Col. Don Shaffer joins retired Maj.Gen. James Livingston, a Medal of Honor recipient, for a chat before the start of a Charleston RiverDogs baseball game during military appreciation night Aug. 26 at Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park in Charleston. Colonel Shaffer is the 437th Airlift Wing vice commander and General Livingston is a retired member of the Marine Corps.(U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Katie Gieratz)

Col. Don Shaffer winds up to throw out the first pitch at the start of a Charleston RiverDogs game at Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park Aug. 26. The RiverDogs traditionally hold two military appreciation nights during the year, with the first one being in May in support of Military Appreciation Month and the second in August. Colonel Shaffer is the 437th Airlift Wing vice commander. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Katie Gieratz)

Members of the Charleston AFB honor guard post the colors on the field at Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park before the start of a Charleston RiverDogs baseball game Aug. 26. The base honor guard regularly performs details in the Charleston area demonstrating Air Force patriotism, professionalism and military bearing throughout the community. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Katie Gieratz)

Hospital Corpsman Christian Ross sings the national anthem at the Charleston RiverDogs baseball game Aug. 26 at Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park during the second military appreciation night held by the team in 2009. The RiverDogs are a Class-A affiliate of the New York Yankees and have celebrated more than ten years of baseball action in "The Joe." Corpsman Ross is with the Charleston Naval Health Clinic. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Katie Gieratz)

A team of Marines render salutes during the singing of the national anthem at a Charleston RiverDogs baseball at Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park during the military appreciation night Aug. 26. The military appreciation night was free for all military and Department of Defense identification card holders and their families. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Katie Gieratz)