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RVs, campers and boats are parked at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va. Sept. 29, 2019. JBLE has designated parking lots where RVs, campers, boats and vehicles can be left-out with causing a security concern. (U.S. Air Force photo illustration by Airman 1st Class Sarah Dowe)

Oct. 23, 2019

Seasonal Storage: parking RVs and Boats for the winter

JOINT BASE LANGLEY-EUSTIS, Va. — Now that it is officially fall, many outdoor enthusiasts are beginning to look for a spot to park their recreational vehicle (RV), camper or boat until the next camping and boating season. The 633rd Security Forces Squadron has additional safety concerns presented by abandoned vehicles on the installation.

Sept. 18, 2019

Conservation law enforcement patrols, protects JBLE

JOINT BASE LANGLEY- EUSTIS, Va. — Rivers, creeks and estuaries trace the landscape of Fort Eustis and it’s up to a select few to patrol the 27 miles worth of shoreline in order to protect the installation.

U.S. Army Sgt. Tiffany Bosley, 824th Transport Company (Heavy Boat), 143rd Sustainment Command-Expeditionary, 377th Theater Sustainment Command, Morehead, North Carolina, heavy boat operator, trains on the Small Craft Bridge at the U.S. Army Transportation School, Maritime & Intermodal Training Department at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, April 1, 2019.

April 8, 2019

Air, land, sea: boating on land

JOINT BASE LANGLEY-EUSTIS, Va. — When it comes to watercraft, not many think of the U.S. Army. However, the Army has a fleet of more than 130 watercraft and every one of their watercraft operators has been through a course at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia. The U.S. Army Transportation School, Maritime & Intermodal Training Department here has various watercraft simulations used for training such as the Full Mission Bridge, the Small Craft Bridge, the Expeditionary Fast Transport Simulator and the Vessel Defense Simulator.

A Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries boating safety instructor teaches a boater’s safety class at the Joint Base Langley-Eustis Langley Golf Clubhouse, April 2018.

March 12, 2019

Water safety for life

JOINT BASE LANGLEY-EUSTIS, Va. — The Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries will host a free boater’s safety class at the Joint Base Langley-Eustis Fort Eustis Outdoor Recreation Office from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on March 16, 2019. All active duty personnel and family, retirees and civilian employees with a Department of Defense identification card above the age of 14 are welcome to attend the class.

U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the 633rd Security Forces Squadron practice boat operations at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, Aug. 14, 2018.

Aug. 29, 2018

633rd SFS Airmen take to the BOAT

JOINT BASE LANGLEY-EUSTIS, Va. — Airmen from the 633rd Security Forces Squadron participated in maritime boat patrol training at Langley Air Force Base, Virginia, Aug. 13-17, 2018.

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Edmar DeJesus, 1st Battalion, 210th Aviation Regiment, 128th Aviation Brigade AH-64D Apache helicopter instructor, helps Barry Brown, Ready 2 Work program participant, operate a camera in an AH-64D Apache helicopter at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va., July 14, 2017. Ready 2 Work is a six-week work program, which teaches students how to write resumes, conduct job interviews and learn about career opportunities available to them. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Teresa J. Cleveland)

July 19, 2017

U.S. Army partners with community school program

JOINT BASE LANGLEY-EUSTIS, Va. — Fourteen young adults from the Ready 2 Work program visited Joint Base Langley-Eustis to learn about U.S. Army career opportunities, July 14, 2017. Ready 2 Work is a six-week work program, hosted by VersAbility Resources and the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Virginia Peninsula. The program teaches students how to write resumes, conduct job interviews and research about career opportunities available to them.

Instruments used to help determine course direction and speed when navigating a ship lay on a chart on the General Frank S. Besson-class logistics support vessel at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va., June 23, 2017. Although the ship comes equipped with electronic navigation systems, as an added safety measure, the crew also manually tracks information using charts. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Kaylee Dubois)

June 29, 2017

Army quartermaster: A vessel’s living compass

JOINT BASE LANGLEY-EUSTIS, Va. — After months at sea, the ocean starts to resemble the desert, but watching the sun rise and fall over the open ocean provides as much direction to him as he does for the ship. For U.S. Army Spc. Miguel Ruelas Trejo’s, 335th Transportation Detachment, 7th Transportation Brigade (Expeditionary) quartermaster, the sunrise and sunset are his favorite things about working aboard the General Frank S. Besson-class logistics support vessel. “When you are out there and you don’t see land for a while, everywhere you look, 360-degrees, you see the same thing: the sky, clouds, the horizon and water,” said Ruelas Trejo. “That’s the view day in and day out.”

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Shawn McNamara, 633rd Security Forces Squadron boat patrolman, demonstrates a man overboard drill during a routine patrol in the Back River, Va., Aug. 17, 2016. SFS must train and stay vigilant for any situation that may happen out on patrol. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Tristan Biese)

Sept. 7, 2016

Security Forces patrols Chesapeake Bay

JOINT BASE LANGLEY-EUSTIS, Va. — U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Shawn McNamara, 633rd Security Forces Squadron boat patrolman, demonstrates a man overboard drill during a routine patrol in the Back River, Va., Aug. 17, 2016. SFS must train and stay vigilant for any situation that may happen out on patrol. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Tristan Biese)