The Honorable Gordon R. England, Secretary of the Navy, and Mr. Thomas Ledvina, Assistant General Counsel (I&E), met at 1327 on 9 December 2004 with a delegation from the Charleston, South Carolina, Metro Chamber of Commerce (CMCOC). Attending for the CMCOC were: The Honorable Richard Eckstrom, Comptroller General, State of South Carolina; the Honorable Ed Fava, Charleston County Council; Mr. Peter Wertimer, Immediate Past President, CMCOC; VADM Albert J. Baccario, USN (Ret.), Chair, Military Relations Policy Council, CMCOC; BGEN Thomas R. Mikolajik, USAF (Ret.), Military Relations Advisor, CMCOC; Ms. Mary Graham, CCR, Vice-President, Public Policy/Regional Advancement, CMCOC; Ms. Caitlin Ruthven, Military Relations Coordinator, CMCOC; Mr. Chris Socha, Legislative Assistant to Senator-elect Jim DeMint; and Ms. Delores DaCosta, Chief of Staff for Congressman Henry Brown; In addition, LCDR Vincent J. Moore, JAGC, USNR and Capt James A. Noel, USMC, ODASN (Ism) were also present.

The Honorable BJ Penn, Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Installations and Environment, and the Honorable Wayne Arny, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Installations and Facilities met with the Honorable Mark Sanford, Governor of South Carolina and members of the South Carolina Military Base Task Force, including Kurt Taylor, Mayor Pro Tempore, North Charleston; Bob Coble, Mayor, Columbia; Bill Rauch, Mayor, Beaufort; Joe Riley, Mayor, Charleston; William Randolph, Mayor Pro Tempore, Sumter; Richard Eckstrom, Comptroller General and Co-Chair, South Carolina Military Base Task Force; Brig. General (ret. ) Thomas R. Mikolajcik, USA; and, James C. McGuire, Off ice of the Governor, in Room 43523 at 1000 on 14 March 2005. In addition, CAPT John E. Cohoon, USN, Chief of Staff, Commander Navy Installations Command; CAPT James D. Heffernan, USN, OASN (I&E); and, Capt James A. Noel, USMC, ODASN (IS&A) were also present.

Public Document - DISREGARD RESTRICTION HEADER. This recommendation, in conjunction with the Realign Fort Leonard Wood (Drill Sergeant School to Fort Jackson) recommendation, consolidates Drill Sergeant’s Training from three locations Fort Benning, Fort Jackson, & Fort Leonard Wood to one location, Fort Jackson and facilitates the activation of Brigade Combat Team (light) at Fort Benning. Outlines existing facilities and services provided by both bases and compares them to make a case for realignment.

Public Document - DISEGARD RESTRICTION HEADER, PAGE 1. Report outlining the environmental resources located at Ft. Jackson.

Public Document: DISREGARD RESTRICTION HEADER. Report including demographic, educational, and community statistics regarding Fort Jackson.

Southern Division Charleston - Options Using COBRA Data and COBRA Model

Document outlining state-specific goals for carbon dioxide emissions and energy efficiency through 2030 for the state of South Carolina.

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Alan Pilot. Pilot joined the Army in January 1943 and received basic training at Camp Howze. He received further training in Louisiana for the European Theater and then in California for the Pacific Theater. In January he left for Camp Old Gold at La Havre, where he served as a combat medic, supporting Companies E, G, and H of the 343rd Infantry, 86th Division. His unit relieved the 8th Division and fought in Cologne, where he was stationed at the top of the cathedral while it was being shelled. In the Ruhr Pocket a defective shell landed 10 feet away from him. He recalls seeing 100,000 Germans surrender there. He describes the Bavarian people as friendly as he passed through Austria on VE Day. He was then sent to the Pacific as part of Operation Coronet. VJ Day came while he was still crossing the Pacific. He spent the last five months of his service in the Philippines at a quiet outpost while the rest of his unit prepared the Philippines for independence. Pilot returned home and was discharged in January 1946.

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Afton Keeton. Keeton joined the Navy in July of 1942. He completed Hospital Corps School and became a Pharmacist Mate. He first served aboard the USS Sea Dragon (SS-194). They patrolled the Aleutian Islands. He was then stationed at the Submarine Base in Pearl Harbor, working in a sick bay. He then served aboard the USS Apollo (AS-25) with a relief crew. He provides some detail of working aboard a submarine, serving as the Doc, living conditions and undergoing his own appendectomy aboard the Apollo. In early 1945 he was assigned for 1 year to serve at a submarine base in St. Thomas. He then served as hospital corpsman on the USS Clamagore (SS-343). Keeton also worked on sonar watch, radar watch and as a cook during his time in the Navy. He spent a total of 30 years in the Navy, retiring in February of 1972.

Copy of transcript for a memorandum from James F. Perry to James Reed and Co. outlining enclosed documents and drafts pertaining the land purchase between Barnard E. Bee and Stephen F. Austin.