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March 18, 2008 — Spotlight Retirement: The 437th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron will host a retirement ceremony for Tech. Sgt. Brian Lauerman Friday at 1 p.m. in the upstairs auditorium of Building 72. For more information, contact Tech. Sgt. Larry Brown at 963-6125 Retirement: The 437th Airlift Wing will host a retirement ceremony for Master Sgt. Gloria Thompson... MORE

Warrior of the Week: Staff Sgt. Thomas Murphy
March 18, 2008 — Staff Sgt. Thomas Murphy is an aerospace ground equipment craftsman who recently returned to Charleston AFB from a deployment to Accra, Ghana, in Africa for presidential support. He has been stationed at Charleston AFB for a year and a half and is a member of the 437th Maintenance Squadron. While deployed or at home station, he is responsible for... MORE

Base children hunt for Easter eggs
March 18, 2008 — MORE

Brandon Feaster captures an egg during the Easter egg hunt at Youth Programs on base Saturday. Brandon is the 7-year-old son of Tech. Sgt. David Feaster. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Melissa White)

Commander's Action Line
March 17, 2008 — Action Line Message: Hi, this is Tech. Sgt. Adele Rosington from the 437th Medical Group. I wanted to put in a complaint for the Outdoor Recreation Center. I had booked a Manatee trip through the ORC for my family and had to cancel due to a short notice training temporary duty assignment, and the ORC does not want to refund me my $210 deposit and... MORE

1 CTCS Airmen dominate 2007 AF Media Contest
March 17, 2008 — MORE

Pinned down behind a building, a platoon of Soldiers from the Australian army wait for suppression fire and smoke before advancing further in Camp Raspberry June 26, 2007, during Exercise Talisman Saber 2007. Tech. Sgt. Jeremy Lock was named Air Force Photographer of the Year and also won 1st place Combat Photography with this photo in the 2007 Air Force Media Contest. Sergeant Lock is a combat photographer with the 1st Combat Camera Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Jeremy Lock)

Aerial porters receive advanced training
March 17, 2008 — Airmen in the air transportation career field, also known as "aerial porters," can advance their training and capabilities here through the U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center's Aerial Port Operations Course. Held approximately 12 times a year at either Fort Dix or an away location such as Charleston AFB or Travis AFB, Calif., the APOC is taught by... MORE

Students in the U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center's Aerial Port Operations Course work on their computers in the classroom Feb. 20 inside the center on Fort Dix, N.J. The course, taught by instructors in the center's Mobility Operations School Air Transportation Branch, teaches Airmen in the Air Force air transportation career field subject areas such as air freight, passenger service, air terminal operations and higher headquarters functions. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Scott T. Sturkol)

Charleston pilot, mother race together 8,000 miles apart
March 17, 2008 — Most people would never want to run a full marathon, but even fewer would think of running one in the desert with a dust storm looming. "Looks like I might have to run the whole 26 miles on a treadmill," 1st Lt. Jessica Lopez joked two days before the Los Angeles Marathon. "Last time I ran in a dust storm, it was miserable." She had been keeping an... MORE

1st Lt. Jessica Jessica Lopez trains for the L.A. Marathon from her deployed location Feb. 13 in Southwest Asia. After she received deployment orders and realized she would miss running the marathon stateside with her mother, Dawn, on March 2, the duo decided to run the marathon at the same time, 11 time zones apart. Lieutenant Lopez finished in 3:39. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Domonique Simmons)

News briefs
March 12, 2008 — Spotlight Retirement: The 437th Contracting Squadron will host a retirement ceremony for Master Sgt. Bernice Moragne today at 10 a.m. in Building 60. For more information, contact Senior Airman Jordan Gunn at 963-5178. Retirement: The 437th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron will host a retirement ceremony for Tech. Sgt. Robert Schafer today at 2 p.m... MORE

Local students celebrate Earth Day with Team Charleston
March 12, 2008 — MORE

Fifth-graders from Westview Elementary School in Goose Creek plant a tree during the Earth Day celebration on base Wednesday. More than 700 students came to the base's 12th Earth Day celebration. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Nicholas Pilch)

Charleston Airman leads basketball team to glory
March 12, 2008 — A Team Charleston Airman coached a base youth basketball team that finished second in the state at the 2008 South Carolina Athletic Programs State Tournament at the Sports and Fitness Center here Saturday. Senior Airman Charles Barbee, 437th Communications Squadron Official Mail Center information management journeyman, was the head coach for the... MORE

Tevin Wadley lays the ball up during the state championship game at the base gym Saturday. Tevin, the 16-year-old son of Lenelle Reid, plays on the Charleston AFB Blue youth basketball team. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Nicholas Pilch)