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Warrior of the Week: Staff Sgt. Matthew Taylor
March 11, 2009 — Staff Sgt. Matthew Taylor is a member of the 437th Maintenance Operations Squadron and has been stationed at Charleston AFB for more than nine years. He recently returned from a deployment to Southwest Asia where he served in the 8th Expeditionary Air Mobility Squadron. While deployed, he worked as a senior maintenance operations center controller... MORE

Training for excellence
March 11, 2009 — MORE

Staff Sgt. Mike Cote checks the military identification card of an Airman entering Charleston AFB, March 11. The base held an exercise to practice for possible real-world events and to also prepare for the upcoming emergency management inspection during the base’s unit compliance inspection in May. Sergeant Cote is a patrolman with the 437th Security Forces Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Timothy Taylor)

AFPC announces major selects
March 11, 2009 — The Air Force recently selected 24 Team Charleston captains for promotion to major. Additionally, seven of the 24 were selected for intermediate developmental education. 14th Airlift Squadron: Francisco Flores, Kathleen Hasson (IDE) and Michele Lobianco (IDE) 14th Weather Squadron: Kristopher Kripchak and Robert Tournay 15th Airlift Squadron: Jeff... MORE

Base children 'deploy' to Madagascar
March 10, 2009 — More than 40 children from Charleston AFB took part in the fifth annual mock deployment line March 7 to experience first hand what their parents go through when preparing to deploy. The operation, dubbed "Operation Save the Lemurs," gave military children a taste of what it's like to prepare for a deployment in support of military operations around... MORE

Zayra Alvarado gets her face painted at the children's deployment line here March 7. The children's deployment line is a program developed to help show children what their parents go through before they deploy downrange. Zayra is the 7-year-old daughter of Tech. Sgt. Angel Alvarado Rivera, assigned to the 437th Communications Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Timothy Taylor)

Springing toward a healthy lifestyle
March 10, 2009 — MORE

Team Charleston Airmen start the Commander's Fitness Challenge 5,000-meter run on Charleston AFB March 6. More than 350 Airmen from various squadrons participated in the monthly challenge. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Marie Cassetty)

Congratulations to Team Charleston's newest senior master sergeant selects
March 6, 2009 — Fourteen Charleston Airmen were recently selected for promotion to the rank of senior master sergeant: 1st Combat Camera Squadron: Master Sgts. Jamie Chapman and Allan Perry 14th Airlift Squadron: Master Sgt. Justin Strain 437th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron: Master Sgts. David Charls and Jeffrey Miley 437th Logistics Readiness Squadron: Master... MORE

Tracking changes
March 5, 2009 — MORE

Senior Airman Allen Russo updates the plot board in the 437th Security Forces Squadron here March 4. The plot board is updated six times a day to show aircraft location for security purposes. Airman Russo is a patrolman assigned to the 437 SFS.

LRS 2 vs. Army National Guard
March 4, 2009 — MORE

Michael McHoney dribbles through defenders as he penetrates to the hoop during an intramural basketball game at the Fitness and Sports Center here
March 3. The Army National Guard team defeated the Logistics Readiness Squadron 45-37. McHoney is with the Army National Guard in Charleston, South Carolina. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Timothy Taylor)

Take-out service reinstated
March 4, 2009 — MORE

Airman 1st Class Crystal Housman gets take-out at the dining facility here March 4. The newly reinstated take-out service provides Airmen another option when they do not have time to eat at the dining facility. Airman Houseman is with the 437th Comptroller Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Timothy Taylor)

Team Charleston receives thier newest C-17
March 4, 2009 — MORE

Brig. Gen. Kenneth Merchant delivers Charleston AFB's newest C-17 March 3. The P-184 C-17 is the fourth of 10 new aircraft Charleston AFB is scheduled to receive this year. General Merchant is the director of logistics for Air Mobility Command. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Marie Cassetty)