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Features

  • Key Spouses: Melinda Santiago – 30th FSS

    Team Vandenberg honors Key Spouses for their continuous service and dedication to military members and their families.Q: Where are you from?A: I am from Seattle, Washington.Q: How long have you been serving the military as a spouse?A: I've been serving for 15 years now.Q: What made you want to be a

  • Every 15 minutes

    Smoke drifted lazily over the deceptively serene scene of two wrecked cars. Amidst the twisted metal and white smoke, lay three unmoving bodies, with only the driver of the responsible vehicle conscious.The sound of sirens soon shattered the silence as law enforcement personnel arrived and began to

  • Behind the rank: Command Chief Master Sergeant William "DJ" Jones

    Residing in a significant leadership position can be a time-consuming role. Chief Master Sgt. William "DJ" Jones, 30th Space Wing command chief, stays consistently busy with meetings, reviewing Enlisted Performance Reports and evaluating administrative packages that affect enlisted members.Despite

  • Fitness leader of the month: Tech. Sgt. Brittany Spoutz

    Editor's Note: This is part of an ongoing series highlighting exceptionally fit Airmen.It's Friday morning and the sun has yet to rise on Vandenberg. In the back corner of a gym the rhythmic sounds of breathing and the steady clank of weights pierce the early silence.Only a few dedicated souls find

  • Setting lofty goals: climbing Mount Kilimanjaro

    In early 2014, Capt. Matthew Sarda, 381st Training Support Squadron flight commander, set a goal to travel to Africa and climb Mount Kilimanjaro.With the support of his unit leadership and base personnel, he and a friend completed that goal Feb. 7, 2015, after intensive preparation leading up to the

  • Airman highlight: Senior Airman Gruszka

    It's Monday morning. The clinic at the 30th Medical Operations Squadron needs to be prepped for incoming patients. Those patients need to be checked in to their assigned doctors and those doctors need to be provided their patients' vital signs, medical history and the reason for their visit. Senior

  • Honor guard sharpens skills

    The base honor guard recently spent their days training as part of an 80-hour training course taught by Air Force honor guard instructors here, March 23 through April 1.The Air Force honor guard training instructors train base honor guards at the request of the base, which unifies honor guard

  • Missile testing unit validates strategic deterrent

    The 576th Flight Test Squadron, which conducts Minuteman III launches from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, holds the unique distinction as the sole intercontinental ballistic missile test unit in the Department of Defense.The 576th FLTS gathers valuable flight and equipment data from the ICBM

  • Got consent?

    With the Air Force's continued efforts to combat sexual assault, Vandenberg has created a program specifically aimed at educating new Airmen.The program, called 'Got Consent?', takes first term Airmen through a court martial from the perspective of the jury. Airmen are presented with reenacted

  • Behind the rank: Colonel Schollars

    During a recent water line break here at Vandenberg, Col. Todd Schollars, 30th Mission Support Group commander, accompanied Lt. Col. Deron Frailie, 30th Civil Engineer Squadron commander, to the break site. Standing in a 10-foot deep ditch with Frailie and several 30th CES Airmen, he casually

 

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