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  • Education program enlightens Airmen

    Since the early 1970s, when the Community College of the Air Force was established, the Air Force has been a step ahead in providing, and encouraging, further educational opportunities for enlisted Airmen.Today, the CCAF offers more than 65 Associates of Applied Science degree programs and various

  • 30th MDOS flexes mussels

    Six Airmen slipped and shuffled down the steep embankment to Brown beach, causing sand to be caught up in eddies swirling around them. When the group made their way to the jagged coastline, they hopped nimbly from rock to rock, avoiding the tide pools and slick seaweed patches. The ocean spray

  • Can you please transfer me to...

    Tucked away in the corner of building 12000 is a room staffed by contractors who work relentlessly around the clock to keep the lines of base communication open. They remain ready in their offices to transfer calls, day or night, holiday or weekend. These multitasking gurus are always just a phone

  • ADC ensures due process

    With military members being held to high standards of conduct under the Uniform Code of Military Justice, the availability of fair legal representation is an Air Force priority. This representation is offered by a military attorney, known as an Area Defense Counsel, whose sole purpose is to

  • MFLC program provides positive outlet

    Nearly a decade ago the Department of Defense sought to create an additional support service for military members and their families, due to lengthy and recurring deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan.After the positive conclusion of a two-year pilot program, Managed Health Network Government

  • More than meets the eye

    The expression "twenty/twenty" is what optometry doctors call a person with normal vision. However, the doctors and technicians at the Vandenberg Optometry Clinic don't settle for the norm. The clinic offers more than meets the eye and top if off with exceptional health care service to the base.

  • Military child steps to the plate!

    VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- In the Air Force there are sacrifices that Airmen make for their country. These sacrifices range from spending less than the ideal amount of time with their family, to the ultimate sacrifice, their lives. Although the children of Airmen aren't directly enlisted

  • The instructors behind our future leaders

    Some say that people are born leaders and others need someone to show them they have a leader within. Regardless what the case may be, the instructors at the Airmen Leadership School pride themselves in being a part of shaping the Air Force's leaders.To some it may seem the instructor's work a

  • Fitness Assessment Cell officer-in-charge puts integrity first

    With military members continuing to focus on global operations, maintaining fitness levels in the Air Force is a constant priority.With this in mind the responsibility of precise fitness assessments, at VAFB, falls on the shoulders of one lieutenant."My primary duties include accurately

  • Mental Health: essential to comprehensive fitness

    As Airmen begin to return from more than a decade of combat in the Middle East, and cope with the perils of war, distinguishing Mental Health clinics as valuable resources rather than detrimental career-enders is paramount.Although it aims to promote overall mental fitness, negative reactions toward