Joint Base Charleston, S.C.
Vol. 5, No. 37
Patriot Team Charleston – One Family, One Mission, One Fight!
Friday, October 10, 2014
Happy Birthday, Navy!
Right, this is a page of the "Journal of the Continental Congress" containing the main part of the resolve authorizing a Continental Naval Force, Oct. 13, 1775. (Copied from the papers of the Continental Congress, Record Group 360 in the National Archives. NHHC Photograph Collection, NH 83601) U.S. Air Force photo / Eric Sesit
The USNS Watson, a U.S. Navy Military Sealift Command ship, is moored at Wharf Alpha at the Naval Weapons Station, Oct. 7, 2014, on Joint Base Charleston, S.C. The Watson is part of MSC’s Prepositioning Program and is 950 ft. long and displaces 62,644 tons. Afloat prepositioning strategically places military equipment and supplies aboard ships located in key ocean areas to ensure rapid availability during a major theater war, a humanitarian operation or other contingency.
JB Charleston's IDF versus the bad guys
From 628th Security Forces Squadron
Recently we had "bad guys" conducting real world surveillance of the Joint Base Charleston Gate the week of Sept. 15 during the morning commute. None of our JB Charleston Integrated Defense Force detected or reported this event even though this person was obviously photographing the Dorchester Gate from across Dorchester Road. But for a single 628th Security Forces Squadron member who reported what he saw to the Base Entry Controllers, this surveillance would have gone undetected. Fortunately, the bad guys turned out to be RED CELL team members composed of trusted performers from higher headquarters and volunteers who were recruited to test JB Charleston's reactions to a realistic threat. But who or what is the IDF who didn't see this event? The answer is the IDF is every one of us who work or reside on the installation. The eyes and ears of each member of Team Charleston, as well as those of our neighbors in the local community, play an absolute crucial role in the preven-
rorist attack against the installation. Where are some Hostile Surveillance Locations at the Air Base we should be aware of? Dorchester Gate: • Dorchester Road bus stop directly across from the Dorchester Gate. • Dorchester Road Shopping Center parking lot directly across from the Dorchester Gate. • Dorchester Gate Visitor Control Center parking lot. Parking is limited to 30 minutes. • Dorchester Road shoulders in the vicinity of the Dorchester Gate and up to the gate for the AAFES and the Commissary. Rivers Avenue Gate and Arthur Extension: • Rivers Gate Visitor Control Center parking lot. Parking is limited to 30 minutes. • Arthur Extension road shoulders in the vicinity of Rivers Gate and up to Rivers Avenue. There should be no loitering along this roadway. See IDF, Page 4
tion of terrorism and crime in the Lowcountry. We are the first line of defense because there are literally thousands of our teammates coming and going on the installation. Our base populace knows best what activities do or do not belong in and around their work areas, the installation or within their neighborhoods and communities. And we as the IDF significantly outnumber our responders who cannot be everywhere all the time. No matter how well trained and vigilant our responders, law enforcement, security and counterterrorism personnel are, they simply cannot be everywhere, at all times. That's the strength of our IDF being alert and acting as a sensor to report surveillance or suspicious activity to officials. What's so important about detecting hostile surveillance and suspicious activity at our installation? Terrorists and criminals conduct surveillance against their chosen target in order to execute a successful attack. Our terrorist or criminal adversaries want to detect patterns of our IDF, defense and security routines to use against us and avoid detection before planning and executing their criminal or ter-
Medicine men - celebrating one year at NWS
Story and photo by Eric Sesit Joint Base Charleston Public Affairs
It's a small unit with a big name ... and an even bigger mission. The command is the Medical Logistics Platoon, Detachment 3, Supply Company, Combat Logistics Battalion 451, and they are celebrating their one-year anniversary since they were established in October 2013. This mix of active-duty and reserve Sailors, 11 in all, are a dedicated group of Navy hospital corpsman who call the Marine Corps Reserve Center on Joint Base Charleston, S.C.,
DUI CONDITION:
YELLOW! 301 TOTAL SAVES FOR 2014
963 -
# of Days Since Last JB Charleston DUI - 13 (Sept. 27, 2014 - SFS)
Total # of DUIs for JB Charleston 2014 - 15
AADD
Airmen Against Drunk Driving: Wingmen Saving Lives
Joint Base Charleston’s Airmen Against Drunk Driving offers free, confidential rides home.
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To volunteer, email AADD.charleston@charleston.af.mil The JB Charleston DUI Battle Plan: https://eim.amc.af.mil/org/628ABW/JBCharlestonDUIBattlePlan/default.aspx
EBOLA
Supporting Operation United Assistance
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their home. From this secluded location, they serve as a critical shipping hub for medical supplies used during Marine Forces Reserve training evolutions around the world. "In October 2013, the 4th MEDLOG in San Diego and the 4th MEDLOG in Newport News, Va., disbanded," said, Lt. David Guajardo, MEDLOG inspector and instructor. "All the Class VIII material (medical and dental supplies) used in support of the Marine Forces Reserve was consolidated to the Marine Corps Reserve Center here on JB Charleston's Weapons Station. Initially, we didn't even have storage space for our inventory of medical supplies. We had to find seven intermodal containers and move them here to properly store and manage our inventory." Those supplies range from bandages and IV solutions, and full scale medical aid stations, to dental equipment and pharmaceuticals ... medical supplies shipped in boxes to wherever Marine Forces Reserves are drilling. "When the reserves plan their exercises, a key component to a successful drill is ensuring these Marines have adequate access to medical treatment if necessary," said Guajardo . "But along with the need to care for the troops, our Reserve doctors, dentists, and hospital corpsman receive valuable training, not in treating wounds ... they do that every day in their civilian practices, but training on See Medicine Men, Page 5
DOG DAYS Army vet gets new companion
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15th AS Welcome home
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Petty Officer 3rd Class Garrett Minato (left) and Petty Officer 3rd Class Monty Perkins, both hospital corpsmen assigned to Medical Logistics Platoon, Detachment 3, Supply Company, Combat Logistics Battalion 451, prepare field X-ray units for shipment to Okinawa, Oct. 7, 2014, at the Marine Corps Reserve Center on Joint Base Charleston, S.C. MEDLOG, Det. 3 recently celebrated their one-year anniversary at Joint Base Charleston since the unit was established in October 2013.
WEEKEND WEATHER UPDATE for Joint Base Charleston, SC
Friday, Oct. 10
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