• Off-duty injuries can affect military, health benefits

    The 101 critical days of summer -- Memorial Day through Labor Day - have finally arrived. Summer in Oklahoma is a time to relax and enjoy a much-needed vacation and not worry about a thing, right? Well, almost. History shows that during the summer months the percentage of servicemembers and families

  • Vance Commissary earns best small commissary

    The Commissary here earned first place in the Richard M. Paget Award in the Defense Commissary Agency's Best Commissary of the Year competition for fiscal year 2013. "Your excellence in the areas of accountability, customer satisfaction, unit cost, sales and accident rates has set you high above the

  • Every Vote matters – celebrate your rights on Law Day

    Every presidential election Americans are bombarded with advertisements and public service announcements encouraging people to get out and vote. But, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, the highest percentage of voters for any national election in the past ten years was 63.8 percent. This was for

  • Watch for the pitch, magazine sellers can be too pushy

    Security forces officials at military installations across the country are investigating reports of young adults gaining access to bases under false pretenses.On Feb. 24 a Sailor stationed at Tinker Air Force Base, Okla., met four people at a local retail store and sponsored them onto the base to

  • Medication disposal box now available at security forces building

    Rates of prescription drug abuse in the U.S. are alarmingly high, as are the number of accidental poisonings and overdoses due to stockpiles of medicines in homes. Studies show that a majority of people who abuse prescription drugs obtain them from family and friends. In addition to abuse, an