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  • Making a difference, one patient at a time

    Team Vance nurses and aeromedical services technicians wear many hats to keep the military community healthy, from responding to an in-flight emergency or comforting a sick child to performing records reviews and giving vaccinations. The 71st Medical Group joins medical professionals across the nation today to Thursday in recognizing the service

  • Food, games, prizes draw crowd to Enlisted Appreciation Night

    The scent of pizza and the sound of laughter filled the air as Airmen and their guests played several rounds of blackjack and bingo. From time to time, shouts of joy rang out as another ticket number brought a prize to someone's pocket. Soon it was time for the auction, and the auctioneer called bids at a fever pitch to keep up with all the

  • Recognize, prevent child abuse

    She sits happily in front of the television, watching cartoons and eating her marshmallow cereal. Suddenly, her mother's angry voice bellows from the bedroom. "Sarah! Come here right now!" Knowing this means trouble, Sarah hesitantly obeys her mother's order. As soon as she enters, she feels the common sting of her mother's hand across her face.

  • Class tour celebrates military child month

    Haley Barkley, Jeremy Dubriske, Riley Johnson, Konnor Kah and Jacob Plummer are kindergarten classmates at St. Paul's Lutheran School. But they have something else in common: their parents are all Air Force members of Team Vance. "With four other military children in the same class as our son, my wife wanted to do something on base for them and

  • AF Academy bound: Vance Airman successful in second attempt at officership

    A dream is coming true for one Vance Air Force Base Airman. This June, Airman 1st Class Kedem Alon, 71st Operations Support Squadron will trade in his job as an air traffic controller here for a new challenge as a U.S. Air Force Academy cadet. "Sometimes a delay is not a denial, but an opportunity," said Airman Alon, "The timing of this must have

  • Doctor eyes vision studies

    The man who has helped Team Vance stay focused for the last four years has a clear vision on his near future. His eyes are on a doctorate in vision science. Maj. (Dr.) Martin LaFrance, 71st Medical Operations Squadron optometrist, was selected by the Air Force Institute of Technology to attend the University of Alabama at Birmingham under the

  • Vance AFB assists Army family after house fire

    Helping families in need is what Vance Air Force Base does best -- regardless of the military service. That was the case when one Army family needed help after their house was gutted by fire in early February. Army Sgt. Eric Clark had relocated his family to Enid last fall before he deployed for an 18-month tour at Camp Casey, Korea. With his

  • Safe Ride program takes care of VAFB wingmen

    Making it home safely is a free cab ride away for Team Vance members thanks to the Safe Ride Home program. The program is a First Sergeant Council initiative to ensure Vance Air Force Base wingmen get home safely, said MSgt Joe Davis, 71st Mission Support Group first sergeant. "The wing first sergeants wanted to give people an avenue to receive

  • Expeditionary Update: Team Vance deployment support in 'reserves'

    Maj Homer Nesmith is a member of the U.S. Air Force Reserves and proud of it. But he isn't what most people think of as a "weekend warrior." Like many other members of the 5th Flying Training Squadron at Vance Air Force Base, Major Nesmith serves full-time on an active Guard and Reserve (AGR) tour in what is known as the Reserve Associate program.

  • Preparedness, flexibility key to deployment success

    In the military, being tagged for a deployment and sent away from home to work until your turn is done has become a way of life. The deployment process actually begins when an Airman is placed on mobility status and is assigned to an Air Expeditionary Force rotation pair. Training and medical clearance begins and is maintained until an Airman hears
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