07-12-2013 The Patriot (Joint Base Charleston)

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Joint Base Charleston, S.C.

Patriot

Vol. 4, No. 25

Team Charleston – One Family, One Mission, One Fight!

Friday, July 12, 2013

Dive into fitness at Joint Base Charleston - Air Base pool Senior Master Sgt. Benjamin Manalastas (top), 628th Comptroller Squadron superintendent, and Airman 1st Class Dustin Davis, 628th CPTS customer service technician, swim laps in the pool July 10, 2013, at Joint Base Charleston – Air Base, S.C. More than 20 Airmen from the 628th CPTS split into groups and accomplished three workout stations before finishing the PT session with aquatic exercises in the JB Charleston – Air Base Pool.

Photos and story by Airman 1st Class Tom Brading Joint Base Charleston Public Affairs

INSIDE

PROMOTIONS

66 Airmen selected to E6 See page 6

HOMECOMING

16th Airlift Squadron returns See page 8

UEI COUNTDOWN 144 Days Begins December 2, 2013

Weekend Weather Update

With the temperatures on the rise, some service members may be looking for a cool way to exercise. Pool employees from the Joint Base Charleston - Air Base pool are volunteering their time during the hot summer months to offer exercise programs for service members during their required Physical Training. "Aquatic exercising isn't your typical workout," said Dani Hermann, JB Charleston - Air Base pool lifeguard. "We are out here doing multiple challenges and relays, often involving ropes and canoes and always having a lot of fun." However, fun isn't the only goal. Hermann, 2013 College of Charleston alumni, incorporates her Exercise Science degree into every workout, ensuring every exercise is safe and beneficial toward a full body workout. "There isn't an exercise conducted that we don't do ourselves," said Hermann. "Being in the pool is just part of the fun; we also incorporate sandbags, tire tossing and cardio." The pool workouts begin at 7 a.m. outside of the JB Charleston - Air Base pool. Participants are paired into various groups, generally determined by their experience and skill levels. “Physical fitness is an important aspect of resiliency and one of the four pillars of Comprehensive Airman Fitness,” said Senior Master Sgt. Benjamin Manalastas, 628th Comptroller Squadron superintendent. “In addition, we attend the pool PT sessions every Wednesday to not only build our squadrons’ fit-

ness, but it also boosts our efficiency as a team. Doing the same old workouts for PT can become mundane. The workout offers an opportunity to utilize the pool and breaks us from that habit. “And, it’s a heck of a workout and a lot of fun,” Manalastas added. Aquatic exercises in the pool are only a portion of the full workout. Participants begin the workout by breaking into groups and completing three cardio and strength workouts prior to the aquatic exercises. These exercises Manalastas flips a tractor tire during the tire-tossing portion of the include ammo cans, sandbags pool PT exercise July 10, 2013, at JB Charleston – Air Base, S.C. and tire tossing. Each module 3. Tire tossing – Tires of various weights, from lasts around 15 minutes before the group switchlighter weighted tires to multi-hundred pound traces to the next module. tor tires, are tossed various lengths by participants. 1. Ammo cans – Military ammo cans are "Each station lasts around 15 minutes," said filled with various amounts of rocks by the Nathan Thomas, JB Charleston - Air Base pool instructors. The group of participants take turns lifeguard. "At every station, individuals can running various distances while holding the expect to exhaust the muscles in their arms, legs weighted ammo cans. While the individuals run and the rest of their body. Targeting every muswith the cans, their partner completes a set of cle is our goal." push-ups and squats to ensure everyone gets a After completion of the strength and cardio continuous workout. modules, the entire group meets for aquatic 2. Sandbags – The sandbag portion of the exercises in the pool. Prior to jumping in the workout is conducted with cardio as well. One pool, participants need the grass and mud participant runs with the sandbag on their back sprayed off. Thomas recommends participants down the sidewalk. In addition, this portion of wear shoes they aren’t afraid to get dirty. the workout incorporates fireman carries with See Fitness at the Pool, Page 10 groups of individuals.

628th CES holds ribbon cutting ceremony

JB CHS, SC

Friday, July 12

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Saturday, July 13

Scattered T-Storms (60% precip)

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Sunday, July 14

Scattered T-Storms (40% precip)

By 2nd Lt. Evan Dicks 628th Civil Engineer Squadron

The 628th Civil Engineering Squadron formally recognized the completion of their new Administration and Readiness Facilities July 8, 2013, with a ribbon cutting ceremony. The project completion marked a significant milestone in Joint Base Charleston's base modernization. The two new facilities consolidate personnel from seven older, less efficient buildings and include environmentally friendly perks such as the use of solar panels to assist with hot water production, use of recycled materials in carpets

and roofing, and room occupancy sensors to govern the lighting of the building just to name a few. Lt. Col. Aaron Altwies, 628th CES commander, noted just how much of an improvement the new facilities are compared with the old. "I'm a firm believer in a saying that happy people do work better," said Altwies. "I'd bet each and every one of us in these new facilities can find many things better than what we had." Following the ceremony, the attendees were given a tour of the facilities, and shown some of the key features that made the entire project such a success.

Notice: Joint Base Charleston Personnel CSX will conduct maintenance on the Remount Road Railroad crossing from July 16-19, 2013. Expect delays at Post #4 (Remount/Golf 4). Please allow extra travel time or plan to use a different entrance to the Weapon Stations

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U.S. Air Force photo / Airman 1st Class Chacarra Neal

(From left to right) Lt. Col. Aaron Altwies, 628th Civil Engineer Squadron commander, Col. Justin Davey, 628th Mission Support Group commander, Erich Reichle, Project Manager and Sauer representative, Judy Anderson, 628th CES employee, U.S. Representative Mark Sanford (District 1, South Carolina), Navy Capt. Thomas Bailey, Joint Base Charleston deputy commander, and Lt. Cmdr. Ancelmo McCarthy, Resident Officer in Charge of Construction, cut a ribbon during the official 628th Civil Engineer complex ribbon cutting July 8, 2013, at Joint Base Charleston – Air Base, S.C. The new CE building is 48,000 square feet and provides consolidation for a 462 person unit that constructs and maintains daily base operations.

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