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30th Space Wing command chief retires

Command Chief Master Sgt. Timothy Gordon, 30th Space Wing, retires at 2 p.m. June 1 in the Pacific Coast Club at Vandenberg Air Force Base. Chief Gordon served at Vandenberg since April 2005, and retires after 27 years and serving in 15 assignments. (Photo by Airman 1st Class Nicole Roberts)

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Stoic defender

Retired Chief Warrant Officer Eugene Moon, attends the Lompoc POPS Orchestra concert during the 2007 Memorial Day Military Appreciation Concert at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., on May 28. Chief Moon is 99 years old and originates from the Turtle Mountain Reservation in Belcourt, N.D. as part of the Turtle Mountain band of Chippewa Indians. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Kristi Emler)

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Leading lady

Actress, Jane Russell, performs during the Lompoc POPS Orchestra during the 2007 Memorial Day Military Appreciation Concert at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., on May 28. Jane Russell is best known for films such as "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes", opposite Marilyn Monroe and the comedy "Double Dynamite" opposite Frank Sinatra. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Kristi Emler)

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Follow the leader

Lompoc POPS Maestro Rodolfo Fernandez directs the band during a Lompoc POPS Orchestra concert during the 2007 Memorial Day Military Appreciation Concert at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., on May 28. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Kristi Emler)

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Investigation in housing to minimally impact residents

A safety officer with the 30th Space Wing Safety office detects anomalies, which are targets of a ground investigation investigation set to be conducted within West Housing June 11 to 29. The site to be investigated, which is a requreiment prior to housing privatization, was a possibly used as a Camp Cooke grenade training court in the 1940s. (Courtesy Photo)

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Foggy Shores tests Vandenberg’s emergency response

Tech. Sgt Fred Tobias, Staff Sgt. Francisco Reza and Senor Airman Duschek Juarez prepare to tactically enter a building to engage a gunman during a mock terrorist attack during a Foggy Shores exercise May 15. The three 30 Security Forces Squadron Airmen participated in the Foggy Shores exercise, which is designed to prepare the 30 Space Wing on natural disaster and incident response. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt DeNoris A. Mickle)

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Foggy Shores tests Vandenberg’s emergency response

On the second day of the Foggy Shores exercise, Master Sgt William Flester, 30th Security Forces Squadron, calls in a situation report for a special response team to engage a gunman during a mock terrorist attack at Vandenberg Air Force Base, May 15. The two-day exercise tested the readiness of 30th Space Wing personnel in the event of a disaster or threat. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. DeNoris Mickle)

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Foggy Shores tests Vandenberg’s emergency response

On the second day of the Foggy Shores exercise, 30th Security Forces Squadron Airmen prepare to tactically enter a building to engage a gunman during a mock terrorist attack at Vandenberg Air Force Base, May 15. The two-day exercise tested the readiness of 30th Space Wing personnel in the event of a disaster or threat. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. DeNoris Mickle)

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Foggy Shores tests Vandenberg’s emergency response

During the first day of the Foggy Shores exercise, 30th Medical Operations Squadron Airmen transport Tech. Sgt Suzanne Bell, 30th MDOS, as she simulates an injury. A simulated earthquake partially collapsed Bldg. 8500, trapping many people inside as part of a Foggy Shores exercise at Vandenberg Air Force Base on May 14 to 15. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Staff Sgt Angelique Perez)

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Foggy Shores tests Vandenberg’s emergency response

On the first day of the Foggy Shores exercise, Vandenberg Fire Fighter Airman 1st Class Jeremy Di Iullo gives medical attention to Senior Airman Micheal Maskowski who simulates an injury during the earthquake scenario May 14. Both members of the 30th Civil Engineer Squadron participated in this two-day exercise that tests first responders at Vandenberg Air Force Base on how they perform their jobs in a stressful situation. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Ashley Reed)

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Foggy Shores tests Vandenberg’s emergency response

Steven Bosell, 30th Civil Engineer Squadron, feigns injury and awaits medical attention after a simulated earthqake during the first day of the Foggy Shores exercise, May 14. The two-day exercise is designed to test the readiness of all personnel assigned to Vandenberg Air Force Base in the event of a disaster or threat. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Christian Thomas)

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Foggy Shores tests Vandenberg’s emergency response

On the first day of the Foggy Shores exercise, Capt. Mary Creswell checks the vital signs on Tech. Sgt. Suzanne Bell as she simulates an injury on May 14. Both Airmen from the 30th Medical Operations Squadron participated in the earthquake simulation of a partially collapsed building that trapped many people inside at Vandenberg Air Force Base . (U.S. Air Force Photo by Staff Sgt Angelique M. Perez)

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Foggy Shores tests Vandenberg’s emergency response

On the first day of the Foggy Shores exercise, firefighters and Hot Shots treat simulated victims of an earthquakeat Bldg. 8500 on May 14. The two-day exercise tested the readiness of Vandenberg Air Force Base personnel in the event of a disaster or threat. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Christian Thomas)

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VAFB firefighters learn the ropes at rescue technician course

Seth Wells rappels a stretcher with Staff Sgt. Kaohilii Romualdo inside during the Rescue Technician course at Space Launch Complex-4 at Vandenberg Air Force Base May 11. The course helps familiarize the 30th Civil Engineer Squadron firefighter students with advanced rescue techniques. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Kristi Emler)

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VAFB firefighters learn the ropes at rescue technician course

Vandenberg's Fire and Emergency Services flight practice rappeling a stretcher during the Rescue Technician course at Space Launch Complex-4 at Vandenberg Air Force Base May 11. The course helps familiarize the 30th Civil Engineer Squadron firefighter students with advanced rescue techniques. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Kristi Emler)

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VAFB firefighters learn the ropes at rescue technician course

Rescue Technician course students tie a stretcher to Staff Sgt. Kaohilii Romualdo, 30th Civil Engineer Squadron, Fire and Emergency Services flight at Space Launch Complex-4 at Vandenberg Air Force Base May 11. The course helps familiarize the 30th Civil Engineer Squadron firefighter students with advanced rescue techniques. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Kristi Emler)

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VAFB firefighters learn the ropes at rescue technician course

Staff Sgt. Kaohilii Romualdo, 30th Civil Engineer Squadron, Fire and Emergency Services flight, attends the Rescue Technician course at Space Launch Complex-4 at Vandenberg Air Force Base May 11. The course helps familiarize the 30th Civil Engineer Squadron firefighter students with advanced rescue techniques. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Kristi Emler)

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VAFB firefighters learn the ropes at rescue technician course

Rescue Technician course students tie a stretcher to Staff Sgt. Kaohilii Romualdo, 30th Civil Engineer Squadron, Fire and Emergency Services flight at Space Launch Complex-4 at Vandenberg Air Force Base May 11. The course helps familiarize the 30th Civil Engineer Squadron firefighter students with advanced rescue techniques. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Kristi Emler)

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VAFB firefighters learn the ropes at rescue technician course

Vandenberg's Fire and Emergency Services flight attends the Rescue Technician course at Space Launch Complex-4 at Vandenberg Air Force Base May 11. The course helps familiarize the 30th Civil Engineer Squadron firefighter students with advanced rescue techniques. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Kristi Emler)

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Victims, advocates take 2-mile jump against sexual assault

Moments before her jump, Donna Rathbun, Vandenberg’s Sexual Assault Response Coordinator, sees the city of Lompoc two miles below during “Operation Free-Fall” April 20. Thousands of people jump during the annual nation-wide event held during Sexual Assault Awareness Month in April, to empower survivors and to raise awareness to what has become the nation’s most under reported crime. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Adam Guy)

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