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Troop Talk is back

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  • By Capt. Wayne Capps
  • 315th Airlift Wing Public Affairs
JOINT BASE CHARLESTON, S.C. --  Troop Talk, the military news/talk cable television show, had a great two-year run and has been in hiatus for about that long. Now it is back.

The resurrected Troop Talk is now a quarterly, news-style military television show produced by the 315th AW Public Affairs and will start airing this weekend on WCSC's Live 5 Plus. However, it not only highlights the 315th AW; it also spotlights other military units across the Lowcountry. This continues to provide a service to Charleston residents that did not exist before the show's inception.

"Troop Talk is a great outlet to give the Charleston community a peek behind the gates," said Michael Dukes, Troop Talk producer and member of the 315th Public Affairs. "It lets us tell our message without having a minute-and-a-half sound bite that we might otherwise get on the news."

Troop Talk aired for two years on Comcast C2 and recently, Live 5 News approached the 315 AW about possibly bringing back the program on their new high definition channel, Live 5 Plus.

"This is the next step for Troop Talk," said 2nd Lt. Jeff Kelly, one of the reporters on the show. "We will have access to technology we didn't have before and there are a lot of benefits to partnering with a CBS affiliate."

Troop Talk will air news stories from various units and missions at Joint Base Charleston as well as feature news from other military or military affiliated organizations from around the Lowcountry.

"There's a huge military presence here in Charleston," Dukes said. "Troop Talk is a great way to keep those people informed."

The first episode will air this weekend and feature stories from a humanitarian mission to Honduras, a feature on the day-in-the-life of a reservist, a Coast Guard profile and more.

Troop Talk can be seen Sunday nights at 6:30 p.m. Live 5 Plus can be found on the digital channel 5.2 and on Comcast 212, Knology 146, Time Warner 111 and Home Telecom 116.