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Officials release facts about new GI Bill
July 28, 2008 — Department of Defense and Veterans Affairs officials are working out the details of a new education benefit recently approved by Congress that goes into effect August 1, 2009. "The absolute most important part of the new GI Bill is that none of it takes effect until next year," said Rita Hughson, the chief of education and training at Bolling AFB,... MORE

Charleston Airmen prep for operational readiness inspection
July 23, 2008 — Almost 500 Airmen from the 437th and 315th Airlift Wings participated in a week-long mobility exercise that began July 20 to test Team Charleston's ability to provide global airlift in support of U.S. and allied military operations around the world. Exercise "Operation Crisis Look 08-07," simulated Charleston Airmen deploying from Charleston AFB to... MORE

Tech. Sgt. Nina Murphy briefs Team Charleston Airmen after their arrival at a "deployed" location July 22. Nearly 500 Airmen participated in Charleston's last exercise before the Air Mobility Command operational readiness inspection. Sergeant Murphy is a personnelist with the 437th Force Support Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Timothy Taylor)

Charleston youths combine with Navy to swim as FAST
July 23, 2008 — MORE

A child from the 2008 Coastal Carolina Aquatics Association swimming championship competes in the girls 50-meter freestyle event at the Jewish Community Center, Charleston, S.C., July 20. More than 100 children participated in the meet, to include Charleston AFB youths who were part of the Federal Armed Services Team. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Timothy Taylor)

Cargo upload
July 23, 2008 — MORE

KIRKUK REGIONAL AIR BASE, IRAQ -- Staff Sergeant Shain Brower, 506th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron Air Freight Loader, uses a 60k aircraft loader to upload a T-3 trailer onto a C-17 July 18. The 13,000-pound trailer was part of the 47,000 pounds loaded on the C-17. The 506 ELRS loads and unloads nearly 490,000 pounds of cargo a week onto military aircrafts. Sergeant Brower is deployed from Charleston Air Force Base, S.C. and calls Middleville, Michigan home. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Randi Flaugh)

DOD officials select new government travel card
July 23, 2008 — Department of Defense officials announced the selection of Citibank to provide travel charge card services for its members under the General Services Administration's umbrella SmartPay® 2 master contract recently. The new official travel cards will be activated Nov. 30. DOD currently has 1.2 million card holders who accounted for 61 percent of... MORE

Warrior of the Week: Senior Airman Maria Proaño
July 23, 2008 — Senior Airman Maria Proano is a member of the 437th Comptroller Squadron and has been stationed at Charleston AFB for three years. She recently returned from a deployment to Southwest Asia where she served as a financial management analyst with the 379th Expeditionary Comptroller Squadron. As a financial management analyst, her duties included... MORE

Warrior of the Week: Senior Airman Maria Proa?o

Senate committee reviews Air Force nominees
July 23, 2008 — Senate Armed Services Committee members presented a number of questions and challenges to Air Force civilian and military leader nominees July 22 on Capitol Hill. Michael Donley, the acting secretary of the Air Force, and Gen. Norton Schwartz, nominated to become the next chief of staff of the Air Force, presented their vision for leading the... MORE

437 APS welcomes new ‘Port Dawg’
July 23, 2008 — The 437th Aerial Port Squadron welcomed a new commander during a change of command ceremony here July 18. Lt. Col. Robert Neal, former Joint Mobility Operations Officer and Sustainment Branch chief of operations and plans directorate, U.S. Transportation Command, Scott AFB, Ill., replaced Lt. Col. John Pepin. Colonel Pepin will go on to be a... MORE

German general learns C-17 capabalities during visit
July 23, 2008 — MORE

Staff Sgt. Jeff Harmon briefs German Generalmajor Ahrens Hans-Werner about a C-17 on the Charleston AFB flightline July 21. The German general visited Charleston AFB for an orientation of the C-17 and to gain greater knowledge of the capabilities of the aircraft. Sergeant Harmon is a loadmaster with the 14 Airlift Squadron, General Hans-Werner is the commander of the German Air Force Air Transport Command. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Katie Gieratz)

Donley pledges to restore Air Force’s reputation, credibility
July 22, 2008 — The acting secretary of the Air Force told Capitol Hill legislators during a confirmation hearing here July 23 that he'll work to restore the Air Force's reputation for excellence. Michael Donley told the Senate Armed Services Committee that he'll work to re-establish national confidence in the Air Force in the wake of missteps in the handling of... MORE