Air Force offers additional undergraduate flying training board opportunity

Air Force leaders expanded an opportunity for active duty junior and mid-grade officers to cross-flow into one of many rated AFSCs with the announcement of an additional undergraduate flying training board.The board is scheduled to be held in July at Randolph Air Force Base, Texas. Greater

Female GIs struggle with higher rate of divorce

Two failed marriages were the cost of war for Sgt. Jennifer Schobey.The breaking point in her first marriage came when her husband deployed to Afghanistan, the last in a long line of separations they had endured as they juggled two military careers. Schobey married another combat veteran, but

Study makes suicide-prevention program recommendations

A new study commissioned by the Defense Department affirms many of the suicide-prevention efforts being made within DOD and the military services and recommends ways to strengthen them.In preparing "The War Within: Suicide Prevention in the U.S. Military," the Rand National Defense Research

Air Force leaders issue sexual assault prevention, response message

Secretary of the Air Force Michael Donley, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz and Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force James Roy issued the following message to the men and women of the United States Air Force:We must commit to eliminating sexual assault from our Air Force.Air Force leaders

ALS graduates 15

The Vandenberg Airman Leadership School held the graduation for Class 2011-Delta at the Pacific Coast Club Thursday, March 24. The 15 graduates were from Vandenberg, Los Angeles AFB, and the Oklahoma Air National Guard. The John L. Levitow Award went to Senior Airman Casie Hoffman from the 614th

Group searches for paranormal activity at Vandenberg's boathouse

On any given night, the moon's light eludes patches of dense fog rolling in off of the coast, which creates an eerie sight as it illuminates Vandenberg's old and abandoned boathouse. This chilling scene is reminiscent of a location likely to be explored on an episode of Ghost Hunters. Even though

Vandenberg hosts 14th AF Annual Awards Ceremony

Officials extend deadline for 'Stop Loss' pay

The deadline for eligible service members, veterans and their beneficiaries to apply for special retroactive pay as compensation for involuntary extensions of their military service contracts has been extended to April 8, Defense Department officials announced March 21.The deadline extension is

Team Vandenberg gets dirty, makes flight line safer

At first you think the worst part is the mosquitoes, or maybe it's the ticks. Then you realize that your socks are soaked. Add that to the cold, the intermittent misty drizzle, the mud, the impossibly gray sky, the rodents and the general sense of gloom and you've got the perfect setting for a dirty

Vandenberg civil leader attends AETC visit

A civic leader from the Vandenberg community was selected by Gen. Edward A. Rice Jr., Air Education and Training Command commander, to take part in a group visit to Air Force training facilities in San Antonio, Texas, March 8 - 9. Pastor Bernie Federmann, a 381st Training Group affiliate, along with