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News briefs
June 24, 2009 — To submit a news brief, send an e-mail to airlift.dispatch@charleston.af.mil. Make the subject line "NEWS BRIEFS." Submissions must be received no later than close of business the Friday prior to publication. Change of Command 437th Security Forces Squadron change of command: Lt. Col. Seth McKee with relinquish command to Maj. Christopher Callis... MORE

Construction update
June 24, 2009 — ARRA base pavement project Last month, Charleston AFB was awarded a paving project funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. The first phase of this project replaced asphalt pavements in the Building 900 area to correct severe pavement cracking, which could begin to pose a potential hazard to munitions transport vehicles... MORE

The next generation of Olympians
June 24, 2009 — MORE

Former Olympian Carlton Bruner speaks about fitness and sportsmanship to a group of kids at the Charleston AFB youth center June 23. Mr. Bruner was also promoting the potential for the Olympics to be held in Chicago in 2016. From 1992 through 1996, Bruner was considered one of the top swimmers in the world in both the 800-meter and 1500-meter freestyle events. (U.S. Air Force photo/James M. Bowman)

Web site to open sign-ups for Post-9/11 GI Bill transfers
June 24, 2009 — The Defense Department signed off June 22 on policies and procedures service members will use to transfer their unused Post-9/11 GI Bill benefits to their spouses or children, a Pentagon official said June 23. According to Bob Clark, the Pentagon's assistant director for accessions policy, eligible service members will be able to register their... MORE

Warrior of the Week: Maj. Teofilo Henriquez
June 24, 2009 — Maj. Teofilo Henriquez is a member of the 437th Medical Group and has been stationed at Charleston AFB for about four years. He is currently deployed to Colombia, South America, as a U.S. Army Mission Medical Liaison officer for the U.S. Army Mission in Bogota, Colombia. Major Henriquez's responsibilities include advising Colombian medical... MORE

Maj. Teofilo Henriquez, 437th Medical Group

Entomologists relocate reptile from Hunley Park
June 24, 2009 — A base couple had a close encounter June 19 with a five-and-a-half foot long male alligator who wandered into Hunley Park base housing after several days of heavy rainfall. Kyndal Wiggins, a receptionist with the Airman and Family Readiness Center here, spotted the reptile near her home and immediately phoned her husband, Senior Airman Brandon... MORE

Anthony Mincey uses an animal control pole to restrain an alligator in Hunley Park base housing June 19. The alligator was caught and released into swamplands beyond the Building 2000 area on base. Mr. Mincey is the entomology shop foreman with the 437th Civil Engineer Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Melvin Penaflorida)

Morale, Welfare and Recreation Fund gives back to Airmen
June 24, 2009 — Members of the 437th Force Support Squadron are often asked, "What do you do with the money that you charge at your activities?" We are always excited to explain those funds are our Airmen's dollars. The money we charge at the golf course for green fees, at the bowling center snack bar, the Charleston Club's lunch or Low Country Bar, the Aero Club... MORE

PCS policy changes promote stability, quality of life
June 24, 2009 — Air Force officials have modified two permanent change of station policies to give Airmen more flexible assignment options and better force development opportunities. The time-on-station requirement for government funded joint-spouse assignments, where military couples are assigned, when possible, to a location where they can live in the same... MORE

C-17 crew uses combat offload to deliver materials to warzone
June 24, 2009 — A C-17 crew from the 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron used a combat offload procedure at Tarin Kowt Airfield June 20 to deliver materials to help defend the local population. Due to the austere location of the forward operating base, the service members stationed did not have the equipment necessary to unload the pallets in a traditional... MORE

A pallet is combat offloaded from a C-17 Globemaster III June 20, at Tarin Kowt Airfield, Afghanistan. Members of the 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron conducted a combat offload. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Shawn Weismiller)

Weather or not?
June 23, 2009 — MORE

Tech. Sgt. Tommy Dunlap gives a weather brief explaining Doppler Radar and enhanced infrared satellite imagery for the Southeast at the command post building here June 19. Images are received from sensors covering the region and are compiled to produced a large-scale view of weather systems, allowing aircrews to avoid dangerous flight paths. Sergeant Dunlap is the lead forecaster with 437th Operations Support Squadron Weather Flight. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Daniel Bowles)