100K in 11 days Meghan Donshue performs a situp during the 437th Security Forces Jan. 30. The challongeie«base-wide event for teams of 100 compl ‘Squadron's completion of 100000 push-ups and situps during a TOD-day push-ups and situps In 100 days. Donahue lea 437 SFS Raven apprentice. See Commander’ Fitness Challenge atthe base Finess and Sport Center onbase the story on Page 18, CAMERAS COUNTDOWN =o Does your squadron 96 days portawice cepa 1961 petive cut seeaegl need one? until UCI argo moved tens) ° 7 |eseriss depres Page 3 Page 10 Pe ae ee2 Ait Dispatch Fobruary 6, 2000 ComMMENTARY Trecendy returned rom a trip overseas, which transite sever bases, and T hid the parti to Scomany of our deployed Team Charleston mom ber performing thei best contbating not only to the war effort, but wo Tear Charleston's epu tion as Air Mobility Commands busiest wing T observed some outtnding teamwork, coonding ‘ion and commitment o geting the ob Jone, Out Airmen ae doing amazing things, working together ‘te eam to accomplish the mission, The sterew 1 few with exempted perfect examples of sevice before self and excellence i al we do while mov ing our mistion, Mores of yreainess come to ‘nd, like when our maintainers worked trough the ight comeing an engine malfunction, despite being exposed othe 35 bclow-zeo wind-hl peratures a an fed in Cana ‘They wo only ensured a arcu ieraf ws ready to go the next dy, hu they also Feta hand to thes in the are of responsibility along the way that needed ‘ssistanee. Everyone pulled together to keep the mission moving fra "Thee wore other instances I observed that reminded me of the importanes of rover tacriing excellence for expedience, Some jobs ate just ough but We cto afford Yo take short es jue because something va lot of work, We must, ‘onceatte ou effort do the jo Fight the fist ime. using our eheelists and technical order ensue the mission f sel accomplhed Getting “back to buses" is something we must aways keepin mind when We operate We should over cut corners when secomplishing the mission ~ and jens portant, when things dogo wrong, we shold focus onsen things right and geting the mision ‘moving before we examine breakdosens in process, timing or proved, T would aso like to remind you about the ground-breaking ceremony forth new Brig. Gen, Thomas R. Mikolsjcik Child Development Center scheduled for Feb. 13 st pam. This isa momentous even, a the new CDC wil ncry tiple our current apa to 308 sate an wil btr serve the Team Chleston commen. The vite forthe new CDC is locted south of Hill Boulevard next to East Jackson Drive (Gehind the Fines and Sports Cents "The CDC ws named for General Mikoacik fr his years of loyal service, see Jess dedication and uncompromising cae for ob Aime, thei families snd Tes Charleston. The general commanded Charleston AFB fom 1991 to 1994 and Fett tothe Charleston ares in 1996 afer holding » position nt Headguaters U.S. ‘Ar Force in Washington Upon moving here he immediately set abou elpins to tal commanity support and understanding for Charleston AFD and is minion through is contacts with numerous civic organizations and community leaders. He swan dhgnosod with smyotrophi Intra sleronis n 2003, ALS in mote commonly {eferred to asthe Lou Gehrig disease and su degenerative disease tht aff nerve celle nthe brain and spinal on. Aer Karing tht veterans ofthe Gulf War Tad auch grater incidence of developing ALS, General Mikoajedk made i his eran tle to emsre tht ALS was ecogized aya nervice-comnected isi "He campaigned telesy, even waveling to D.C to testify at Senate hearings ll the ‘wiles the discs ook its ll on his ody, Thanks to is efforts, veteran dag ‘ose with ALS now get the modal and naa support they ace to ate this Aevastaing disease "Team Charleston -Taks the Fight othe Ean! 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On of ‘ir Force Sat Operations fo the 2st cena ini {ives we could al embrace to doll ings the comet ‘va heist ine By taking the time odo things cor realy west he stage fr excellonce Having served in hema for close to 23 years and bong aiged to vasiows ogunzations With aumerus ployment, Tam constantly reminded of thc hing. Fast each pac of the pure spartan. Soc, «ech piece us fit propery im order forthe pictaret be competed. And thd cach ioe mst be manage nd lca wit champions fot ‘Accomplishment of ese ts things allows 3 sii an contbition tthe over big ptr nd lade Sncesfl mission acorplishment As we realize how Jorn one pice i a We stance ou piece Wilt ately inthe bigger picts we can cont gr ‘tee to provide the Best posible produc by being cha ons in a ick ‘Are you king sre your psc of th puzze fits into the bigs pets? I weal eomtings oan apse sa old two the ery end the pice wil emia cor let andthe msson wil ser nse we mst mdr Sadho importance our combs have on the ttl ctr, no mater how sal hey may som. We must Susratewhonprescting our cottons tha they are feed realy and with he exelence demanded of ow Seles and others wo complete the pica. Finally we ris conn trv Bethe champions noo Hi forming he eda things, extn wel (AFNS) For Airlift Dispatch stories, photos and archives, visit PDF version of the entire Airlift Dispatch online each week at http://www.airlift.sc Now Available http://www.charleston.af.milComMMENTARY Ait Dispatch + Februay 6,200 3 Know how to purchase cameras for individual units By Dave Wiliams 437th tit Wing Pablic Afr acting ch CCharcston community in some areas soften nite and, tecase of this many sans om ase have hose urchas heir vm dil camers a ecommended by “Aste hase multimedia ctr manager, I esive many scston cated othe tenes of prc ‘ng camera Simply speaking, witout moving to ‘igi camera to cone before making a pctase, The bigest aderinng tol wad to tract yer to 8 pace lar model she mmber of itl th cme sc. ie senor o “chin.” Wie the mmr of pels an be 30 Indition ofthe camera’ ability tok higher rsaiion Distr an san import easier, hee ae oor factors to conse Before the net of the dig camer, photographers purchasd «camera body that woud gene lat any Years even decades, The quality ofthe lenses uscd was {primary itr, and tha eas an inportaneo sideration even with point and soot emer ny Poin and shoot camer lense vary widely bah hie ‘pli ni om ange. While most eamers mani: ‘tes tut the long 200m range ore, most 2 phos ropes willbe rsa bythe lack of "wide ang ‘ow and tat the fae of the 20m ange uly td, The quality of en is fen expres in ts ity Disjiatch ~ a seen tere ea ‘Simply speaking, without ‘moving into the realm of electrical engineering, there are basics to any digital ‘camera to consider before jaa making a purchase,” Dave {457m Ante ing Pub ators acrgcet {0 gater igh. 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