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  • 315th Announces Annual Award Winners CY2011

    The selection boards for the Airman, Noncommissioned Officer, Senior Noncommissioned Officer, Company Grade Officer, Field Grade Officer, First Sergeant and Civilian of the Year, calendar year 2011 selected the following winners:Airman of the Year - Senior Airman Michael Mothena, 317th Airlift

  • Defense bill authorizes pay raise and new mobilization rules

    When President Barack Obama signed the 2012 National Defense Authorization Act on Dec. 31, 2011, he enacted new laws on military pay and mobilization. These laws start the New Year with the Defense Appropriation Bill that the president signed on Dec. 23, which provides $5.2 billion for the Air Force

  • Changes to 315th Computer Support

    315th Airlift Wing Computer Support has been tasked by AFRC and AF directives to implement a Communications Focal Point (CFP) for the wing. This means that all communications functions will be consolidated to a central location within the 315th Force Support Squadron. At this time, the consolidation

  • Rules restrict political activity by DOD personnel

     With election activity steadily picking up, defense officials are in the process of issuing regular election-year guidance to remind military and Defense Department civilians that they're subject to rules regulating their involvement in political activities.This issue -- one the department

  • Make dental health part of your New Year's Resolution

    Col. Christopher Lentz, commander 315th Airlift Wing Aeromedical Squadron, Joint Base Charleston, S.C., encourages each Reservist to make dental health part of  their New Year's resolution. The 315th Dental Services has gathered a collection of important information and websites members can utilize

  • Lt. Gen. Goldfein: An Iraq end-of-mission message

    As we enter the 2012 fighting season, I wanted to share what the final days in Iraq felt like here in the AOR [area of responsibility]. Many of us have spent the majority of our adult lives engaged in the campaigns to first free Kuwait, then contain Iraq and then free Iraq. For our Airmen, it is all

  • Charleston employer is presented with ESGR award

    Col. Steven Chapman, commander of the 315th Airlift Wing, presents Suzanne Wallace, director of sales for the Charleston Area Convention and Visitors Bureau, with the Patriot Employer Award from the Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve. Ms. Wallace was selected for the award after being

  • Wing selects AMXS civilian for 4th award

    The selection boards for Civilian of the Quarter selected Mr. Brandon Bozeman 315th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron for 4th quarter (October to December 2011)."I would like to extend my congratulations to Mr. Bozeman whowas chosen for his outstanding achievements in the representation of the 315th

  • Airmen, mini C-17 support AF Falcons

    Despite frigid temperatures and a winter rainstorm stretching from Joint Base Charleston, S.C. to Washington, D.C., nothing was going to stop the mini C-17 Globemaster III and its team from their mission at the 2011 Military Bowl at Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium Wednesday Dec. 28. Reservists

  • Travis Chief selected for top Reserve enlisted job

    Chief Master Sgt. Kathleen R. Buckner, the 349th Air Mobility Wing command chief master sergeant, was selected for the Air Force Reserve Command's top enlisted position. Lt. Gen. Charles E. Stenner, Jr., chief of the Air Force Reserve and AFRC commander, Robins Air Force Base, Ga., made the