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CDC expands childcare capabilities
June 3, 2019 — Joint Base Charleston leadership hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony for the expansion of the child development center May 31, 2019, at the Joint Base Charleston Air Base, S.C. The 628th FSS CDC reopened several rooms and hired eight more staff members, allowing them to care for 74 additional infants, pre-toddlers, toddlers and preschoolers. The... MORE

Vivian Gadson, 628th Force Support Squadron flight chief of fleet and family services, explains the expansions and renovations to the child development center to Col. Terrence Adams, 628th Air Base Wing commander, after a ribbon cutting ceremony May 31, 2019, at the Joint Base Charleston Air Base, S.C.

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.

Honoring Team Charleston’s youngest service members
April 17, 2017 — Members of Team Charleston from the Childcare Development Center hold up signs during a parade here for a Month of the Military Child celebration, April 14, 2017. April is designated as Month of the Military Child to recognize the 1.7 million military children across the globe and the sacrifices they make alongside their parents. MORE

Members of Team Charleston from the Childcare Development Center hold up signs during a parade here for a Month of the Military Child celebration, April 14, 2017. April is designated as Month of the Military Child to recognize the 1.7 million military children across the globe and the sacrifices they make alongside their parents.

628th MDG aids USCG Sector Charleston with historic exercise
April 10, 2017 — Members of the 628th Medical Group assisted U.S. Coast Guard Sector Charleston with a communicable disease exercise at the Federal Law Enforcement compound April 4. The exercise was the first of its kind and tested communication procedures and the integration of federal, state, local and private industry partners while analyzing response... MORE

Members of the Center for Disease Control, South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control and Medical University of South Carolina participate in a communicable disease exercise at the Federal Law Enforcement compound April 4, 2017. The exercise, the first of its kind in Charleston, S.C., tested communication procedures and the integration of federal, state, local and private industry partners while analyzing response capabilities if an infected person needed to be transported from a vessel to the Port of Charleston.

CDC provides safe learning environment
October 31, 2016 — Childcare can be stressful for parents and guardians. Choosing a safe, educational and cost efficient service is a high priority but not always easy. The Joint Base Charleston Child Development Center is a safe, secure learning environment where Department of Defense members can leave their children while they are at work. “Our mission is to... MORE

Yolonda Green, education technician, entertains children with a puppet during play time at the Joint Base Charleston Child Development Center, Oct. 24, 2016. The CDC provides daytime care for children of Department of Defense members from six months to five years of age.