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  • AFRC hosts School Information Fair

    The Airman and Family Readiness Center is scheduled to host the School Information Fair May 20 from 1:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. at the Balfour Beatty Community Center here. The School Information Fair is designed to help parents research the best local option for the education of their children. "Having the

  • Officials announce E-7 selection stats

    Air Force officials selected 6,618 of 19,538 eligible technical sergeants for promotion to master sergeant for a selection rate of 33.87 percent.The average score for those selected was 335.21, with an average time in grade of 4.58 years and an average time in service of 15.91 years. The average

  • DOD makes progress in civilian hiring reform

    Until recently, applying for a civilian job at the Defense Department was an exercise in navigating through a byzantine federal hiring process and amassing thick application packets, with applicants sometimes waiting up to a year for any word on their applications.Pasquale M. Tamburrino Jr., the

  • Police Week continues with Poker Run

    The 30th Security Forces Squadron held a base-wide Poker Run event in light of National Police Week here May 17.Open to all persons with base access, the Poker Run was a noncompetitive 5K run or 14-mile mountain bike ride throughout Vandenberg's cantonment area. Approximately 50 people participated

  • Two Air Force officers inducted into U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame

    Two Air Force officers who served as astronauts with NASA were inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame at Kennedy Space Center, Fla., May 14.Lt. Gen. Susan Helms, the 14th Air Force commander, and retired Col. Karol Bobko were inducted in a ceremony at KSC a little less than an hour after an

  • Air Force Climate Survey yields insights

    More than 172,000 Airmen across the Air Force voiced their opinions in the online Air Force Climate Survey from Oct. 8 to Nov. 28. After experts performed a comprehensive analysis, officials have released the total force results on the Air Force Portal. The climate survey is designed to measure

  • Vandenberg hosts National Police Week events

    As part of National Police Week activities, the 30th Security Forces Squadron held its first Cops for Kids event at the Vandenberg Middle School on May 16. Local law enforcement agencies including the Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Department, Lompoc Police Department, California Highway Patrol and

  • Dental clinic drills wing leadership during another dirty job

    A popular myth, often heard in the dental and veterinary communities, suggests that a dog's mouth is actually cleaner than a human's. Whether or not there is any validity to the myth, personnel at the 30th Medical Operations Squadron Dental Flight here have a dirty job - dirty enough to deem a visit

  • Air Force officials announce civilian hiring controls

    Air Force leaders announced that hiring controls were instituted May 12 to reduce projected growth of the civilian workforce.The Air Force-wide efforts to stem the civilian personnel growth are a result of Secretary of Defense Robert Gate's efficiency initiatives to maintain civilian manning at

  • ALS graduates 15

    The Vandenberg Airman Leadership School held the graduation for Class 2011-Echo at the Pacific Coast Club Thursday night, May 12. The 15 graduates were from Vandenberg AFB and Los Angeles AFB. The John L. Levitow Award went to Senior Airman Nichole Becknel from the 614th Air and Space Operations

 

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