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Strike team stays prepared, responds to real-world incident
April 14, 2009 — During the morning rush hour recently, Team Charleston members heard reports on local radio stations about a UPS Inc. distribution center being evacuated and the area being cordoned off because of a suspicious substance. It was around 7 a.m. when an employee in the Summerville center reported a suspicious substance in a shipping container and was... MORE

Records play vital role in Air Force activities
April 13, 2009 — Official records include items such as official papers, letters, messages, reports, forms, additional duty books, continuity books, log books, documentary material, e-mail messages, electronic files, maps, machine readable material and photographs, just to name a few. Records play a vital role in managing and operating Air Force activities. ... MORE

Dignified transfer ... honorable mission
April 13, 2009 — Charleston C-17 aircrews are used to transporting cargo to and from the Middle East to support the warfighter; however, on April 7 an aircrew here had the most precious of cargo on board, the remains of a fallen hero. Army Spc. Israel Candelaria Mejias, 1st Battalion, 2nd Infantry Regiment in Task Force 3rd Battalion, 66th Armor Regiment, 172nd... MORE

Members of the 14th Airlift Squadron and the Army wait to render honor to the body of Spc. Israel Candelaria Mejias at Dover AFB., Del., April 7. The 14 AS crew was tasked with bring the remains of Specialist Mejias back to the U.S. where his body was prepared by the Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operation Center for final travel to San Lorenzo, Puerto Rico. (Photos by Leo Shane III. Used with permission from the Stars and Stripes. © 2009 Stars and Stripes)

PCS in-processing vouchers go paperless
April 13, 2009 — The days of waiting weeks to complete a permanent change of station in-processing voucher for active-duty Air Force members will soon become a thing of the past. The Permanent Change of Station In-Processing System has started deploying to the Air Force, and is now available at Charleston AFB. PIPS offers a secure, paperless way to submit PCS... MORE

News briefs
April 9, 2009 — To submit information for news briefs, send an e-mail to airlift.dispatch@charleston.af.mil with subject NEWS BRIEFS. Submissions must be received no later than close of business Friday the week before publication. Spotlight Retirement: The 437th Medical Group will host a retirement ceremony for Master Sgt. Kevin Baker April 17 at 2:30 p.m. in the... MORE

29,000 remain unregistered in DBIDS
April 8, 2009 — The section chief of plans and programs with the 437th Security Forces Squadron here released an update April 2 on the base's transition to the Defense Biometric Identification System. More than 5,800 members of the Charleston AFB community have registered in DBIDS, and an estimated 29,000 remain unregistered, said Bob Trout, the base's DBIDS... MORE

Army Sgt. Maj. Roger Dangerfield has his fingerprint scanned into the Defense Biometric Identification System at the visitor's center on Charleston AFB April 6. Several pieces of information are obtained from individuals for DBIDS including pictures and fingerprints for additional means of identification. Sergeant Dangerfield is with the 218th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade and Ms. Garret is a security clerk with the 437th Security Forces Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Timothy Taylor)

2008 Visual Information Award winners
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Photos, such as this one of Marine Lance Cpl. Brett Herman from the 3rd Low Altitude Air Defense Battalion, Camp Pendleton, Calif., break dancing in Djibouti helped Technical Sgt. Jeremy Lock, 1st Combat Camera Squadron, win the Military Photographer of the Year award for the fourth time in his career. Master Sgt. Andrew Dunaway and Staff Sgt. Manuel Martinez, both from 1 CTCS, were the first and second runners up in the Photographer of the Year category. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Tech. Sgt. Jeremy Lock)

New duty status program in effect
April 8, 2009 — The 437th Force Support Squadron has developed an application to assist unit commanders in the daily involvement and integrity of our Airmen accountability program. To ensure an effective duty status reporting program is used at Charleston, effective April 13, all Team Charleston Airmen who are notified of a temporary duty, local or regular, are... MORE

News briefs
April 8, 2009 — To submit information for news briefs, send an e-mail to airlift.dispatch@charleston.af.mil with subject NEWS BRIEFS. Submissions must be received no later than close of business Friday the week before publication. Spotlight Retirement: The 437th Medical Group will host a retirement ceremony for Master Sgt. Kevin Baker April 17 at 2:30 p.m. in the... MORE

Warrior of the Week: Senior Airman Kyle Simpson
April 8, 2009 — Senior Airman Kyle Simpson is a member of the 17th Airlift Squadron and has been stationed at Charleston AFB for about a year-and-a-half. He was recently deployed to Southwest Asia as an aircraft loadmaster apprentice with the 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron. Airman Simpson's responsibilities included supervising the loading and unloading of... MORE