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PRESS RELEASE: S.C. Air National Guard to promote first African American general officer

COLUMBIA – Colonel Calvin Elam becomes the South Carolina Air National Guard’s first African American general officer when he is promoted to the rank of brigadier general this Sunday.
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Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 122 deploys to Western Pacific

Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 122 deployed to the Western Pacific today as part of the Unit Deployment Program. The Marine Corps seeks to have balanced strategic capabilities in the Pacific theater so we can train with allies, respond to crises and promote security cooperation across the region.
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Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 122 Deploys to Western Pacific

Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 122 deployed to the Western Pacific Thursday as part of the Unit Deployment Program. The Marine Corps seeks to have balanced strategic capabilities in the Pacific theater so we can train with allies, respond to crises and promote security cooperation across the region...
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Video: MP Stress Shoot

Members of the 132nd MP Company from South Carolina participated in a training exercise to help them focus in tense situations.
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Soldiers help boy live military dream

However, for some citizens the process to serve one’s country is not always simple. For some citizens, there are battles within their own lives, within their own bodies, that prevent enlistment. For some citizens, like 10-year old Khalil Quarles, a dream of serving in the United States military...
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Team Shaw participates in Operation True Giving

Service members from Third Army/ARCENT and 20th Fighter Wing, comprising Team Shaw, visited Palmetto Chapel at Shaw AFB, S.C., Dec. 7, to support volunteers at Palmetto Chapel as they joined in efforts to provide for families in need this holiday season.
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First US Army cantor spreads faith on deployment

First Lt. David Frommer lit candles as he led a small group of service members and civilians in the chanting of the Torah. A chaplain of four years, Frommer has conducted several celebrations of the biblical holiday Sukkot (Feast of Booths, Feast of Tabernacles), but this was his first in the Middle...
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SC Guard arrives in Kosovo

Soldiers from Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 118th Infantry Regiment of South Carolina’s 218th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade have arrived in Kosovo.
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Beaufort Marines sight-in ‘new’ .45-caliber pistols

The Provost Marshal’s Office Special Reaction Team on Aug. 21 familiarized themselves with the newest addition to their arsenal at the pistol range aboard Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island.
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Military working dogs brothers in arms

A military working dog is a canine military member who aides their handler in performing security patrols or searching for and detecting explosives and narcotics.