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Warrior of the Week: Staff Sgt. Butch Reinhart
June 20, 2007 — Staff Sgt. Butch Reinhart is a fuels distribution supervisor for the 437th Logistics Readiness Squadron Fuels Management Flight and has been stationed at Charleston AFB for nine years. As a fuels distribution supervisor he coordinates the safe delivery of jet fuels to 51 assigned C-17s. He also coordinates with the aircraft maintenance and fuels... MORE

Justice files
June 20, 2007 — Members of Charleston AFB received the following Non-Judicial Punishments under Article 15 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice during May. The maximum punishment under Article 15 depends on the rank of the member being offered the Article 15 and the rank of the officer imposing punishment. If the commander finds a military member committed the... MORE

Airmen voice changes through lessons learned
June 20, 2007 — The Air Force Office of Lessons Learned, also known as AF/A9L, was started after a study in 2004 that concluded most lessons learned from the Global War on Terrorism are actually lessons that were learned at least once before. General John Handy, former United States Transportation Command commander, asked after reviewing the study, "What do we do... MORE

Top-performing Airmen selected for promotion
June 14, 2007 — Thursday, 61 Charleston Airmen were selected for promotion to master sergeant and 95 were selected for technical sergeant. This year, 24,115 Airmen were eligible for promotion to master sergeant, and 6,002 were selected -- an Air Force wide selection percentage rate of 24.89 percent. The Air Mobility Command rate was 25.13 percent and the base rate... MORE

Staff Sgt. Michael Gause, 437th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron aircraft hydraulics journeyman, is shocked as he is informed by Maj. Brad Tannehill, 437 AMXS commander, of his selction for promotion to technical sergeant in the Nose Dock 2 hangar Thursday. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Nicholas Pilch)

Children learn swimming skills at base pool
June 14, 2007 — MORE

Kayla Kolua, 7, shows her swim instructor, Josh Noble, how well she knows how to swim at the base pool June 12. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Staff Sgt. April Quintanilla)

Airmen in Action
June 13, 2007 — MORE

Staff Sgt. Eugene Martin, 437th Services Squadron services craftsman, prepares the evening meal at Charleston AFB's Gaylor Dining Facility June 13.(U.S. Air Force photo/ Capt. Amy Hutchisson)

Charleston's Airmen make a difference AMC wide
June 13, 2007 — Charleston transformed the way Air Mobility Command did business May 1. One of Charleston's charter initiatives was to scrutinize our primary mission -- launching C-17s. During the initial implementation of the Sequence of Events initiative, the team's objective was to reduce the time required by aircrew members to prepare for C-17 missions by... MORE

News briefs
June 13, 2007 — Spotlight Wing change of command: Col. Glen Joerger will relinquish command of the 437th Airlift Wing to Col. John Millander June 25 at 10 a.m. in Nose Dock 2, building 578. The change of command will be followed by Colonel Joerger's retirement ceremony with a reception immediately following in the Charleston Club. For more information, call the... MORE

New C-17 checklist reduces redundancies
June 13, 2007 — Team Charleston has once again made its mark in the C-17 community by reducing wasted motion and time in the preflight sequence of events. A Charleston AFB team has figured out a way to shorten C-17 preflight time by one hour and 30 minutes by focusing on reducing redundancies and eliminating overlap during the aircraft preflight procedures. The... MORE