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  • Year of the Air Force Family

    July 2009 to July 2010 was announced as the "Year of the Air Force Family," earlier this year by Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz and Secretary of the Air Force Michael Donley. It's to be a year-long focus on Air Force programs highlighting the importance and dedication to the entire

  • Experts to answer H1N1 questions online

    Military Health System experts will host a Web-based town hall-style meeting from 3 to 4 p.m. EST Nov. 10 to respond to questions about H1N1 influenza. Military members, their families, health-care providers and Defense Department civilians may submit questions starting Nov. 2, using the comments

  • Shaw's newest chief master sergeants

    These senior master sergeants from Shaw have been selected for promotion to chief master sergeant, according to 20th Force Support Squadron personnel officials: James BomboyCullen Combs, III Robert HavermannJames SlisikBruce SmallsBaird Stiefel

  • Air Force advisor resuscitates Iraqi life support

    One Airman deployed from Shaw Air Force Base, S.C., advises four Iraqi life support airmen, making sure they skillfully maintain survival vests, body armor, crash helmets and night vision goggles for more than 200 Iraqi helicopter air crew members. In addition to advising, Tech. Sgt. Kyle

  • 20th FW gearing up for exercise Nov. 30 to Dec. 4

    Phase I Operational Readiness Exercise Sea Lion 10-01 will start Nov. 30 and end Dec. 4, the first exercise of its kind since Oct. 2008. Once the exercise order to deploy is dropped, the ORE will allow the base to practice deployment procedures as if it had received a real-world tasking. During the

  • New cell phone restrictions for drivers

    Drivers on any military installation, and operators of government-owned, leased or rented vehicles on or off an Air Force installation, may not use cell phones while the vehicle is in operation except when using a hands-free device or hands-free operating mode, according to the updated Air Force

  • Shaw air traffic system passes inspection with zero write-ups

    Shaw was inspected by Air Combat Command in the Air Traffic System Evaluation Program recently and team Shaw passed with flying colors. "We had zero observations!" said Capt. Christopher Smith, 20th Operations Support Squadron airfield operations flight commander. "An observation is the most serious

  • 20th FSS Airman receives Culinary Excellence Award

    Senior Airman Tamie Murdock, 20th Force Support Squadron food service specialist, was recognized as a top performer while stationed at Misawa Air Force Base, Japan, with the 35th FSS. The recognition earned her the opportunity to attend the Culinary Institute of America Greystone Campus in Napa

  • Engineer from Shaw helps keep Afghan roads safe for travel

    "Roads bring people. People bring business and business improves life for everyone." These words, spoken in 2006 by Canadian Brig. Gen. Daniel Pepin, then the deputy general for reconstruction projects in Afghanistan, have proven prophetic, as, three years later, the ability to move vehicles and