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30th Medical Group Runs Through Code Blue

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Personnel from the 30th Medical Group treat a patient suffering from a simulated heart attack during a code blue exercise on Feb. 28. Code blue is used to indicate a patient with injuries or illnesses that present an immediate life-threatening emergency, most often a cardiac arrest. The medical group has monthly training days to ensure that they are prepared for any situation that may come their way. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Christian Thomas)

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30th Medical Group Runs Through Code Blue

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Capt. (Dr.) Daniel Rohweder, a family practice physician with the 30th Medical Group, gives a patient suffering from a simulated heart attack shock treatment during a code blue exercise on Feb. 28. Code blue is used to indicate a patient with injuries or illnesses that present an immediate life-threatening emergency, most often a cardiac arrest. The medical group has monthly training days to ensure that they are prepared for any situation that may come their way. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Christian Thomas)

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Warrior of the Week, Feb. 28

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Master Sgt. Chuck Spice is a superintendent in the Operations Division at the National Reconnaissance Office-Vandenberg squadron. He has been directly involved with the Atlas V launch since the beginning of the program in defining launch site requirements, ensuring the successful transport of the satellite from the factory to the launch site, providing the Integrated Processing Facility required, certifying NRO-V readiness for each space vehicle test, and guaranteeing proper communication configuration during the actual launch campaign. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Christian Thomas)

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Local Community Discovers Underwater Life at Cabrillo High School

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Blessing Mullis, a vandenberg dependent, helps Jonah Schneider build an otter with his father, Austin, on Feb. 20. Cabrillio High School presented the local community with a look at the underwater habitats surrounding the Central Coast and the Channel Islands. The exhibits, which were part of a student-ran aquarium, are used to teach hundreds of elementary school students of the different ecosystems living around them. Nine of the students in the class are military dependents from Vandenberg. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Christian Thomas)

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Local Community Discovers Underwater Life at Cabrillo High School

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Katy Narva teaches Krista and Steven Eisen about underwater ecosystems on Feb. 20. Cabrillio High School presented the local community with a look at the underwater habitats surrounding the Central Coast and the Channel Islands. The exhibits, which were part of a student-ran aquarium, are used to teach hundreds of elementary school students of the different ecosystems living around them. Nine of the students in the class are military dependents from Vandenberg. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Christian Thomas)

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Local Community Discovers Underwater Life at Cabrillo High School

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Students explain the characteristics of jellyfish to visitors on Feb. 20. Cabrillio High School presented the local community with a look at the underwater habitats surrounding the Central Coast and the Channel Islands. The exhibits, which were part of a student-ran aquarium, are used to teach hundreds of elementary school students of the different ecosystems living around them. Nine of the students in the class are military dependents from Vandenberg. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Christian Thomas)

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Local Community Discovers Underwater Life at Cabrillo High School

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Students from Cabrillio High School presented the local community with a look at the underwater habitats surrounding the Central Coast and the Channel Islands on Feb. 20. The exhibits, which were part of a student-ran aquarium, are used to teach hundreds of elementary school students of the different ecosystems living around them. Nine of the students in the class are military dependents from Vandenberg. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Christian Thomas)

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Dental flight brings base youth smiles, toothbrushes

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Capt. Varun Narula, a dentist with the 30th Medical Operations Squadron here, has children demonstrate how to properly brush teeth recently. Captain Narula and other dental flight Airmen visited the Youth Center and Child Development Center as part of National Children's Dental Health Month. (Courtesy photo)

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Hennessy Icebreaker

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Airman 1st Class Joshua Neiner and Airman Josephine Hathcock, 30th Security Forces Squadron, guard the Hennessy Trophy Feb. 21 at the Pacific Coast Club Warrior Room. The trophy is given to the dining facility that exemplfies excellence in all facets of the dining experience. Team Vandenberg, the 2007 Hennessy Award winner, is fighting to defend its title as the best dining facility in the Air Force. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Jonathan Olds)

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Team V Airmen support JTF-Burnt Frost

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Master Sgt. Tracy Stocks and Senior Airman Robert Allbright, 22nd Airlift Squadron, Travis AFB, Calif., tie down cargo on a C-5 Galaxy on Feb. 15. Thirty-six Airmen from the 30th Space Wing were deployed in support of Joint Task Force-Burnt Frost recently. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Jonathan Olds)

