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Travelling Vietnam War monument to stop in Sumter

Vehicles from Sumter Police Department, Sumter County Sheriff's Office, Clarendon County Sheriff's Office, S.C. Highway Patrol and several motorcycle clubs will meet up with the traveling Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall convoy at about 1 p.m. Wednesday at the rest area just south of the Lake Marion...

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Center opens at Shaw for nursing and expectant soldiers

Army women have to be tough, but many of them also need space in their lives to be caring mothers to young children.
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Shaw AFB cancels Jammin’ July 4th

The annual Fourth of July fireworks show in Sumter’s Dillon Park has been canceled because of military budget cuts.
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Mulvaney: Expect sequestration to last through current fiscal year

U.S. Rep. Mick Mulvaney, R-S.C., expects the sequestration — dramatic cutbacks throughout the federal government including the ordering of one of the fighter squadrons stationed at Shaw Air Force Base to stand down — to last at least through the current fiscal year.
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Mothers in uniform get room on base to nurse young

Nursing women at a major Army headquarters in South Carolina don't have to hide in a rest room if they want to breast-feed their babies or express milk for their young.
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Shaw commander tells Sumter business leaders sequestration will hurt

The commander’s breakfast is meant to highlight the bond between Shaw Air Force Base and the surrounding community. On Wednesday, Maj. Gen. Lawrence Wells focused on what it would mean if that bond breaks.
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Fallen 'Gambler' memorialized at Shaw AFB

The Gamblers returned home from Afghanistan last week minus one of their own. On Tuesday, members of the squadron and family of the fallen pilot held a memorial service at Shaw Air Force Base in honor of Capt. James Steel.
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Photos from a memorial service for Capt. James Steel

When the Gambler's Squadron returned from its 6-month deployment to Afghanistan on Thursday, it was missing one of its own. Capt. James Steel was was killed on April 3rd when his plane crashed on approach to Bagram Air Base near Kabul.
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Gamblers homecoming

After six months flying over the skies of Afghanistan and after losing one of their own just three weeks before their return, members of the 77th Fighter Squadron arrived home Thursday.
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Shaw AFB pilot joins Thunderbrids

Capt. Joshua Larsen has been named the squadron’s advance pilot and narrator for the 2014 demonstration season. Larsen will be one of only 12 officers serving a two-year assignment with one of the Air Force’s most high-profile squadrons.
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New Third Army commander confirmed

The U.S. Senate has confirmed Army Lt. Gen. James L. Terry for reappointment to the rank of lieutenant general and for assignment as commanding general, Third Army/ARCENT, at Shaw Air Force Base.