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  • Eighteen Days of Gratitude

    We are all familiar with the 15-week long Critical Days of Summer Safety Program. I would like to encourage the members of the 315th Airlift Wing to consider a shorter, similar commitment during November which I will call "The 18 days of Thanksgiving." I am writing this article on the Sunday of A

  • 315th Airlift Wing Spotlight

    Name:  Agustin R. CuevasRank:  Senior AirmanMilitary job: Favorite part of being in the Air Force Reserve:  Putting people in MOPP 4 while I watch.Biggest pet peeve:  It was not finding stuff where I left it.  Now, it's knowing that my favorite roller coaster at Seaside is now a water slide.Favorite

  • 81st APS chief receives leadership award

    81st Aerial Port Squadron air transportation manager Chief Master Sgt. Bradley Levander receives an award from 315th Airlift Wing commander Col. James Fontanella during commanders call Nov. 3, 2012 at the base theatre here on Joint Base Charleston, S.C. Levander was awarded for being the 2011 Air

  • 315 CATM implements new training

    Members of the 315th Airlift Wing participate in the new Air Force M4 Rifle Carbine Qualification Course here Saturday Nov. 3, 2012. The Air Force has toughened its firearms training with a mandatory three-level training course that combines basic firing positions with advanced tactical movements.

  • CES commander prepares pig for annual roast

    For the fourth consecutive year, Lt. Col. James C. Wood, commander of the 315th Civil Engineering Squadron, hosts a pig roast for his airmen here Saturday Nov. 3, 2012.The annual event provides an oppotunity for friends and family members of the flight to come together and celebrate the kick-off to

  • Autumn's here and it's time to Fall Back: Time Change Sunday is on the way!

    Daylight Saving Time will come to an end here this year Sunday, Nov. 4, at 2 a.m.. With an extra hour in the day, and winter just around the corner, it may be a good idea to take a look around the home and make sure things are in order.As you go through the house resetting clocks to Eastern Standard

  • Reservists can carry leave balance after training tours

    In a "one-step-at-a-time" approach, Air Force officials have a new program for reservists to save and carryover leave time from year to year beginning Nov. 1.Reservists performing duty under the Reserve Personnel Appropriation or RPA orders may now "save" their leave for future use. Prior to this

  • New AFRC Mobile App Focuses to Improve Resiliency among Airmen

    As part of the Wingman Toolkit outreach effort, the Air Force Reserve Command launched a mobile app on October 30 that gives Airmen the tools necessary to bring balance to their busy, stressful lives. The Wingman Toolkit provides Airman and families with access to useful information and resources to

  • Air Force Reserve's "Hurricane Hunters" track Sandy

    While Hurricane Sandy was setting her sights on a collision course with the Northeast coast, the world famous "Hurricane Hunters" from the Air Force Reserve's 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron were flying inside the massive storm, relaying critical data to National Weather Service forecasters on