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Vandenberg prepares to kickoff 2010 AFAF campaign

Vandenberg is scheduled to kick off the 2010 Air Force Assistance Fund campaign here March 8 through April 2. The AFAF is a fund-raising campaign that allows Air Force active-duty members, retirees, reservists, guardsmen, dependents and surviving spouses to provide support to others in the Air Force

AFRC to offer class on controlling stress

The Airman and Family Readiness Center here is scheduled to host a four-week stress management class beginning March 8 at the AFRC. The stress management class is scheduled to meet Mondays from 2 - 4 p.m. through March 29.The AFRC conducts the class quarterly to educate people about stress and the

Training week shapes Vandenberg's ceremonial guardsmen

The Vandenberg Honor Guard is currently conducting its quarterly ceremonial guardsmen training week here March 1-5. This quarter, six Airmen, coming from various career fields, have volunteered their time, on- and off-duty, to become a part of the Vandenberg Honor Guard. Each day at 7 a.m., before

Retiree dental coverage available for purchase

Good oral health is an important part of maintaining overall health and a military retiree's access to dental coverage doesn't end when they hang up their uniform. With the Tricare Retiree Dental Program, retired servicemembers can purchase affordable dental coverage for themselves and their

AFPC releases SMSgt selects list

Air Force officials selected 1,269 of 13,741 eligible master sergeants for promotion to senior master sergeant for a selection rate of 9.24 percent.Here are the names of the Team Vandenberg senior master sergeant selects:Patrick Dutkevitch, 30th Launch GroupJason Hager, 576th Flight Test

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New policy authorizes social media access, with caveats

A new Defense Department policy authorizes DOD members to access social networking Web sites and other Web 2.0 platforms from nonclassified government computers, as long as it doesn't compromise operational security or involve prohibited activities or Web sites.Defense Department officials issued

Team V takes more AFSPC awards

Team, I'm honored to announce another round of award winners at the Air Force Space Command level. Please join me in congratulating the units below:2009 AFSPC Outstanding Large Security Forces Flight-Level Unit Award: 30th Security Forces Squadron2009 AFSPC Outstanding Contracting Team Award: 30th