Joint Base Charleston, S.C.
Vol. 5, No. 39
Patriot Team Charleston – One Family, One Mission, One Fight!
Friday, October 24, 2014
Candlelight Vigil
Remembering victims of domestic violence U.S. Air Force photo / Senior Airman George Goslin
Volunteers hold cardboard representations of victims during a Candlelight Vigil Oct. 21, 2014, at the Municipal Building in Goose Creek, S.C. The cutouts were symbols of victims who have perished due to domestic violence within the last year. The Candlelight Vigil was held in remembrance of the victims of domestic violence in South Carolina. The event was a demonstration of the military community effectively building relationships within the local community to promote awareness and combat domestic violence. See more photos on Page 4.
437th AW supports Operation United Assistance By Trisha Gallaway Joint Base Charleston Public Affairs
As the world watches the Ebola epidemic unfold, Airmen from the 437th Airlift Wing at Joint Base Charleston, S.C., are in the thick of the fight. Aircrews from the 14th Airlift Squadron and 17th Airlift Squadron were two of the first five crews from Joint Base Charleston that went to Africa in support of Operation United Assistance. The other three missions were carried out by the 315th Airlift Wing. "[Our mission] was to deliver 12 members of the 621st Contingency Response Wing, along with cargo support from Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., to Monrovia, Liberia," said Capt. Caroline Tetrick, a pilot with the 17th AS. "It was a complicated upload out of McGuire, with 11 pieces of rolling stock, including generators, four-wheelers and a mobile command center." As Tetrick and her crew were finishing their mission, Capt. David Blankenstein, a pilot from the 14th AS and his crew were on their way into Monrovia from Rota, Spain, with 85,000 pounds of cargo and 19 passengers made up of both medical personnel and civil engineers from the Air Force and Army. "We [transported] multiple containers that will be used as a
field hospital," said Blankenstein. "Each container contained a different section of the field hospital. For example, one container was a kitchen and one was a showering room." The field hospital will be used to provide care for healthcare workers should they contract the Ebola virus. While aircrews are required to maintain up-to-date immunizations, they were not required to take any additional immunizations before traveling to Africa. Crews did however, have to meet with Public Health and receive a briefing prior to departing JB Charleston. "Public Health briefings are standard for crews going to other countries," said Lt. Col. Ray Clydesdale, 628th Aerospace Medicine Squadron commander. The Public Health briefings cover topics ranging from diseases, resources for care to the procurement of safe drinking water. "For the affected region, we brief crews on the latest as far as the Ebola threat, but we also brief on Malaria and other diseases endemic to the region as well," said Clydesdale. During the Public Health briefing, crews were instructed on how to use the sterilization and decontamination kits prepositioned on the aircraft. According to Tetrick, the kits were for "just-in-case" scenarios and included a jug of bleach, alcohol wipes, gloves and a mask.
Halloween events across Joint Base Charleston
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Fall Festival & Trunk or Treat: On Oct. 24, bring the whole family to the Balfour Beatty Community Center on the Weapons Station from 6 to 8 p.m., or the Forest City Community Center on the Air Base from 7 to 9 p.m. for an evening of fun and safe trick-or-treating. Join in the fun by decorating the trunk of your vehicle and giving out treats to all of the little costumed ghosts and goblins. Parents and kids are encouraged to dress up. Volunteers are needed to help out for the night’s activities. For anyone looking to volunteer please contact the housing office staff at the following numbers: Forest City: 614-6031 Balfour Beatty: 797-3858 Pumpkin Patrol: Pumpkin Patrol is a Security Forces organized community policing effort that supports safe trick or treating at the Air Base and Weapons Station, Oct. 31 from 5 to 10 p.m. This year there will be teams of two personnel in all housing areas conducting walking patrols to keep the JB Charleston children safe. For anyone who would like to volunteer for the
Pumpkin Patrol, please contact the following individuals: Air Base: Staff Sgt. Natasha Bouie via email at natasha.bouie@us.af.mil Weapons Station: Staff Sgt. Sean Baker at sean.baker.3@us.af.mil Redbank Club Costume Party: Join us at the Redbank Club Halloween night Oct. 31, at 8 p.m., in your best costume for a scary good time. There will be a costume competition, hors d’ourves, giveaways, great music and Karaoke. Cost is $13 per person in advance and $15 per person at the door. X-Ray Your Candy: The 437th Aerial Port Squadron's Passenger Terminal is offering a free X-Ray screening for Halloween candy Oct. 31, from 4 to 9 p.m. and Nov. 1, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Send your Trick or Treat bags through our X-Ray machine to detect any glass, metal or plastic. Parents are still advised to scan their child's bag of candy themselves. The free screening is available to all Joint Base Charleston families! Parents must be present with their children.
CHECKED & VETTED BALL CAPS ARE BACK FLETC AGREEMENT Securing the installation
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Know the rules
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A joint base partnership
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Blankenstein echoed those sentiments. "The emphasis for these kits was that they would be necessary should the need arise to move a patient infected with Ebola," he said. "We were told it would be highly unlikely that we would move infected patients." It was also unlikely the aircrews would come into contact with anyone on the airfield who had been infected with the disease. "We were met at the jet by an American liaison who told us that everyone coming onto the airfield gets their temperature checked daily and no one shakes hands," said Tetrick. See Operation United Assistance, Page 4
U.S. Air Force photo / Staff Sgt. Gustavo Gonzalez
Airmen from the 621st Contingency Response Wing at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst load a CRW Hard-side Expandable Light Air-Mobile Shelter onto a Globemaster III C-17 from JB Charleston Sept. 29, 2014. The HELAMS will be used by the 621st CRW in West Africa in support of Operation UNITED ASSISTANCE in response to the Ebola virus disease outbreak. The CRW is highly-specialized in training and rapidly deploying personnel to quickly open airfields and establish, expand, sustain, and coordinate air mobility operations. From wartime taskings to disaster relief, the CRW extends Air Mobility Command's reach in deploying people and equipment around the globe.
DUI CONDITION:
YELLOW! 318 TOTAL SAVES FOR 2014
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# of Days Since Last JB Charleston DUI - 6 (Oct. 18, 2014 - NNPTU)
Total # of DUIs for JB Charleston 2014 - 22
AADD
Airmen Against Drunk Driving: Wingmen Saving Lives
Joint Base Charleston’s Airmen Against Drunk Driving offers free, confidential rides home. To volunteer, email AADD.charleston@charleston.af.mil The JB Charleston DUI Battle Plan: https://eim.amc.af.mil/org/628ABW/JBCharlestonDUIBattlePlan/default.aspx
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