Joint Base Charleston, S.C.
Vol. 6, No. 22
Patriot Team Charleston – One Family, One Mission, One Fight!
Friday, June 12, 2015
841st TB preps vehicles, equipment for shipment
U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. AJ Hyatt
Equipment is loaded onto the ARC Freedom vehicle carrier, June 7, 2015 at Joint Base Charleston – Weapons Station, S.C. The 841st Transportation Battalion is loading more than 1,200 vehicles and equipment to be shipped to Europe. The 841st TB's mission is to conduct surface deployment and redeployment distribution and water terminal operations in support of the warfighter.
Operation Air Force; USAFA, ROTC cadets visit Joint Base Charleston
By Trisha Gallaway Joint Base Charleston Public Affairs
While school is out for most college students, Operation Air Force is just beginning for 18 Air Force cadets visiting Joint Base Charleston, S.C., from June 2-15, 2015. Cadets from the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Col., and Reserve Officer Training Corps programs from across the United States traveled to JB Charleston. They will spend two weeks at the base learning about the mobility mission and becoming familiar with the units vital to meeting the mission. "Operation Air Force is a program in which cadets are exposed to a real-world Air Force base environment while letting them see how base components work together to achieve the mission," said Maj. Michael Chavarria, 628th Logistics Readiness Squadron and Operation Air Force project officer. "The objectives are to enhance cadet understanding of operations and support functions; provide hands-on experience in both operations and support units; expose cadets to a variety of Air Force Specialty Codes; and enable cadets to interact with senior noncommissioned officers, Department of Defense civilians, field grade and company grade officers." For Cadet 2nd Class Isaac Reinert, a rising junior at the United State Air Force Academy, Operation Air Force provides the cadets with an opportunity to get a feel for what daily life in the Air Force is like and allows them to see first-
hand what the different career fields have to offer. "We've seen the fire department, we've seen the communications squadron and we're getting ready to visit the medical group," he said. "We haven't gotten our AFSC's yet, so we're getting a feel for what we want to put on our dream sheets." Reinert said this trip has opened his eyes to other potential career fields. "Going into the academy I wanted to fly but, especially after being here, I am leaning more toward the business sides of things, as far as contracting, acquisitions," he said. "We visited the contracting squadron which was really interesting to me." While Reinert and his fellow cadets still have U.S. Air Force photo / Trisha Gallaway quite some time until they graduate and are com- Capt. Timothy Sparks and Lt. Col. Christopher May give a group of cadets missioned as second lieutenants, Chavarria hopes from the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Col., and this visit provides them with a better idea of what Reserve Officer Training Corps programs from across the United States Joint Base Charleston and its different missions the Joint Base Charleston mission brief June 4, 2015 at JB Charleston, S.C.. The cadets are visiting JB Charleston for two weeks as part of bring to the table. Operation Air Force, which exposes them to a real-world Air Force environ"I hope they walk away with a better understand- ment and provides them the opportunity to see how base components ing and appreciation of how each individual and work together to meet the mission. This is the first of three group schedAFSC contribute to creating mission success," he uled to visit the base. Sparks is the JB Charleston deputy commander and said. Their interaction across the installation high- May is the 437th Maintenance Group deputy commander. lights the diversity and teamwork of different functions vital to ensuring success of the global mobility mission." base is scheduled to host two more groups of cadets with next Each Operation Air Force session runs for two weeks. The group arriving June 23 and the last sessions starting July 14.
IDS Mobile App created to provide quick information
From Joint Base Charleston Public Affairs
INSIDE
The Joint Base Charleston Integrated Delivery System has recently launched a mobile app to provide quick information for various events and services on Joint Base Charleston. The "Joint Base Charleston IDS" downloadable app is now available for iPhone and Android smart phone users. "Users can search 'Joint Base Charleston IDS' to download the app," said Selwyn Stephens, Joint Base Charleston Drug Demand Reduction Program manager and IDS Marketing Working Group member. "The app is appropriate for everyone who is interested in information regarding the Joint Base community, including family members and retirees." The mobile app is a work in progress but Stephens believes it will be a huge success.
A look back at the 17th Airlift Squadron
HISTORY
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"Originally we planned to incorporate only information from IDS agencies on the app but this quickly evolved into a much bigger project," Stephens said. "The app is becoming another tool to obtain information for most agencies on the Joint Base." Stephens says they will continue to work with units around the base to add content and keep the app updated. The Joint Base Charleston IDS Marketing Working Group is made up of representatives from organizations that provide family services and prevention and education activities related to individual, family and community concerns. "The IDS Marketing Working Group functions as the action arm of the Community Action Information Board and develops a comprehensive, coordinated plan for integrating and implementing community outreach and prevention programs, with the goal of enhancing resilience in military communities," said Stephens. The IDS improves the delivery of human-service programs by establishing a seamless system of services through collaborative partnerships and coordinated activities.
Ninety-nine new tech sergeants
PROMOTIONS
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What’s happening around JB Charleston
EVENTS & BRIEFS Page 10
Below are some of the agencies that are a part of Joint Base Charleston IDS mobile app: • Alcohol, Drug Abuse Prevention and Treatment • Drug Demand Reduction Program • Base Inspector General • Child Development Center • Chaplain • Equal Opportunity Office • Family Advocacy • Health Promotions • Airman and Family Readiness Center and Fleet and Family Support Center • Legal Assistance • Mental Health Care • Military Family Life Consultant • Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Program • Single Airman Initiative • Special needs Identification • Youth Programs For more information, contact Selwyn Stephens at 963-6849.
WEEKEND WEATHER UPDATE for Joint Base Charleston, SC Partly Cloudy
Friday, June 12
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High 92º Low 73º
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Saturday, June 13
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