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  • January supplement promotion list released

    Five Vandenberg senior airmen were selected for promotion to staff sergeant by the January supplemental promotion board.These senior airmen are:Jonathan Brown, 30th Civil Engineer SquadronBrian Economides, 30th Space WingShawna Holbrook, 381st Training Support SquadronThomas Newman, 30th Logistics

  • Air Force seeking athletes for warrior games

    The deadline for submitting applications to compete in the inaugural Warrior Games is Friday.Approximately 200 wounded active duty members and military veterans will compete in the Warrior Games May 10 to 14 in Colorado Springs, Colo., Defense Department officials announced Jan. 7. Air Force is

  • JFCC-Space achieves flight safety milestone

    The Joint Space Operations Center here recently reached a milestone Dec. 18, increasing the number of active satellites tracked from 120 to approximately 1,150.Now tracking every active satellite in space, the JSpOC reached the goal set by Air Force Space Command and U.S. Strategic Command ahead of

  • Vandenberg adapts to new PT policy revisions

    The new Air Force physical training policy revisions, which became effective Jan. 1, 2010, have been put into motion across the Air Force.The effects of the new PT policy has rippled its way to Vandenberg, and the base's leadership is in full compliance and ready to implement the changes.Some of the

  • Toolkit helps answer servicemembers' health care questions

    One in five servicemembers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan suffers from major depression or post traumatic stress disorder, according to officials from the Department of Veterans Affairs National Center for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder.To help servicemembers affected by a behavioral or other

  • Gates will remain as secretary at least another year

    Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates will stay in office for at least another year, Pentagon Press Secretary Geoff Morrell confirmed here Jan. 7. Secretary Gates met with President Barack Obama before Christmas and committed to another year on the job, Mr. Morrell said. Then-President George W. Bush

  • Scholarships available for spouses of wounded or fallen servicemembers

    The National Military Family Association is now accepting applications for its Joanne Holbrook Patton Military Spouse Scholarship Program for spouses of wounded or fallen servicemembers. Scholarships are awarded to military spouses to obtain professional certification or to attend post secondary or

  • Deployment opportunities available for civilians

    Whether it's helping Iraqis with reconstruction projects or assisting Afghans with their motor pools, the Air Force relies on its civilian work force to help meet its global mission requirements. And the Air Force is not alone. In 2007, more than 1,100 Department of Defense civilians volunteered to

  • Vandenberg releases storm water management plan

    The Vandenberg Air Force Base Storm Water Management Plan is available for public comment through March 8.The General Permit for the Discharge of Storm Water from Small Municipal Separate Storm Sewer Systems (Water Quality Order No. 2003-0005-DWQ) requires small municipalities and urbanized areas to

  • Vandenberg's Lompoc Gate undergoing construction

    The Lompoc Gate will close Jan. 18 through June 8 for security upgrade construction. Only inbound commercial vehicles requiring inspection (i.e. commercial trucks, recreational vehicles, boats, vehicles pulling trailers) and government vehicles will be allowed entry during that period. All other

 

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