• Vance reducing tobacco use areas

    Tobacco users at Vance will soon see a significant reduction in authorized tobacco use areas, better known as Designated Tobacco Areas.The push to reduce DTAs is based on health and readiness as well as compliance with the recently updated Air Force Instruction 40-102, "Tobacco Use in the Air

  • The challenge of finding a good babysitter

    I'm constantly looking for babysitters.No, my kids aren't that unruly and I'm not overly demanding. But there always seems to be a shortage of babysitters in general. Couple that with the fact that we're always moving and our babysitters are always moving and we're actively looking for babysitters

  • Time - our most valuable resource

    Let's face it; life in today's Air Force is busy.While we deal with shrinking budgets and manpower reductions, the mission remains and the demands are high -- especially the demands on our time.Work schedules, additional duties, TDYs, professional military education, academic degrees and various

  • Paralegal retraining -- Are you a difference maker?

    Are you a difference maker that is looking a challenge?Twelve years ago I was an aerospace ground equipment mechanic. I was okay at my job, but by the end of the day it was not very rewarding and my wife hated me coming home smelling like grease, oil and gas.So, after nine years of being an AGE

  • Squadron exchange gives Airmen better understanding of other units

    The squadron exchange program at Vance began as a flying unit commander's late night inspiration."I was reviewing some documents at home and I thought, 'what else can we do to help our junior enlisted and junior officers get a better understanding of operations?'" said Lt. Col. Michelle Pryor, the