• Commentary: Now is the time for bold leadership

    A week ago I sent an email message titled "Leadership versus Policy" to command chiefs and career field managers.The theme of the message was that too much arbitrary guidance could prove to be counterproductive. As supervisors, the more leverage we have to deal with situations on a case-by-case

  • Client systems supervisor named Vance Warrior of the Week

    Tech. Sgt. Linell McKissick, a client systems supervisor for the 71st Communications Squadron, was named the 71st Flying Training Wing Warrior of the Week.McKissick ensures the Emergency Operations Center, Crisis Action Team, the alternate EOC and alternate CAT communication devices are properly

  • Commentary -- Knowing what is important helps achieve what matters most

    To quote Stephen Covey, who makes great business tools, "How different our lives are when we really know what is deeply important to us, and, keeping that picture in mind, we manage ourselves each day to be and do what really matters most."To this southeast Missouri boy, what mattered most to me

  • Vance celebrates National Library Week

    The Vance Air Force Base Library is celebrating National Library Week, April 9 to 12, with local leaders reading to children each morning.Monday the children listened to Wes Felber, the lead fire fighter on Engine 9 with the Vance Fire Department.Tuesday Greg Waide with the Airman & Family Readiness

  • Cini -- a military working dog - 2003-2012

    Cini was a military working dog.She had a tattoo inside her ear to prove it - H386.Her Air Force career began when the she was purchased shortly after birth in 2003. It ended March 22 on the door step of the working-dog kennel at Vance Air Force Base, Okla., when she died in the arms of her handler,