The Celebrate Freedom Foundation, a nonprofit based near the Columbia airport, takes old military helicopters and planes and gives them new life. A little more than 200 veteran volunteers, many of whom suffer from debilitating post-traumatic stress disorder, refurbish, paint, repair and mend the aircraft as a way to cope with their experiences during war.
Gary Moses spent eight years in the Army. He served during Desert Shield and Desert Storm. He's from a tiny area in the Upstate of South Carolina called Pumpkintown. This is how the military changed his life.
Since 2011, Army Central has had its boots in Palmetto State soil. Now, the unit is crafting the strategy to take on terrorists and hostile governments in the Middle East.
Carlton S. Edwards Jr. is the unofficial ambassador of the Thomasena Stokes Marshall Senior Center. He has a royal air about him that draws pe…
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