FReeper Canteen ~ Road Trip: Naval Support Activity Charleston, South Carolina ~ 02 OCT 2018

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[laurenmarlowe]

 

 

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Road Trip: Naval Support Activity Charleston, South Carolina

Naval Support Activity Charleston, originally designated Naval Weapons Station Charleston, is a base of the United States Navy located on the west bank of the Cooper River, in the cities of Goose Creek and Hanahan South Carolina.

The base encompasses more than 17,000 acres of land with 10,000 acres of forest and wetlands, 16-plus miles of waterfront, four deep-water piers, 38.2 miles of railroad and 292 miles of road. The current workforce (military/civil service/contractor) numbers more than 11,000 with an additional 3,600 people in on-base family housing.

Under the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure Commission's recommendations, the Air Force jointly manages Naval Weapons Station Charleston and Charleston Air Force Base as Joint Base Charleston.

 

The Naval Support Activity expanded its mission and Department of Defense support role over time with over 40 tenant commands, and today is a training center with the Naval Nuclear Power Training Command (NNPTC), Nuclear Power Training Unit, Propulsion Facility, and Border Patrol satellite academy; Naval Consolidated Brig, Charleston; Navy Munitions Command Unit Charleston; Explosive Ordnance Detachments; Marine Corps Reserve Center; Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center engineering complex (SPAWAR, the largest employer in the Charleston area); 269 above-ground ammunition magazines, maintenance and storage of military ordnance including mines, and serves as an Army logistics hub, the busiest continental United States surface port in the defense transportation system.

In addition, it contains more than 1,800 on-base houses for Navy enlisted and officer dependents as well as Coast Guard dependents, and has a child care facility, elementary and middle schools. A large medical clinic near NNPTC in Goose Creek was added in 2008.

Learn More About Naval Support Activity Charleston HERE!!

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[Kathy in Alaska]

Hope your weather gets better as the week goes on.

[luvie]

This is a very unique collection. You should go on eBay and see if they have them and how much collectors feel that they’re worth. Just for comparison sake...NOT to sell them!

[Kathy in Alaska]

I did bring stuff home...stuff I can do away from the work computer.

[radu]

I wouldn’t know what to type in at eBay to find them, if any are even on the site.

They are a neat little collection, for sure.

[radu]

Good. At least you can still do that and not get even farther behind. That would REALLY be a pain!

[spel_grammer_an_punct_polise]

Ah, yes! Seeing the bridge over the Cooper River in your first image does bring back memories! ;-)

[luvie]

Right. Neither do I. I guess you would need an “official” name to do that. LOL!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Are you packed with suitcase near the front door?

[Kathy in Alaska]

That little picture collection is pretty cool.

Good luck with all your translations.

[Kathy in Alaska]

A night sound good, but....I get behinder and behinder. LOL!

[Kathy in Alaska]

*sigh* ...a night OFF!

[luvie]

Pretty close to that. LOL! As a matter of fact, I made it easy by repacking the things I took to WY so I wouldn’t have to think or overthink the clothes thing.

The only thing I can’t pack early, of course, is the laptop, etc. Wish you could be there! You’d love it! It’s a beautiful part of Texas.

[E.G.C.]

A very pleasant good Tuesday morning and ((HUGS)) to everyone at the Canteen and to all our military at home and abroad. Thanks for your service to our country and thanks Lauren for this morning's thread.

How's everyone this morning?

[radu]

That’s what I’m thinking and I have no idea what their “official” name is.

Remember the days when manufacturers would put things in their products to get people to buy them? Things like towels, glasses, dishes in laundry detergent and such? These appear to be along the same line. They’d put the little pix in cigarette packs and people would try to get the whole set. This is nowhere close to the whole set but from what I’m seeing, each one tells a little bit of the story of WWI from the Germans’ perspective. A pretty neat little gimmick.

[radu]

The more I get into it, those little pictures get cooler and cooler. I’d love to see the whole set .... but wouldn’t want to translate that many! The lowest number in this set is #5 and the highest is #247 and there are a lot of gaps. No telling just how many were printed up.

I don’t type fast. I’m one of those who has to look at the keys as I type so it’s look up, look down, look up, look down. LOL

[radu]

Is the temp getting any time to help you with the piles when she’s there?

[radu]

LOL! That makes more sense. But you have a good excuse. :-)

[radu]

Howdy, E.G.C. ((HUGZ))

We’re still putting up with summer weather here. Hope it’s a little cooler up your way to make time at the lake more comfortable. Though cooler weather does tend to wind up Gizmo a bit more, doesn’t it? :-)

[luvie]

Yep...a neat little gimmick for propaganda, because back in the day almost everyone smoked!

Could THIS be them? Or ones similar?

[Kathy in Alaska]

She is a gem....if I don’t have time during the week, I will bring home all the paperwork I can gather, separate it, and have something for her anytime she asks. She did today, and I had a stack from 2 weekends ago. They all need to be checked to make sure they are on the “S” drive (all our saved stuff for future reference) and in the employees file. Add to either/or, or both. Done! Most I’ve already saved to the S drive, but not to the employee file. THIS IS A HUGE HELP!!!