• Voice issues, concerns using AF Community Assessment Survey

    Two years ago when service members left their spouses for deployments, there was little to no support available to help alleviate the stressors a spouse must deal with before, during and after a deployment. Today, a Deployed Spouses Group exists for spouses of deployed active duty, Reserve and Guard

  • A day in the life of a Vance student pilot

    Monday started early for 2nd Lt. John Lieber, much like the previous five months of undergraduate pilot training at Vance Air Force Base, with a 5 a.m. wakeup and ended when his head hit the pillow at 10 p.m. to get his rest. Lieutenant Lieber, a student pilot assigned to D-flight in the 8th Flying

  • Teach children about 'stranger danger'

    The term "stranger danger" has become commonly used in American culture. However, some organizations such as the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children do not support the stranger-danger message. Most children are actually taken by someone they know or who is familiar to them. Children

  • Team Vance members ASIST with prevention

    Not everyone knows how to react when they realize someone they know is suicidal, but Team Vance is working to ensure they do. The Vance Chapel offers Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training, or ASIST, which gives people the tools they need to recognize a suicidal person, talk with him or her

  • Twisted ideology of hate led to mass murder evil of Holocaust

    Holocaust Remembrance Observance Week serves to remind Americans of what can happen to civilized people when bigotry, hatred and indifference influence their lives. In a word, Nazi Germany was pure horror. Rights such as the freedom of religion, free speech and the right to live, that some may take

  • Operation KIDS 'deploys' children

    They're swearing in, smiling for their identification card photographs and immediately receiving orders to deploy. But these people aren't typical new recruits. The Airman and family readiness center is looking for active-duty, Reserve and Guard military dependents ages 5 and older interested in

  • Team Vance members drawn to footlights

    Forget American Idol, Team Vance members are getting their share of the spotlight on Broadway. Actually, they are appearing about a block and a half off Broadway, on Independence Street at the Gaslight Theater. Like other community theaters across the country, the Gaslight depends on volunteers for

  • Vance Warrior of the Week -- Capt. Christoper Davis

    Capt. Christopher Davis, 71st Flying Training Wing, was nominated as Warrior of the Week because he "is an outstanding warrior with a 'can do' attitude that excels in all areas," said his supervisor, Maj. Robert Truax, chief of wing plans. "Captain Davis was hand picked to lead the Exercise

  • Vance Warrior of the Week -- Master Sgt. Spencer Parker

    Master Sgt. Spencer Parker, 71st Flying Training Wing, was nominated as Warrior of the Week because "when it comes to military equal opportunity he walks the walk and talks the talk which is very important never shying away from the toughest issues," according to his supervisor, Capt. Richard