnaney, 315th Airlift Wing vice commander. The event, one of the 315th AW’s most popular community engagement programs, features leading and pioneering women in their respective aviation related careers as guest speakers. This year’s speaker was no exception. The Air Force Reserve’s highest ranking enlisted Airman, Command Chief Master Sgt. Ericka Kelly captivated everyone by telling her life story... MORE

Air Force Reserve Command’s Command Master Chief, Ericka Kelly shares her story about growing up in a poor family in Gutemala to her current role as AFRC’s top enlisted Airman and her civilian job as a special agent with the Department of Homeland Security. the Command Chief was guest speaker at the 10th Annual Joint Base Charleston Women in Aviation Career Day March 20 at Joint Base Charleston, S.C. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Tom Brading)