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Team V Airmen support JTF-Burnt Frost

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Airmen boarding a C-5 Galaxy headed to McGuire AFB, N.J., are "seen off" by Vandenberg leadership on Feb. 15. Thirty-six Airmen from the 30th Space Wing were deployed in support of Joint Task Force-Burnt Frost recently. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Jonathan Olds)

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Team V Airmen support JTF-Burnt Frost

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Maj. Santos Munoz, Joint Functional Component Command for Space, and other Vandenberg leadership, give farewells to Airmen boarding a C-5 Galaxy headed to McGuire AFB, N.J., on Feb. 15. Thirty-six Airmen from the 30th Space Wing were deployed in support of Joint Task Force-Burnt Frost recently. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Jonathan Olds)

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Team V Airmen support JTF-Burnt Frost

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- A loadmaster from the 22nd Airlift Squadron, Travis AFB, Calif., runs past a Vandenberg Emergency Response Vehicle aboard a C-5 Galaxy on Feb. 15. Thirty-six Airmen from the 30th Space Wing were deployed in support of Joint Task Force-Burnt Frost recently. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Jonathan Olds)

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Services defends Hennessy trophy

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Gayle Rosolas, a LOVARC employee, prepares omelets for Airmen at Breakers Dining Facility on Feb. 14. The John L. Hennessy Award team will visit here Feb. 22-25. The Hennessy trophy is the highest Air Force award given for excellence in food service. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Jonathan Olds)

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Services defends Hennessy trophy

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Ramon Enciso, a LOVARC employee, stocks the freezer at Breakers Dining Facility on Feb. 14. The John L. Hennessy Award team will visit here Feb. 22-25. The Hennessy trophy is the highest Air Force award given for excellence in food service. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Jonathan Olds)

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Services defends Hennessy trophy

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Tech. Sgt. John Thiel, 14th Air Force, is served by Lori Zirkle, a LOVARC employee, at Breakers Dining Facility on Feb. 14. The John L. Hennessy Award team will visit here Feb. 22-25. The Hennessy trophy is the highest Air Force award given for excellence in food service. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Jonathan Olds)

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Blood Drive

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Janel Stewart, a donor care specialist with United Blood Services, prepares blood bags on Feb. 6. Forty-three people volunteered to donate a pint of blood to the United Blood Services. The blood is used to treat patients in such instances as open heart surgery, hip replacement, women giving birth, and cancer patients. United Blood Services Central Coast covers Ventura to Salinas and must acquire a minimum of 275 units a day to operate effectively. (U.S Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Stephanie Longoria)

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Civil Engineer Operations Flight Keeps Water on Tap

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Staff Sgt. Cedric Morris, a utilities systems specialist with the 30th Civil Engineer Squadron, uses a pipe cutter on Jan. 31. Pipe cutters are often a faster and more convenient way of cutting pipe than using a hacksaw because they produce a clean cut. The 30th CES mission is to take care of each other while delivering superior Civil Engineering services to their customers. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Christian Thomas)

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Ground Breaking Satellite Control Facility

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif -- Lt. Col. Sam Mcneal, 21st Space Operations Squadron commander, Onizuka Air Force Base, briefs plans for a new satellite control facility on Jan. 23. The new facility will relocate to Vandenberg due to the closure of Onizuka AFB in Sunnyvale, Calif., where the 21st SOPS resides. The new infrastructure will house command and control instruments as well as satellite operators to support the space mission. These operations include missile warning systems, meteorological data, NASA launch and re-entry missions, and intelligence related projects. As many as 500 operations a day can take place using antennas around the world to link networks and satellites essential to national security. The facility is expected to be completed by October, 2009. (U. S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Adam Guy)

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Ground Breaking Satellite Control Facility

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif -- An infrastructure model is displayed of a new satellite control facility on Jan. 23. The new facility finds its home at Vandenberg due to the close of Onizuka Air Force Base in Sunnyvale, California where the 21st Space Operations Squadron resides. The new infrastructure will house command and control instruments as well as satellite operators to support the space mission. These operations include missile warning systems, meteorological data, NASA launch and re-entry missions, and intelligence related projects. As many as 500 operations a day can take place using antennas around the world to link networks and satellites essential to national security. The facility is expected to be completed by October, 2009. (U. S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Adam Guy)

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