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  • Arthur Hicks

    Team Vandenberg honors those who served and continue to serve.Q: When did you begin serving? When did you retire?A: I began serving in 1941 and served for 28 years. My service included being one of the Tuskegee Airmen and a Chief Master Sgt. before retiring here in Vandenberg in 1969.Q: What was

  • Dorian Hodge

    Team Vandenberg honors those who served and continue to serve.Q: When did you begin serving? When did you retire?A: I began serving in May of 1985 and officially retired in June of 2005.Q: What was your job?A: I started out at the human resources laboratory at the now-closed Brooks Air Force Base in

  • Lynn Coggins

    Team Vandenberg honors those who served and continue to serve.Q: When did you begin serving? When did you retire?A: I came into the Air Force on July 27, 1973 and retired on October 1, 1993.Q: What was your job?A: Oh, goodness. I was all over the place. I started out in chapel management, which was

  • Calvin Tucker

    Team Vandenberg honors those who served and continue to serve.Q: When did you begin serving? When did you retire?A: I came in the Air Force on September 26, 1972 and I retired on October 1, 2000.Q: What was your job?A: My last job as a Chief Master Sgt. was 60th Services Squadron superintendent,

  • Only you can prevent security breaches

    In an unseen realm represented by ones and zeroes, an information war is constantly raging. Whether they know it or not, everyone who uses the internet is involved.Protecting information can be the difference between mission success and failure, and although we have cyber sentinels guarding the data

  • You are not alone

    Whether it is an anonymous phone call in the middle of the night or a secret meeting at a coffee shop, Cozetta Blow, the 30th Medical Group domestic abuse victim advocate, is always available to listen.As a base confidant, her office is a sanctuary for secrets and a reservoir of advice."I don't keep

  • Education program enlightens Airmen

    Since the early 1970s, when the Community College of the Air Force was established, the Air Force has been a step ahead in providing, and encouraging, further educational opportunities for enlisted Airmen.Today, the CCAF offers more than 65 Associates of Applied Science degree programs and various

  • 30th MDOS flexes mussels

    Six Airmen slipped and shuffled down the steep embankment to Brown beach, causing sand to be caught up in eddies swirling around them. When the group made their way to the jagged coastline, they hopped nimbly from rock to rock, avoiding the tide pools and slick seaweed patches. The ocean spray

  • Can you please transfer me to...

    Tucked away in the corner of building 12000 is a room staffed by contractors who work relentlessly around the clock to keep the lines of base communication open. They remain ready in their offices to transfer calls, day or night, holiday or weekend. These multitasking gurus are always just a phone