• Vance Spouse Spotlight: Jill Helmer

    Name: Jill HelmerBase affiliation: My husband is Army Staff Sgt. Jeremy Helmer. He's the supply sergeant with Company B, 1/179 Infantry Battalion, 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Oklahoma Army National Guard, at the Armed Forces Reserve Center here.Do you have kids? Jeremy and I have been married

  • Achieving success one small step at a time

    "No one plans to live a mediocre life." -- Chaplain (Capt.) Jon BravinderDo you want to be a success? I would assume the answer is yes, because nobody I know wakes up wanting to fail.No matter our job or rank, military or civilian, we all want to succeed and reach our goals.In his book, "The Slight

  • Combined Federal Campaign kicks off with free breakfast

    The Vance Combined Federal Campaign committee will host the CFC Kickoff Breakfast at 7 a.m., Oct. 3, in the Community Chapel Activity Center.The breakfast marks the beginning of Vance Air Force Base's largest charity drive which will run from Sept. 30 through Nov. 8.All 71st FTW active duty, reserve

  • Vance Airmen honor POW/MIA Day

    The men and women of the 71st Flying Training Wing at Vance Air Force Base honored the American military members who were prisoners of war and those who are still missing in action with a special retreat ceremony Sept. 20.The third Friday of September is National POW/MIA Recognition Day in the

  • Vance marching units join Cherokee Strip Parade

    Eighty Vance Airmen marched alongside local community members during the Cherokee Strip Parade, Sept. 14, in Enid, Okla.The parade celebrated the Land Run of 1893 where more than 100,000 settlers raced to claim land in the Oklahoma Territory known as the Cherokee Strip. Members of the local