Feb. 10, 2010 AN ATTITUDE OF GRATITUDE I have much to be grateful for. When we consider the Reserve Triad, Lt. Gen. Stenner often refers to, family, employer, and reserve, I'm blessed with a wonderful family, I work for the best employer in the world, The United States of America, and I'm employed by the greatest Air Force, Air Force
Feb. 7, 2010 315th Commander Leads the Way - Receives H1N1 Vaccine Senior Airman Sheryl Sorensen, 315th Aerospace Medical Squadron, administers the H1N1 influenza vaccine to Col. Steven Chapman, 315th Airlift Wing commander, Saturday, Feb. 6 here.
Feb. 7, 2010 Welcome Home Reservists from the 315th Security Forces Squadron here at Charleston Air Force Base, S.C., returned home from a seven month deployment to Kirkuk Regional Air Base, Iraq, Sunday, Jan. 31. Coworkers, friends and families gathered in the base passenger terminal to welcome the Charleston reservists
Feb. 5, 2010 Air Force Reserve Facebook fanpage invites Airmen to engage online Airmen now have another conduit to connect within the Air Force Reserve Command. More than 600 facebook users have already become "fans" of AFRC at http://bit.ly/AFRC-Fan .The official fan page site features informal postings from AFRC, video posts and photos. Fans can add comments to the page.
Jan. 28, 2010 Social Media Tips for Air Force Reservists Thousands of Air Force Reservists are among the 350 million Facebook users. The popular social media site facilitates virtual networking and communication among like-minded individuals who "friend" each other, giving Airmen multiple platforms to engage in conversations about their professional and
Jan. 28, 2010 New program aims to enhance family readiness, build support Barbara Bush, wife of former President George H. Bush once said, "Never lose sight of the fact that the most important yardstick of your success will be how you treat other people - your family, friends, and coworkers, and even strangers you meet along the way."While Airmen are working hard at their
Jan. 21, 2010 Citizen Airmen continue to answer the call Two weeks ago I was searching for the perfect Commander's perspective. Maybe some attempt to bring the high operations tempo into focus, or some other motivational words. You know, the same stuff you always read from a commander trying to motivate his airmen. Suddenly and violently; however, events
Jan. 19, 2010 Photo slideshow of Haitian relief mission A photo slideshow of a Haitian relief mission carried out by Team Charleston.
Jan. 16, 2010 Reaching Out With Aid The approach is much like flying into Baghdad or Balad. Pitch black darkness with night vision goggles and the adrenalin flowing. But this isn't Baghdad, even though it looks like a war zone when you hit the ground.Our C-17 was chock full of supplies from water to blankets and even a bulldozer to
Jan. 15, 2010 Relief in the Air As the sun set over Charleston Air Force Base, Reservists from the 315th Airlift Wing are wheels up headed to Mcguire AFB, New Jersey to upload relief supplies then direct to Haiti."We're tasked and we go," said Major John Cousins, aircraft commander from the 317th Airlift Squadron. "We need to get