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  • All services surpass recruiting, retention goals

    The Department of Defense announced today its recruiting and retention statistics for active and reserve components for October 2009. All four services met or exceeded their recruiting goals for active duty recruiting October 2009. The Air Force had 2,198 accessions, making 100 percent of its 2,198

  • New cyberspace career field

    Air Force officials here converted more than 43,000 total force enlisted Airmen from former communications career fields to cyberspace support Nov. 1. The new Air Force specialty is made up of three former career fields: communications-electronics, 2EXXX; knowledge operations management, 3AXXX; and

  • Military Spouses Residency Relief Act awaits the President's approval

    The U.S. House of Representatives this week passed and sent to the President the Military Spouses Residency Relief Act (S. 475). The bill, co-sponsored by Rep. John Spratt (D-S.C.), gives military spouses the ability to keep or change residency when they move from station to station, as is done for

  • Airmens' voices heard by Rising IV

    From airman basic to senior airman, there is a group on base where your voice can be heard. The group is the Rising IV, and they are currently looking for max participation from all Shaw Airmen. "The Rising IV is a private organization lead by the Airmen of Shaw Air Force Base. Many Airmen either

  • 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