Welcome to Sumter, a military community

WELCOME

To the Sumter Shaw Family

As you arrive and get settled in the community, you will soon discover the people of Suter have great patriotic pride in supporting the base mission, military personnel and their families and demonstrate an overwhelming show of support for deployed personnel and their families. Base personnel return that support to the community through their unselfish work to improve the quality of education, medical care, spiritual life and humanitarian activities.

Shaw Air Force Base is located within city limits. City of Sumter government and staff works closely with Shaw on a daily basis, with a team of former and current elected officials, city staff and military retirees in support of Shaw’s airmen, soldiers and their families.

Land use near military installations is always a concern. New residential and commercial development along with increasing competition for land, airspace and water access can constrain training, testing and other base activities. Sumter has an active land protection program around Shaw, with over 3,000 acres of land surrounding the base to keep development from encroaching too close.

The City of Sumter partners with the base through the following programs

• South Carolina Military Base Task

Force • Shaw-Sumter Community Council • Honorary Commanders Program • Weasel Welcome Program • ARCENT Newcomers Briefing • Taste of Sumter Community

Bus Tours • Shaw Spouses Club • Greater Sumter Chamber of

Commerce Military Affairs

Committee • Joint public safety training and support programs through fire and police departments • Events on and off base to support active duty, retirees, personnel and their families

Medical Centers/ Clinics:

Sumter VA Clinic

• 407 North Salem Ave. Sumter, SC 29150 • (803) 938-9901 • Sunday: Closed • Monday: 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. • Tuesday: 8 a.m.-6:30 p.m. • Wednesday: 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. • Thursday: 8 a.m.-6:30 p.m. • Friday: 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. • Saturday: 8 a.m.-2:30 p.m.

Columbia (Dorn) VA Health Care System

• 6439 Garners Ferry Road Columbia, SC 29209 • (803) 776-4000

Florence VA Clinic

• 514H Dargan St. Florence, SC 29501 • (843) 292-8383

Ralph H. Johnson VA Health Care System

• 109 Bee St. Charleston, SC 29401 • (843) 577-5011