• Family -- our unsung heroes

    Throughout my Air Force career, strangers have often approached me when I'm in uniform off-base and thanked me for my service. I usually get tongue tied and don't know what to say other than thanks for their support.To me, it doesn't seem like I'm making that big of a sacrifice. I'm just doing what

  • AFSO21 manager pens novels in her spare time

    It was 1999. Terri Schaefer, then a secretary with the 71st Medical Operations Squadron here, was perusing her emails when a subject line caught her attention. It was confirmation that the book she submitted was going to be e-published.It was tangible proof she actually had what it takes to be a

  • Vance volunteers support Hope Outreach abstinence event for local teens

    For the first time, members of Vance organizations volunteered together in support of the Hope Outreach Parenting Resource Center's annual abstinence tea for local seventh-grade girls held this year at the Cherokee Strip Center Sept. 14."We wanted the Enid community to know we are supportive of the

  • Making sure the dorms are up to snuff… for her ‘children’

    Junior enlisted members at Vance Air Force Base have been living in the same dormitories since 1957 due to excellent maintenance over the years, according to findings in a recent inspection.Angela Bobb has been doing her part to keep the dorms in their outstanding condition since 1998 as Vance's