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  • AMC’s manpower, personnel and services announces 2010 award winners

    Air Mobility Command's Manpower, Personnel and Services Directorate, also known as AMC A1, announced Nov. 30 its annual award winners for 2010. In a message from A1 Director, Col. Steven J. Beatty, installation, team, program and individual awards were announced. "I am very proud to announce the Air

  • Joint Base Charleston observes early Arbor Day with tree planting

    Joint Base Charleston personnel marked Arbor Day in South Carolina by planting a Southern magnolia tree at Marrington Elementary School in Goose Creek. In addition to a crowd of excited children, the ceremony was attended by JB Deputy Commander, Capt. Ralph Ward, Berkeley County Deputy

  • Travis DLA wins first quarterly customer service award

    The Travis Air Force Base Defense Logistics Agency recently won the first quarterly DLA Customer Service Award, which covers the fourth quarter of 2010. DLA, formerly known as the Document Automation and Production Service, is the Department of Defense's primary source for document automation and

  • EOD flight at McConnell returns to basics

    As part of an Air Force directive, McConnell's explosive ordnance disposal Airmen took a day to cease their normal operations and get back to the basics of safety, Nov. 18, 2010. One of the smallest career fields in the Air Force, EOD Airmen combat improvised explosive devices and other ordnance

  • Joint Base MDL earns AMC nod for Hennessy Trophy

    Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., has been selected by Air Mobility Command to represent the command in the Air Force competition for the 2011 John L. Hennessy Trophy in the single facility category.The Hennessy Trophy is an annual award presented to Air Force installations with the best

  • Scott AFB unit mourns loss of team member, friend

    The 561st Network Operations Squadron, Det. 3, paused to honor the memory of Tech. Sgt. Matthew Keith Cheatham Nov. 22.Sergeant Cheatham passed away Nov. 12.Sergeant Cheatham enlisted into the Air Force shortly after graduating high school in 1997. Throughout his career, he served at Whiteman AFB,

  • AMC NCO awarded Bronze Star for work in Kabul

    Tech. Sgt. Heather Henry, NCOIC Air Mobility Command Commander's Action Group, was awarded the Bronze Star medal during a ceremony at Scott Air Force Base Nov. 16.Sergeant Henry was presented the award by Lt. Gen. Rusty Findley, AMC vice commander. Her actions that earned her the medal were from her

  • AMC nominees for 2010 Air Force Productivity Excellence Award selected

    Air Mobility Command officials announced Nov. 16 its nominees for the 2010 Air Force Productivity Excellence Award.In a message from Col. Steven J. Beatty, AMC's Director of Manpower, Personnel and Services, he said the nominees are from the 618th Air and Space Operations Center (Tanker Airlift

  • Two AMC teams among five to earn 2010 Chief of Staff Team Excellence Awards

    Mobility Airmen assigned to Air Mobility Command teams this year were recognized Nov. 17 as winners of 2010 Chief of Staff Team Excellence Awards.Those teams include the C-17 Refuel Value Stream Analysis Team with the 726th Air Mobility Squadron at Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, and the 612th Air