• Combating depression and anxiety with resiliency

    Depression and anxiety occur throughout the population, including in the military. No one is spared, including children, adolescents, teens, adults and the older populations.Symptoms of depression and anxiety include insomnia and hypersomnia, fatigue and mania, restlessness and irritability,

  • Longest serving government civilian at Vance to retire

    With spunky, cropped hair and her modern, stylish wardrobe, Kathy Burge doesn't look like someone with 36 years of civil service.The 71st Flying Training Wing operations plans officer is the longest serving Department of Defense civil service employee currently assigned to Vance Air Force Base and

  • Mission essential -- Mike Rich 71st Student Squadron

    Mike Rich is a T-1 Jawhawk simulator instructor for the 71st Student Squadron.The flight simulators here are like advanced video games. Students sit in a cockpit facing a screen instead of a window with all the same controls as an actual aircraft. The simulators have the entire city of Enid, Okla.,

  • Communicate more than just the good news

    One thing I stress with all my team members during our "Get to know you" sessions is the importance of good feedback up and down the chain. The old adage holds true - "Bad news, unlike wine, does not get any better with time."My team members know to fill me in when I do or say something that can be