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Senior Airman Rahmel Batty, 30th Security Forces Squadron Charlie Flight Response Force leader, prepares to return his deployment gear at the Installation Deployment Readiness Office at Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., Oct. 23, 2025. The goal of the IDRC, in addition to providing the equipment, paperwork, and services needed to deploy, is to help inform and prepare Airmen and Guardians before their departure and after they return. (U.S. Space Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Draeke Layman)

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Members of Vandenberg’s Installation Deployment Readiness Cell perform equipment check-in for personnel returning from a recent deployment at Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., Oct. 23, 2025. The IDRC is responsible for handling all deployment actions on base, ensuring Airmen and Guardians obtain the appropriate paperwork and gear before departing to their deployed locations and supporting them upon their return. (U.S. Space Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Draeke Layman)

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Jordan Cunanan, 30th Logistics Readiness Squadron supply technician, verifies the integrity of a modular scalable vest checked out to U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Hayden Szalla, 30th Civil Engineer Squadron Water and Fuels Systems Maintenance supervisor, at the Installation Deployment Readiness Cell, Vandenberg Space Force Base Calif., Oct. 23, 2025. Members of the IDRC ensure that Airmen and Guardians are provided the appropriate equipment, paperwork, and preparatory information needed before deploying overseas. (U.S. Space Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Draeke Layman)

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Chris Miller, 30th Logistics Readiness Squadron Individual Protective Equipment Mobility Warehouse technician, evaluates the condition of enhanced small arms protective insert plates checked out to U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Ryan Davis, 30th Security Forces Base Defense Operations Center controller, upon his return from a deployment, at the Installation Deployment Readiness Center at Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., Oct. 23, 2025. Members of the IDRC ensure that Airmen and Guardians are provided the appropriate equipment, paperwork, and preparatory information needed before deploying overseas. (U.S. Space Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Draeke Layman)

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Vandenberg SFB Deployers Return Home

Published Oct. 23, 2025
By Tech. Sgt. Draeke Layman
SLD 30

VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE, Calif. --

Members of Vandenberg’s Installation Deployment Readiness Cell perform equipment check-in for personnel returning from a recent deployment at Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., Oct. 23, 2025. The IDRC is responsible for handling all deployment actions on base, ensuring Airmen and Guardians obtain the appropriate paperwork and gear before departing to their deployed locations and supporting them upon their return.

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