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  • VA offers new online resource service

    The Department of Veterans Affairs is offering a new online service, My HealtheVet, which is a gateway to veteran health benefits and services. It provides access to trusted health information, links to federal and VA benefits and resources, the Personal Health Journal and online VA prescription

  • Airman's Roll Call: Air Force sponsorship program

    This week's Airman's Roll Call focuses on a sponsorship program Airmen and their families can use to ease their fears about relocating to a new base. The sponsorship program is part of the Air Force Individualized Newcomer Treatment and Orientation program, or INTRO, which is designed to facilitate

  • Officials release facts about new GI Bill

    Department of Defense and Veterans Affairs officials are working out the details of a new education benefit recently approved by Congress that goes into effect August 1, 2009. "The absolute most important part of the new G.I Bill is that none of it takes effect until next year," said Rita Hughson,

  • Youth Center, environmental office team up for education program

    The Vandenberg Youth Center, in coordination with the 30th Civil Engineer Squadron environmental flight, took 10 children to Pine Canyon Lake for an educational learning experience. "We are trying to get kids outside and active," said Carola Murdock, a Youth Center school-age program assistant. "We

  • Housing privatization brings policy changes

    Vandenberg finalized its agreements with Balfour Beatty Communities to be the project owner for the Vandenberg Military Housing Privatization Project on Nov. 1, 2007. As a result of privatization, residents and employees of Vandenberg have seen many changes in the housing arena ranging from the

  • AAFES marks 113 years of service, support

    - As the Army & Air Force Exchange Service readies to mark 113 years of service and support to America's military, the command's mission remains basically the same: provide quality goods and services at competitively low prices and generate earnings to support Morale, Welfare and Recreation

  • IAT roadshow comes to Vandenberg

    The Installation Acquisition Transformation road show finished up at Vandenberg Friday with a briefing for base personnel and industry partners at the base theater here. Col. Harold Cunningham, chief of the Contracting Division of Headquarters Air Force Space Command at Peterson Air Force Base,

  • Vandenberg opens visitor’s center to overnight parking

    Vandenberg has opened up the visitor center parking lot here for over-night parking effective immediately. This recent decision was born through an increasing negative response to the dissolution of the base shuttle program. "After finding out that 95 percent of those who were using the base shuttle

  • Vandenberg plans for annual Texas Blowout

    The 20th Annual Texas Blowout, which raises money for Vandenberg's Operation Kids Christmas, will be held at Cocheo Park on Aug. 15. For 40 years the men and women of Vandenberg have annually sponsored 200 local underprivileged children from Lompoc, Santa Maria, Guadalupe, Solvang and the Santa Ynez

  • Airman's Roll Call: Earning college credit

    This week's Airman's Roll Call focuses on ways Airmen can work on their college degrees while continuing the mission. The Defense Activity for Non-Traditional Education Support program allows Airmen the opportunity to earn college credits even when they do not have the time to sit in a classroom.