June 14, 2013 Twenty years of C-17s at JB Charleston! June 14, 2013, marks the 20th anniversary of the delivery of the first C-17 Globemaster III to then Charleston Air Force Base and the U.S. Air Force. 'The Spirit of Charleston,' tail number 89-1192, landed at Charleston AFB at approximately 10:45 a.m. June 14, 1993, and was piloted by Gen. Merrill
June 13, 2013 Hagel, Dempsey to Senate: Budget Uncertainty Can’t Last The Pentagon is maintaining a fiscal balancing act that must eventually teeter into a potentially dangerous loss of combat power if Congress doesn't act to stabilize defense budgets, department leaders told the Senate Budget Committee June 12.Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and Army Gen. Martin E.
June 12, 2013 JB Charleston in DUI Condition Yellow Due to a May 27, 2013, motorcycle accident in which an Airman was determined to be under the influence of alcohol (over the legal limit of 0.08) the DUI condition at Joint Base Charleston has moved from Green to Yellow. So, what does this mean for Airmen ahere?Per the 2013 JB Charleston Driving
June 11, 2013 Hagel Details Budget Request, Calls for More Base Closures Sequestration and the need for another base closure and realignment commission headlined Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel's testimony before the Senate Appropriations Committee's defense subcommittee today.Hagel and Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, defended the
June 11, 2013 Former safety chief heads sexual assault prevention efforts Senior officials announced June 6 that they have appointed a two-star general to lead the Air Force's effort to reduce sexual assault within the ranks, and provide victims the support they need.Maj. Gen. Margaret Woodward was appointed the new director of the reorganized Air Force Sexual Assault
June 11, 2013 Reserve medical Airmen learn about PTSD Anywhere from 11 percent to 20 percent of servicemembers who deploy to Iraq or Afghanistan return with post-traumatic stress disorder, according to the National Center for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. That includes reservists here, who often transition from a deployed environment to their
June 10, 2013 Deployed 315th AW Airmen own the night during joint-service training A joint-coalition team led by the 451st Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron peers into a dark, moonless sky in preparation for a nighttime helicopter sling load mission. All of their other senses are heightened to compensate for the reduced visibility as a UH-60 Black Hawk flown by Soldiers
June 7, 2013 315th AW pilot competes in 2013 Armed Forces Triathlon Championships Capt. Jamie Turner, a pilot with the 317th Airlift Squadron, competed in the Armed Forces Triathlon Championship June 1 at Naval Base Ventura County, Calif.Thanks to Turner's vast experience and numerous accomplishments as a triathlete, she was selected as one of six Airmen to complete at the
June 6, 2013 Tropical storm to impact Charleston early Friday morning The National Weather Service has issued a Tropical Storm Warning and Flash Flood Watch for our region due to the arrival of Tropical Storm Andrea. As a result, tomorrow's JBC Commander's Challenge 5K run has been cancelled and all personnel are encouraged to exercise caution as the storm
June 5, 2013 Sexual assault is a 'cancer,' Welsh says The Air Force chief of staff testified in front of the Senate Armed Services Committee along with the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and service chiefs from the Army, Navy Marine Corps and Coast Guard on pending legislation regarding sexual assaults in the military June 4.Gen. Mark A. Welsh