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SPAWAR Systems Center Atlantic holds leadership summit
April 10, 2018 — More than 230 Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center (SSC) Atlantic Integrated Product Team (IPT) leads and members gathered here March 21 and 22 for a leadership summit focused on the theme of “speed to the fleet.” Leaders from the Marine Corps, SPAWAR Systems Command headquarters, Program Executive Officers and Fleet Forces Command shared their... MORE

Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center (SSC) Atlantic Executive Director Chris Miller discusses lessons learned in a wrap up of SSC Atlantic’s Integrated Product Team (IPT) Leadership Summit held March 21 and 22. Miller said it is more imperative than ever that IPTs execute projects quickly, and that the entire SSC Atlantic team supports IPT efforts. The summit focused on “Speed to the Fleet”. SSC Atlantic develops, acquires and provides life cycle support for command, control, communications, computer, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (C4ISR) systems, information technology and space capabilities. A leading-edge Navy engineering center, SSC Atlantic designs, builds, tests, fields and supports many of the finest frontline C4ISR systems in use today, and those being planned for the future.

JB Charleston to host free Air & Space Expo
April 4, 2018 — Joint Base Charleston will host the 2018 Air & Space Expo, which is open to the public, April 28th, 2018 beginning at 8:30 a.m. on the Air Base. Admission and parking for the event are free. ... MORE

The Thunderbirds are scheduled to perform at the 2018 Air & Space Expo on the Joint Base Charleston - Air Base April 28, 2018. The event is free and open to the public.

SSC Atlantic unmanned systems, swarm technology
April 3, 2018 — Ask physicist Brad Knaus how he got into unmanned systems and he’ll tell you he started out working for the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center (SSC) Atlantic Air Traffic Control division, focusing on counter measures and detection for small unmanned systems. Ask him how he got into drones and he’ll tell you, “It just kind of snowballed into... MORE

Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center (SSC) Atlantic employee Chad Sullivan tins the wire for a new battery lead to install on an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). Sullivan is a member of the SSC Atlantic Unmanned Systems Research (SAUSR) Range team which is working with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to get autonomous technology in the hands of warfighters. SSC Atlantic develops, acquires and provides life cycle support for command, control, communications, computer, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (C4ISR) systems, information technology and space capabilities. A leading-edge Navy engineering center, SSC Atlantic designs, builds, tests, fields and supports many of the finest frontline C4ISR systems in use today, and those being planned for the future.

NHCC holds Patient Safety Awareness Week
April 3, 2018 — According to the Department of Defense Patient Safety Program, Patient Safety Awareness Week, Mar. 11 - 17, 2018, offered an opportunity to recognize the importance of quality care and patient safety throughout the Military Health System. It also emphasized the importance of unifying military treatment facilities to use leading practices ensuring... MORE

U.S. Navy Lt. Jonathan Carmack, head of Naval Health Clinic Charleston’s Staff, Education and Training Department, inspects a mock patient and its surroundings for potential hazards in NHCC’s “Room of Errors,” Mar. 16, 2018. The room was designed with purposely planted examples of hazards which could cause harm to patients or put their privacy at risk as part of Patient Safety Awareness Week, a national campaign which ran March 11-17.

NHCC participates in 2018 active-duty fund drive supporting NMCRS
March 20, 2018 — The Navy and Marine Corps Relief Society was established in 1904 to provide financial assistance, education and other services to members of the United States Navy and Marine Corps, their eligible family members, widows and survivors. The active-duty fund drive in support of the NMCRS began March 1 and will run through April 15, 2018. Much of the... MORE

Naval Health Clinic Charleston Commanding Officer Capt. Dale Barrette signs a donation form for the Navy and Marine Relief Corps Society fund drive March 14 at NHCC. Last year, Charleston NMCRS received $247,751 in donations and provided $288,151 in financial assistance to 360 clients. The current fund drive began March 1 and will run through April 15, 2018. For more information, or to make a contribution online, visit the NMCRS of Charleston at http://nmcrsfunddrive.org/charleston/ <http://nmcrsfunddrive.org/charleston/> .

NHCC celebrates NMC's 147th birthday
March 14, 2018 — The Medical Corps of the U.S. Navy is a staff corps comprised of Navy physicians of different specialties. The Medical Corps was established on March 3, 1871. MORE

U.S. Navy Lt. Raymond Walston, a physician serving at Naval Health Clinic Charleston, and U.S. Navy Capt. Keith Hanley, NHCC’s chief medical officer, cut the cake during a ceremony celebrating the 147th birthday of the Navy Medical Corps.

NHCC holds Patient Safety Week
March 14, 2018 — Patient Safety Week takes place March 11-17, at NHCC. MORE

Seaman Crystal Johnson, a hospital corpsman serving at Naval Health Clinic Charleston, signs the Patient Safety Pledge during a ceremony March 12, kicking off Patient Safety Week, which runs March 11-17, at NHCC.

SSC Atlantic Red Team: The Good ‘Bad Guys’
March 14, 2018 — To protect cyber systems from hackers, you have to think like hackers. That’s all in a day’s work for Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Atlantic’s Red Team, an expert team of good “bad guys” who conduct adversarial assessments on Department of Defense and other networks to find vulnerabilities before the real bad guys get a chance to. SSC... MORE

NMCRS annual fund drive begins
March 6, 2018 — The Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society (NMCRS) in Charleston, S.C., held its annual kickoff information session on February 23, 2018 at the Red Bank Club. The kickoff marks the beginning of their annual Active Duty Fund Drive, which runs from March 5 to April 16, 2018. The information session provided NMCRS Charleston representatives the opportunity... MORE

Voluntary income tax assistance, counseling available at JB Charleston for elderly
February 20, 2018 — The Joint Base Charleston Tax Center will open a modified self-help Voluntary Income Tax Assistance/Tax Counseling for the Elderly Program beginning Feb. 15, 2018 for active duty servicemembers, their spouses and other cardholding family members. Additionally, assistance will be available to retirees, spouses and other cardholding family members... MORE