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  • Sumter Mayor teaches leadership to Shaw Airmen

    Sumter Mayor Joseph McElveen Jr., spoke to Shaw Airmen about leadership and Airmen also watched a performance by the U.S. Air Force Honor Guard Drill Team here, March 15.The event kick started Leadership Friday, which will be held once a quarter on Fridays and will be open to Team Shaw members. Each

  • C.W. Bill Young DoD marrow donor registration kick off

    The C.W. Bill Young Department of Defense marrow program officially kicked off at the deployment processing center here March 18. The program was created so active-duty service members, National Guardsmen, Reservists, DOD employees, dependents and retirees may register to donate bone marrow or stem

  • Team Shaw cleans up Wateree Recreational Area

    About 200 Teams Shaw members scoured the Shaw Wateree Recreation Area on their fourth annual beautification day near Camden, S.C., March 16. Volunteers came out to Shaw's lakeside site to rake, trim, paint, pick up litter and maintain landscaping.The Wateree Recreation Area is composed of 25 acres

  • Shaw celebrates St. Patrick's Day with 5km race

    Team Shaw celebrated St. Patrick's Day with a 5km run here March 15. The 20th Force Support Squadron holds the annual 3-mile run, where service members are encouraged to show their spirit and wear green in celebration of the Irish holiday. More than 250 people attended the race.

  • Despite TA cuts, education continues

    March 11 at 5 p.m., marked the date and time that the Air Force officially cut tuition assistance for its active-duty Airmen. While Airmen have previously been able to make use of up to 100 percent tuition assistance coverage, the program has been cut until the end of the fiscal year. However, other

  • Load crew trains for perfection

    Airmen from the 20th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron here honed their craft by loading and unloading munitions onto F-16 Fighting Falcons, March 7. The process for loading and unloading ammunitions ranges in between 60 and 150 steps. The crews trains for every new base they go to, so the know the

  • Team Shaw members ride for a cause

    At 10 a.m. on March 9, the Palmetto Health Children's Hospital conducted the 3rd Annual Bear Crawl, a motorcycle rally fundraiser, at the Beacon Theater in Sumter.All donations, both monetary and gifts, went to children who have the childhood cancer Hepatoblastoma, a malignant tumor primarily in the