Joint Base Charleston Becomes Joint Base Lindsey Graham After Senator Secured $212 Million
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Updated · Military Times · Aug 10
Joint Base Charleston Becomes Joint Base Lindsey Graham After Senator Secured $212 Million
3 articles · Updated · Military Times · Aug 10
Summary
Monday’s ceremony in North Charleston made the new name official, with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and local officials attending the unveiling.
A late-July Air Force memo said the renaming honors Graham’s decades of service in Congress and 33 years in the Air Force, Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve.
Graham, who died in mid-July at 71 from an aortic dissection, had also won $212 million for the base before his death to support Coast Guard readiness.
The installation supports more than 90,000 service members, civilians and retirees across four sites and manages the military’s largest fleet of C-17 Globemaster III cargo aircraft.