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Warrior of the week: Airman 1st Class Stephen McFate
September 4, 2007 — Airman 1st Class Stephen McFate is an aerospace maintenance journeyman with the 437th Maintenance Squadron and has been stationed at Charleston AFB since December 2005. As an aerospace maintenance journeyman assigned to the wheel and tire shop, he is responsible for rebuilding tires sent to the shop by the C-17 flight maintenance crews. He inspects... MORE

Team Charleston receives award for helping local school
August 22, 2007 — Team Charleston's was presented an award by Charleston County Wednesday for stepping up and volunteering more than 500 hours to help the students of a local school improve their basic studies and behavior. During the 2006 school year, Hunley Park Elementary asked the base for volunteers to come help their students with reading and math or for... MORE

Michael Ard, Hunley Elementary school principal, presents 1st. Lt. Stephen Held, 437th Civil Engineer Squadron Network Control Center crew commander, an award for community service during the wing staff meeting Wednesday. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Airman 1st Class Cynthia Spalding)

Team Charleston names CDC for past commander
August 22, 2007 — Team Charleston commemorated a former wing commander by naming the base's child development center in his honor Aug. 17. The Brigadier General Thomas R. Mokolajcik Child Development Center was named for the retired general who commanded Charleston AFB from 1991 to 1994. He later retired from the Air Force after holding a position at Headquarters... MORE

Retired Brig. Gen. Tom Mikolajcik waits as children from the child development center pass by in preparation for a song on his behalf during the dedication ceremony Aug. 17. General Mikolajcik has dedicated years of service to the Charleston AFB families. (U.S. Air Force photo/James Bowman)

315 AES ready at moment's notice for Hurricane Dean
August 22, 2007 — Seventeen Reservists from the 315th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron answered a call to duty on Sunday and were deployed to Lackland AFB, Texas, to stand at the ready for looming evacuations caused by Hurricane Dean. The 17 Reservists, carrying more than 600 pounds of medical and life support equipment, deployed literally at a moment's notice, with... MORE

Charleston hosts transport of MRAPs
August 21, 2007 — Charleston AFB and Dover AFB members came together to load Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles onto a C-5 Galaxy at Charleston AFB Aug. 16. Teamed together, it took the Airmen less than four hours to load the aircraft, strap down the MRAPs, refuel the plane and take off. A C-5, under the authority of the Air Mobility Command, is the largest... MORE

Charleston AFB and Dover AFB members load Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles onto a C-5 Galaxy assigned to the 436th Air Wing, Dover, Air Force Base (AFB), Del. at Charleston AFB, S.C., Aug. 16, 2007. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Staff Sgt. April Quintanilla)

Team Charleston has programs to prevent illegal dumping
August 16, 2007 — Team Charleston has alternate solutions for people who are dumping items illegally on base. Members are using central recycling drop-off points to dispose of bulk items such as mattresses, furniture, electronic equipment, computers, carpet, dryers, used oil and many other items. However, in doing so, members are violating South Carolina Laws and... MORE

Areas on base where illegal dumping is occurring will be surveyed more regularly. Charleston AFB has several programs readily available for Airmen to prevent these occurrences.

0-0-1-3 is staying alive to keep you alive, well
August 8, 2007 — False rumors are being spread around Charleston AFB recently about 0-0-1-3 being "dead." 0-0-1-3 is a program that will live on at Charleston AFB years after it was first implemented by F.E. Warren AFB, Wyo. "I just came back from a temporary duty assignment with a lot of Air Force-level Alcohol and Drug Prevention Treatment leaders and they talked... MORE

Charleston holds exercise similar to Virginia Tech incident
August 8, 2007 — Charleston AFB held a simulated emergency base-wide exercise, which was compared to the incident that occurred at Virginia Tech earlier this year, from approximately noon to 2 p.m. Aug. 1. The objective of a base-wide exercise is to test the initial and tactical response of the base in the event of an emergency. "The base as a whole did very well... MORE

Staff Sgt. Louis Wall, 437th Civil Engineer Squadron emergency management apprentice, plays dead on the floor as others wait as hostages in the 437th Civil Engineer Squadron readiness flight building on base Aug. 1. Team Charleston participated in a base-wide exercise that simulated an emergency scenario similar to what happened at Virginia Tech. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Nicholas Pilch)

Team Charleston welcomes new squadron commander
August 8, 2007 — The 437th Contracting Squadron welcomed a new commander during a change of command ceremony Tuesday in the Charleston Club. Maj. Edward Culbreth, who was a student at the National Defense Intelligence College, Defense Intelligence Agency at Bolling AFB, Washington, D.C., before being assigned here, replaced Lt. Col. Tara Morrison. Colonel... MORE

Maj. Edward Culbreth speaks after assuming command of the 437th Contracting Squadron from Lt. Col. Tara Morrison Aug. 7 in the Charelston Club. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Sam Hymas)

Charleston receives new equipment for pre-deployment training
August 2, 2007 — Airmen at Charleston AFB are working to bring the latest in technology and realism to the Expeditionary Combat Skills Training course here. It is the goal of the 437th Security Forces Squadron trainers to make sure every Charleston Airman who participates in the course is ready and confident to deploy and prepared for all likely situations. ECST is... MORE

Staff Sgt. Jeremy Thomas, 437th Security Forces Squadron expeditionary combat skills training instructor, loads his weapon with new Simunition amunition prior to dawning the new protective gear to test the equipment July 27 on Charleston AFB. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Staff Sgt. April Quintanilla)