With an Eye Toward Preserving Charleston: Local governments near Charleston AFB, S.C., are taking another look at the land around the base and the nearby Naval Weapons Station to make certain community plans for growth don’t lead to problems for the military installations. (BRAC 2005 was hailed as the last gasp for closure, but there are some who say the fat lady has not sung.) According to the Charleston Post and Courier, a new study, supervised by a Charleston-area government coalition, will update a 1993 study done by the Air Force.
A dozen and a half Air Force Reservists formally transferred to the Space Force on July 15, becoming the new service’s first 18 part-time Guardians. The move is the culmination of more than two and a half years of work to create a system unlike any other military branch.