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  • Traveling Vietnam Memorial Wall visits Sumter community

    The Vietnam Traveling Memorial Wall was dedicated to the Sumter community at Swan Lake Iris Gardens, May 24, in front of approximately 300 veterans and citizens from the local community and surrounding counties.The traveling wall is a scale replica of the original Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall in

  • Veterans construct traveling wall to honor fallen heroes

    U.S. Air Force Airmen from Shaw Air Force Base and volunteers from the local community helped build the traveling Vietnam Wall memorial at Swan Lake in Sumter, May 23, 2013. The traveling memorial wall is a three-fifths scale replica of the Vietnam Memorial in Washington, D.C. The wall stands as a

  • Shaw honors National Police Week

    Police departments in every state honored law enforcement officers who have served and died in the line of duty during National Police Week, May 13 to May 17. Here at Shaw there was no exception. On May 15, in honor of those men and women, the flags across Shaw were flown at half staff."National

  • Shaw chapel team hosts MarriageCare retreat 2013

    MarriageCare 2013, hosted by the Shaw Chapel team, took place in Charleston, S.C., to help equip couples with tools to improve their marriage.The goal of this event, and expectations for couples, was to strengthen their marriage, bond with one another, promote positive growth and change and also

  • Team Shaw takes fitness to the max

    Not only Airmen, but all Team Shaw members need to stay safe and healthy during the upcoming months of summer, and being fit plays a role in this process. One of the four pillars of Airman resiliency (spiritual, physical, emotional, and social) advocates being physically healthy, which experts say

  • Chief Master Sgt. Robert Benton retires

    U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Robert Benton retires after more than 30 years of military service here, May 16. Benton originally enlisted in the U.S. Army in June 1982, and three years later enlisted in the Air Force. Throughout his career, he provided deployment support for Operation Desert

  • Shaw firefighters prepare for heat

    U. S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the 20th Civil Engineer squadron fire department practiced ladder climbs here, May 16.  The firefighters train weekly on structural firefighting, aircraft firefighting, hazardous materials, rescue operations including confined space and also vehicle extrication.