• Kids Investigate Deployment Services "enlistments" underway

    Operation KIDS wants you - provided you're an active-duty, Reserve or Guard military dependent between the ages of 5 and 12. Operation KIDS (Kids Investigating Deployment Services) is a hands-on event designed to give children in military families an understanding of what parents experience prior to

  • Awareness key to suicide prevention

    Suicide is preventable and recognizing a problem is the first step to getting help. Suicide Prevention Week, Sunday through Sept. 15, serves to remind service members and their families that help is available as close as a home computer or telephone with the Mental Health Self-Assessment Program.

  • Town hall meeting addresses privatization concerns

    New leases and resident guidelines were the main topics of discussion at the town hall meeting that addressed upcoming housing privatization initiatives Thursday at the youth center. Vance AFB is one of six bases finalizing their housing privatization contracts in late September, said Col. Rod

  • Home Buying 101: Workshop provides consumers home financing details

    Finding a place to call home can be a dream come true, but figuring out how to finance it can be a confusing nightmare for first-time home buyers. The Airmen & Family Readiness Center held a Home Buyers Workshop Aug. 22 to clarify the financing options available, so buyers can obtain the American

  • T-6 pilot makes new map

    In unfamiliar territory, a topographical map is a good tool for understanding the environment, but a good map of the political landscape might prove to be even more useful. Air Force Reservist Maj. Homer Nesmith, a T-6 instructor pilot with the 5th Flying Training Squadron at Vance Air Force Base,