• Warrior of the Week – Staff Sgt. Jon Carpenter

    Name:  Staff Sgt. Jon CarpenterDuty:  NCO in charge of Chapel OperationsHometown:  Tulsa, Okla.Favorite PT regimen:  Elliptical trainerMission contributions:  Sergeant Carpenter organized sponsors and a team of volunteers to put on the February Singles' International Gourmet Meal Opportunity that

  • Strict rules apply to having personal firearms on base

    Firearms serve many purposes and are used in various ways, from sport shooting and hunting to protection. For people living on Vance AFB, there are rules and regulations for having firearms on base.The bottom line -- you cannot bring firearms, concealed or not, onto Vance unless going to or from

  • Biggest Loser participants drop 417 pounds at March weigh in

    Participants in Vance's 2010 Biggest Loser weight-loss program weighed in at 417 pounds less March 5 than they did at the February weigh in. "We have only 350 pounds to go to hit the group's goal of 1,750 pounds lost," said Kellie Jensen, fitness program manager at Vance's Health and Wellness

  • Vance safety NCO deploys to help with Haitian earthquake recovery

    An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.0 hit the country of Haiti the afternoon of Jan. 12. Wide spread destruction created a need for massive airlifting of emergency supplies for the survivors.With so many different nations sending aircraft into the severely damaged Port au Prince airport, safety on