AIKEN, South Carolina, May 1 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Savannah River Site issued the following news release: A group of high-school students studying construction and welding at the Barnwell County Career Center recently learned about career opportunities at one of the largest construction projects happening in the nation - the Savannah River Plutonium Processing Facility (SRPPF) at the Savannah River Site (SRS). The students and their instructors toured SRS to learn about the site's  more

KEESLER AFB, Mississippi, April 30 -- The U.S. Air Force Air Education and Training Command issued the following news: By Airman 1st Class Devyn Waits, 81st Training Wing Public Affairs The majority of Airmen attend technical school at the 81st Training Group's home base here at Keesler, but the courses of certain occupations take place in various locations around the country. Airmen in Administration, under the 335th Training Squadron, obtain essential skills in Postal Operations at the Inte  more

WASHINGTON, May 1 -- The National Transportation Safety Board issued the following news release on April 30, 2024: A pilot maneuvering a vessel too close to a bank, before a turn on the Cooper River led to the collapse of a 300-foot section of pier at Joint Base Charleston's Naval Weapons Station in South Carolina, the National Transportation Safety Board said Tuesday. The 600-foot-long tanker Bow Triumph struck Naval Weapons Station Pier B while transiting the Joint Base Charleston Channel on  more

JOINT BASE CHARLESTON, South Carolina, April 30 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following news: By 1st Lt. Taylor Ferry, 628th Air Base Wing Public Affairs Joint Base Charleston welcomed Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Allvin, his wife Mrs. Gina Allvin, and Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force David Flosi April 26. Gen. Allvin and Flosi hosted an all-call with Airmen, emphasizing the urgent need for re-optimization of forces to effectively confront Great Power Competition, while Mrs. Allvi  more

WASHINGTON, May 1 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration issued the following news release on April 30, 2024: Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced the Department's Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $9.6 million grant to Anderson County, South Carolina, to support job creation and private investment in the region. This grant will provide for water infrastructure improvements to support commercial and industrial busines  more