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  • 315 AW takes one award at Federal Executive of the Year luncheon

    Former 315th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron member Bradford Drake placed second in the Outstanding Trade/Craft Employee category as part of the Federal Employee of the Year luncheon held at the RedBank Club here May 8.This year's award winners were:Outstanding Managerial/Executive Award:1st - Glen

  • Editorial: A killer among us

    A killer may be lurking in your home or in your office. This silent and deadly enemy threatens your safety and the safety of those around you. It must be dealt with or it will never go away.Service members are known to act quickly and decisively in order to neutralize most threats. However, when it

  • Veterans Retraining Assistance Program (VRAP)

    Congress passed, and the President has signed into law, the VOW to Hire Heroes Act of 2011. Included in this new law is the Veterans Retraining Assistance Program (VRAP). VRAP offers up to 12 months of training assistance to unemployed Veterans. The Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) and the

  • Chiefs issue strategic direction to combat sexual assault

     Despite years of concerted effort, the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the commandant of the Coast Guard are dissatisfied with progress made in reducing sexual assault in the military, and have released strategic direction to increase the emphasis on combatting the crime.The chiefs released a "32-star"

  • GOAL: Increasing casualty survivability in Afghanistan

    Air Mobility Command is working jointly with other U.S. military services to improve emergency care for service members critically injured in combat by employing newly-developed Tactical Critical Care Evacuation Teams, or TCCETs. These are three-member teams, each comprised of a highly-trained

  • 315 AW Airmen earn CCAF degrees

    Airmen from the 315th Airlift Wing received their degrees from the Community College of the Air Force and participated in the graduation ceremony hosted at the base theater at Joint Base Charleston, S.C. Sunday, May 6, 2012.The CCAF offers enlisted airmen the opportunity to earn an associate in

  • Chapman takes 'fini flight'

    During his last week as 315th Airlift Wing commander, Col. Steven Chapman, flew his final C-17 flight May 3 out of Joint Base Charleston, S.C.  Colonel Chapman landed with a big smile on his face, as the Globemaster III--sporting his wing commander colonel placard in the window--made its way beneath

  • Two 315th Public Affairs productions win Telly Awards

    The 315th Airlift Wing Public Affairs had the rare honor of being selected as the winner of two separate awards in the 33rd Annual Telly Awards competition for broadcast and production excellence.The videos selected for the awards were a mission video for children, called "Mission Airlift," and a