Joint Base Charleston
Patriot
Vol. 3, No. 30
Team Charleston – One Family, One Mission, One Fight!
Friday, July 27 2012
Aerial Refueling
U.S. Air Force photo / Airman 1st Class George Goslin
Pilots from the 16th Airlift Squadron, 437th Airlift Wing, move into position for an aerial refueling during a training flight over Kentucky, July 25, 2012. The pilots trained on attaching and detaching from the refueling tanker’s boom. Aerial refueling enables aircraft to extend their range indefinitely.
INSIDE
628th SFS implements bike patrol
FARP
By Senior Airman Anthony Hyatt Joint Base Charleston Public Affairs
Airmen from the 628th Security Forces Squadron can be spotted guarding entry points to the installation, providing security on Joint Base Charleston's shoreline, and conducting runs in their "patrol vehicles," but beginning August 2012, SFS Airmen will be seen offering security via bicycles. The 628th SFS will implement the new Bike Patrol program next month to help provide increased coverage on JB Charleston, particularly within the base housing areas on the Air Base and Weapons Station. "It [bike patrol] will not replace Airmen in patrol cars, but instead, enhance the capabilities of the Airmen in keeping the base populace safe," said Senior Master Sgt. Donald Hart, 628th SFS operations superintendent. "There is a different perspective gained from being outside the patrol vehicle," said Steven Sykes, 628th SFS civilian law enforcement officer. "On a bike you can hear more, see more and get to places that patrol vehicles cannot." The use of these types of patrols will increase coverage, improve community relations and deter crime, said Hart. "Bike patrols will also increase maneuverability in certain circumstances and allow for better coverage of residential areas," he added.
Refueling for the fight
See page 8
HUNTING
Making preparations for the season See page 7
HEARTS & MINDS One tooth at a time
See page 4 Weekend Weather Update JB CHS, SC
Friday, July 27
Mostly Sunny
(20% precip)
High 97º Low 79º
Saturday, July 28
Scattered T-Storms (40% precip)
High 94º Low 77º
Sunday, July 29
Isolated T-Storms (30% precip)
High 94º Low 76º
"With the construction of new homes on the JB Charleston community and the vast areas at the Naval Weapons Station, the bike patrol will be essential in community policing and community relations," said Sykes. "This will offer a more face-to-face with the community. It will build trust and rapport with the families." More than 10 Airmen have received in-house training for this extension of 628th SFS law enforcement vehicle patrol, which consisted of 40 hours of training through the Law Enforcement Bicycle Association. "The training also covered nutrition, injuries, balance drills, training rides, emergency braking, police technical skills, a tactical firearms training course and a written examination," said Hart. Each SFS Airman on bike patrol duty will be equipped with a 24-speed bike and outfitted in a black and blue uniform. Also, the equipment used in patrol cars will be available for Bike Patrol Airmen. "The bike patrol is a great form of community policing. It's a unique opportunity for the patrolmen and the community to interact on an individual basis and to get to know one another," said Lt. Col. Frances Dorish, 628th SFS commander. "The patrolmen become more approachable and the community can actually start to recognize and talk with individual Security Forces members. In the end, it can help us with our law enforcement duties as we may receive information that doesn't necessarily seem important but may fit into a larger picture."
NMC – Charleston: ‘Mining’ our own business
Story and photos by Senior Airman Dennis Sloan Joint Base Charleston Public Affairs
"Sea mines and the need to counter them have been constants for the U.S. Navy since the earliest days of the Republic ... Today, traditional navies as well as maritime terrorists can and do use mines and Underwater Improvised Explosive Devices to challenge military and commercial use of the seas." Navy.mil.
Navy Munitions Command Unit Charleston, at Joint Base Charleston - Weapons Station, houses one of only two U.S. Navy mine units in the country, and the only mine unit on the eastern seaboard. Navy Munitions Command's primary mission is to protect United States national interests and the security of our nation, its citizens and our allies through: providing receipt, storage and issue of ordinance supporting Maritime Prepositioning Force and Afloat Minemen from the Navy Munitions Command mine shop, move a training mine from the floor to a Prepositioning Force missions, providing offensive table during an exercise July 19, 2012, at Joint Base Charleston – Weapons Station, S.C. The active and defensive pre-positioned War Reserve Stock duty Sailors in the mine shop are in a deployable status and ready to report to the fleet at any time, service mines, exercises and training shapes as well where they will maintain and deploy mines aboard aircraft carriers. as providing research and development projects for mining. Mobile Mine Assembly Unit 3 from Seal Beach, Calif., NR MOMAU 8 "Here in NMC's mine shop, we are a mix of active-duty, reservists and from Austin, Texas, and NR MOMAU 4 from Albany, N.Y. civilians," said Petty Officer 1st Class William Senseney, NMC team "As reservists, we don't deploy to carriers," said Petty Officer 1st Class leader and Navy mineman. "My role is to make sure the Sailors here are Ken Lopez, MOMAU 3 leading petty officer. "We stay here at home statrained and ready to join the fleet if they are called upon." tion and help train new Sailors on mineman duties as well as perform the The active duty Sailors in the mine shop are trained to break down and training ourselves. It makes it easier if the knowledge stays here with us, rebuild mines. These Sailors are in a deployable status, ready to report to so there is always someone with years of experience on-hand. The the fleet at any time, where they will maintain and deploy mines aboard reservists come from all different backgrounds. We have civilian cops, aircraft carriers. firemen, photographers and the list goes on." There are also three Navy Reserve units attached to the NMC: NR See NMC, Page 3
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