• Take time to remember -- freedom is not free

    Across the wing this past week there's been a buzz about the upcoming holiday weekend. Everyone is ecstatic that Gen. William Looney III, Air Education and Training Command commander, proclaimed Monday as an AETC family day. The weather in northwestern Oklahoma has been absolutely superb, and all of

  • HAWC offers true facts about false fad diets

    You've heard the advertisements: "Lose all the weight you want, without diet and exercise!" or "melt those pounds away ... lose up to 30 pounds a month, guaranteed!" The American public is faced with an overwhelming amount of food and nutrition information. Despite the aggressive attempts by the

  • Air Force -- truly family or fictional epithet?

    Have you noticed that we in the Air Force throw the words "team" and "family" around so loosely they seem to lose their meaning and become a cliché we immediately ignore? Well, this month I entered my 17th year as an Airman, and I would like to test those words against my experiences from an E-1

  • Summer heat calls for local outdoor activities

    Happy Friday Team Vance! And congratulations to our newest Air Force and Navy pilots. I wish you the best in your careers serving our great country. As evident by the increase in temperature, the billowing thunderstorms in the afternoon, and the late night sounds of the wheat harvest, summer has

  • Will you carve your name on parchment, stone or hearts?

    What will the epitaph on your headstone read: Parchment? stone? or hearts? I have heard it said there are three ways we write our name in life, or make ourselves known, to leave a legacy. We write our names either on parchment, in stone or on the hearts of people. How do you write your name? First,

  • Set goals to achieve desires in life

    When people come into life skills and family advocacy we ask them to set goals. How will you know you have achieved your goal? What are you hoping will be different? What do you want to remain the same? What will your life look like after having achieved this goal? Goals help us focus and streamline

  • Keep up with the brass, link to Air Force Web sites

    We do important work here at Vance Air Force Base. Sometimes, we focus so much on our work that we forget about the larger Air Force beyond our fences. Understanding how we fit into that larger Air Force becomes easier if we keep up with current topics, know our leaders and read about where we're

  • Remember safety, ORM during 101 critical days

    Tuesday we will have a Safety Day to focus on the 101 Critical Days of Summer campaign that runs Memorial Day through Labor Day. This year's campaign theme is "Operation Safe Summer, Zero Fatalities." The months of June, July and August rank No. 1, 2 and 3, respectively, as the most deadly months of

  • Area surrounding Vance offers plenty to do, see

    Sandy and I have really enjoyed our time here in Enid, and we are sad to be starting our preparations to leave Vance and head off to San Antonio. All too frequently, I have heard people complaining about there being nothing to do in their off time. I find this surprising since we have never had a