• The 'Undead' participate in Wingman Day fun run

    Avoiding zombies during the 5K Fun Run was a significant part of resilience training offered during Wingman Day, Oct. 24, at Vance Air Force Base.Under the guidance of a Resilience Training Assistant, members of the 71st Medical Group, 71st Mission Support Group and the Wing Staff Agencies learned

  • Gold Standard -- a set of guiding principles

    When you think about what it takes to win, what are your steps? What is your strategy?Do you know your own capability? What is your sense of purpose?In 2008, Coach Mike Krzyzewski, aka Coach K, led a team of superstar basketball players who won the Olympic Gold Medal, and answered those questions

  • RAPCON staff sergeant rescues children from Arkansas river

    Staff Sgt. Adam Lewis and five friends were packing up after lunch while on canoeing trip in Arkansas last May when two children on an inner tube came floating down the river on what, until that point, was a gentle current.The children were approaching a bend in the river where the current becomes

  • Commander conducts SAPR exercise – unit does the right thing

    Senior Air Force leaders have made clear that sexual harassment and sexual assault have no place in today's Air Force.One local commander decided to go beyond briefings and PowerPoint slides and try to catch her people doing the right thing."In the Sexual Assault Prevention and Response briefs, we

  • Pumpkin Patrol will watch over base trick-or-treaters

    The Pumpkin Patrol will be on the job again this year watching over trick-or-treaters in search of candy around base housing this Halloween.Each year members of the 71st Security Forces Squadron man each street in the base housing area to provide a safe environment for trick-or-treaters and their