Adopt-a-Street Program

U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Suzanne Talbert, 20th Mission Support Group superintendent, poses with Senior Airman Michael Blackmon, Rising 4 president, Tech. Sgt. Darius Harper, 5/6 president, Master Sgt. Emilia Martin, Top 3 vice president, and Senior Master Sgt. Frank Graziano, Air Force Sergeants Association Chapter 377 president, during the Adopt-a-Street kickoff, Shaw Air Force Base, S.C., March 11, 2013. Leaders from the private organizations that volunteer to help will sign a contract pledging to maintain a street or location. Talbert is responsible for rallying the organizations together in an effort to keep Shaw clean. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Amber E. N. Jacobs/Released)

Shirt Symposium

An office of Special Investigations agent demonstrates how to recognize marijuana being burned for NCOs interested in becoming first sergeants during a first sergeants' symposium at Shaw Air Force Base, S.C., March 7, 2013. The symposium is for NCOs who are interested in becoming a first sergeant. They learned the duties that are associated with the job, received advice, as well as asked questions. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Tabatha Zarrella/Released)

Shirt Symposium

U.S. Air Force Col. Clay Hall, 20th Fighter Wing commander, speaks to NCOs during a first sergeants' symposium about what he would expect from them if they became first sergeants, Shaw Air Force Base, S.C., March 7, 2013. The symposium was for NCOs who are interested in becoming a first sergeant. They learned the duties that are associated with the job, received advice, as well as asked questions. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Tabatha Zarrella/Released)

Shirt Symposium

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Melissa Wheeler, 20th Equipment Maintenance Squadron first sergeant, shows Team Shaw NCOs the required steps for an Article 15 during a first sergeants' symposium, Shaw Air Force Base, S.C., March 7, 2013. The symposium is for NCOs who are interested in becoming a first sergeant. They learned the duties that are associated with the job, receive advice, as well as asked questions. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Tabatha Zarrella/Released)

Read Across America Day

Maj. Gen. Lawrence Wells, and his wife Kathy Wells read “Muddypaws,” by Moria Butterfield, to a group of second graders March 1 at Shaw Heights Elementary School in honor of Read Across America Day. General Wells, 9th Air Force commander, Shaw Air Force Base, S.C., and Mrs. Wells enjoy periodically reading to school children throughout the year. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Staff Sgt. Amanda Currier)

DOD Marrow Program

U.S. Air Force Capt. Neal Wendt, 609th Air Communications Squadron director of operations, gives a thumbs-up while standing next to the machine that is separating his stem cells during the procedure for the C.W. Bill Young Department of Defense marrow donor program at Fairfax Pathology Associates in Fairfax, Va., Nov. 7, 2012. About 30,000 children and adults are diagnosed each year with fatal blood diseases. The C.W. Bill Young Department of Defense program created a marrow donor program in which active-duty service members, National Guardsmen, Reservists, DOD employees, dependents and retirees may register to save military and civilian lives. (Courtesy photo)