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Charleston members celebrate Fire Prevention Week
October 10, 2007 — MORE

Staff Sgt. Darren Howe, 437th Civil Engineer Squadron firefighter, shows Isabel Briscoe, 5, daughter of Staff Sgt. Candice Kundle, how to spray the water hose from a fire truck at the Youth Programs Center Tuesday. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman Melissa White)

Airmen in Action: 437 APS
October 10, 2007 — MORE

Senior Airman David Marcum, 437th Aerial Port Squadron ramp services specialist, deployed to Southwest Asia with the 8th Expeditionary Air Mobility Squadron, uses light batons to guide a 10K all-terrain forklift laden with cargo heading to a 60K-loader for transfer to an awaiting C-17. (Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Greg Kunkle)

Military retirees and their families get the 411
October 10, 2007 — More than 300 retirees from the local area attended the Charleston AFB and Naval Weapons Station Charleston Military Retiree and Spouse Appreciation Day Saturday at the Charleston Club. The military retirees and their family members received up-to-date information from keynote speaker, Douglas Smith, Director of the Defense Accounting and Finance... MORE

Douglass Smith, Director of the Defense Accounting Finance Services, retired pay and annuities, gives a presentation to retirees on Saturday during the Charleston AFB and Naval Weapons Station Military Retiree and Spouse Appreciation Day. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Airman 1st Class Cynthia Spalding)

Charleston gets a kick out of youth soccer
October 10, 2007 — MORE

Gracen Moraux, 11, of the Moncks Corner Cosmos, gets ready to drill the ball past the Charleston AFB 11 to 12-yr-old team, Saturday on Charleston AFB. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Tech. Sgt. Paul Kilgallon)

Warrior of the week: Staff Sgt. Jim Holt
October 10, 2007 — Staff Sgt. Jim Holt is the NCO in charge of the Charleston Air Force Base Honor Guard and has been stationed here for five years. As the NCOIC for the base honor guard, he oversees the entire program involving more than 80 Airmen. He is responsible for maintaining the budget, recruiting Airmen, training and outfitting for the unit. Military funeral... MORE

News briefs
October 3, 2007 — Wing Fitness Challenge today: The following describes the planned activities for Commander's Fitness Challenge to be held at the softball fields near the static display by the Rivers Avenue gate. Kickball is the designated game: The game will be conducted tournament style with single elimination. Team composition: Each squadron will be permitted... MORE

C-17 Globemaster III at Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan
October 3, 2007 — MORE

A C-17 Globemaster III from Charleston Air Force Base, S.C., takes off from Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan, on Tuesday, July 4, while a C-130 Hercules from the Alaska Air National Guard waits to take the runway. Strategic and tactical airlift are the backbone of the logistics efforts for Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan. (U.S. Air Force photo/Maj. David Kurle)

Top III visits VA Hospital
October 3, 2007 — MORE

Senior Master Sgt. Curlie Alexander, 437th Logistics Readiness Squadron Top III member, meets with retired Army Staff Sgt. Jackie Wicks during the Top III's quarterly visit to the Charleston Veterans Administration Hospital in downtown Charleston. Monday. The Charleston AFB Top III collects donated health and comfort items from the base populace and brings them to veterans receiving treatment at the VA Hospital (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Paul Kilgallon)

Charleston Airmen merge life support, survival equipment
October 3, 2007 — Despite any differences, the Air Force has decided to merge two career fields because of their overlapping similarities as a lean initiative to save time, money and manpower. On July 1, survival equipment (2A7X4) and aircrew life support (1T1X1) Airmen merged. Both career fields on Charleston AFB and the entire Air Force will be merged into one Air... MORE

Airman 1st Class Francisco Quezada, 437th Operations Support Squadron aircrew flight equipment journeyman, places an emergency breathing device in a C-17 on Charleston AFB Tuesday. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman Melissa White)

Charleston youth soccer kicks off in rain
October 3, 2007 — MORE

Jacob LeCroy, 9, son of Tech. Sgt. William LeCroy, works his way through the Hannahan Battery team in the rain Oct. 2 on Charleston AFB. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Staff Sgt. April Quintanilla)