Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Swaim, 560th Rapid Engineer Deployable, Heavy Operational Repair Squadron commander, honors Brig. Gen. Tom Meredith, during a memorial ceremony Feb. 27, 2013, at Joint Base Charleston – Air Base, S.C. Meredith founded the RED HORSE unit, and was the first commander of the active-duty RED HORSE unit when it was established to train RED HORSE Airmen for service in Vietnam in 1967.

Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Swaim, 560th Rapid Engineer Deployable, Heavy Operational Repair Squadron commander, remembers Brig. Gen. Tom Meredith, during a memorial ceremony Feb. 27, 2013, at Joint Base Charleston – Air Base, S.C. Meredith founded the RED HORSE unit, and was the first commander of the active-duty RED HORSE unit when it was established to train RED HORSE Airmen for service in Vietnam in 1967.

Airman 1st Class Jonathan Liebherr, 560th Rapid Engineer Deployable, Heavy Operational Repair Squadron airfields apprentice, and Senior Airman Juan Moreno, 560th RED HORSE structures apprentice, lay a wreath by "Charging Charlie" during the memorial ceremony in honor of Brig. Gen. Tom Meredith Feb. 27, 2013, at Joint Base Charleston – Air Base, S.C. Meredith founded the RED HORSE unit, and was the first commander of the active-duty RED HORSE unit when it was established to train RED HORSE Airmen for service in Vietnam in 1967.

Lt. Col. Joseph Swaim, 560th Rapid Engineer Deployable, Heavy Operational Repair Squadron commander, along with other Joint Base Charleston – Air Base Airmen salute as Taps plays during a memorial ceremony in honor of Brig. Gen. Tom Meredith Feb. 27, 2013, at JB Charleston, S.C. Meredith founded the RED HORSE unit, and was the first commander of the active-duty RED HORSE unit when it was established to train RED HORSE Airmen for service in Vietnam in 1967.