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Current Issue: August 6, 2010




Back to school
Linda Belknap (right), from Autry Technology Center, goes over a brochure with Staff Sgt. Shawna Houston during the education fair July 21 at Vance Air Force Base. (Staff Photo by Billy Hefton)
Vance Air Force Base is all about education.

Every year nearly 400 Air Force, Navy, Marine or allied pilots graduate from flight training at Vance. read more...

2 former Vance students die in C-17 crash
Maj. Aaron W. Malone was one of the four airmen killed in the July 28 crash of a C-17 based at Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska. Malone went through undergraduate pilot training at Vance Air Force Base. (Courtesy photos)
Two of the airmen killed in the crash of a C-17 cargo plane last week in Alaska earned their wings at Vance Air Force Base.
Maj. read more...

The U.S. Navy has changed its tuition assistance policy and the way active-duty sailors access money for college.
The Navy’s new TA policy now grants funding on a first-come, first-served basis, with money that is replenished every fiscal quarter instead of each fiscal year. read more...

Dance camp offers fun, exercise
Mechel Miller (center), a dance instructor from I-Can Studios in Atlanta, takes Vance youth through a salsa routine during the Total Dance Experience Camp held in the Youth Center gym Monday through today. Also pictured are Madison (left), daughter of Shannon Perry in the CSC Applied Technologies Human Resources office; Isac (behind instructor), son of Claudia Perez de Marshall in the CSC Parachute shop; and Alix (right), daughter of Patty Tyson in the Wing Quality Assurance Standardization and Evaluation office. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jessica Gibson)
Loud music filled the Youth Center gym this week as kids and teens practiced their dancing skills with the Total Dance Experience Camp, a four-day camp that teaches kids different dance styles and the importance of good exercise. read more...

New med group commander

New med group commander
Col. Douglas Curry (right) accepts command of 71st Medical Group from Col. Russ Mack, 71st Flying Training Wing commander, during a ceremony July 29 in Hangar 199. Curry comes to Vance from 96th Dental Squadron at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. Col. Otha Solomon, the previous commander of the Medical Group, is retiring from the Air Force and moving to Alabama. (U.S. Air Force photo by Terry Wasson)

How I learned to live
Senior Airman Emerald Ralston sits with Army Sgt. Ian Ralston, her brother, at the Veterans Affairs Spinal Cord Injury Center in Minneapolis, Minn. Airman Ralston is a public affairs specialist with the 92nd Air Refueling Wing Public Affairs. (Courtesy photo)
FAIRCHILD AIR FORCE BASE, Wash. (AFNS) — I thought I was ready for war.
I had gone through Army combat skills training at Ft. read more...

First impressions and the military wife
Tanya Biank
Forget unpacking boxes; my top priority at a new duty station is finding a good hairdresser. After consulting with the neighborhood ladies, I called to book an appointment with Lauren. read more...

This is a journal from 2nd Lt. Lynn Aird, Joint Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training Class 10-14. read more...

Warrior of the Week
Capt. Mike ‘Cleveland’ Marchand
Capt. Mike ‘Cleveland’ Marchand

• Duty title: 8th Flying Training Squadron programmer
• Hometown: Sarasota, Fla.
• Favorite PT regimen: Running
• Mission accomplishments: Marchand facilitated the Class 11-05 surge by triple-turning — three flights a day — multiple times as well as double-turning on consecutive weekends to ensure the class track-selected on time. read more...

Warriors of the Week
Capt. Jeff Biller, 2nd Lt. Jason Pallo, Jean Null
Capt. Jeff Biller, 2nd Lt. Jason Pallo, Jean Null

Capt. Jeff Biller, 2nd Lt. Jason Pallo and Jean Null in the 71st Flying Training Wing’s Staff Judge Advocate at Vance are Warriors of the Week.
Recently, the legal office was contacted by the son of an Air Force retiree who was at Integris Bass Baptist Health Center in Enid and not expected to live much longer. read more...

The Exchange benefit at Vance Air Force Base is paying dividends in more ways than one.
Airmen shopping at the BX, service station and other AAFES activities in the past year generated a dividend of $132,398. read more...

Falcons coming, Sooner than later
The United States Air Force Academy Falcons and University of Oklahoma Sooners football teams are competing Sept. read more...

Base Chapel Schedule
Protestant

• Contemporary Worship Service — Sundays, 11 a.m. at Base Chapel.
• Children’s Church — Sundays, 11 a.m. read more...

At the Movies
Saturday, 7 p.m.

KILLERS — A vacationing woman meets her ideal man, leading to a swift marriage. Back at home, however, their idyllic life is upset when they discover their neighbors could be assassins who have been contracted to kill the couple. read more...

Community Schedules and Notes
TOP PICK

Feed the Neighborhood set Sunday

Feed the Neighborhood will be giving away school supplies from 5-8 p.m. read more...

DALLAS — The Army & Air Force Exchange Service is “throwing a bone” to military pets and their owners in the “Patriot Pet Just Say Treat” photo contest.
From now through Sept. read more...

Be ‘food safe’ with reusable grocery bags
Baggers at the Yokota Commissary, Japan, load groceries into reusable grocery bags. (DeCA photo by Nancy O’Nell)
FORT LEE, Va. — The popularity of reusable grocery bags among commissary shoppers is huge. Since the bags were first made available in 2007, there were plenty of times when almost the entire selection walked out the front door about as fast as we could get them stocked on our shelves. read more...

Military working dog overcomes PTSD
Master Sgt. Eric Haynes praises Gina, a four-year-old German shepherd, during her off-duty play time July 21 at the Peterson Air Force Base dog kennel in Colo. Haynes spent the past six months working daily with Gina, who suffered from post traumatic stress disorder after her tour in Southwest Asia. Haynes is the 21st Security Forces Squadron NCO in charge of the military working dog section. (U.S. Air Force photo by Monica Mendoza)
PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. (AFNS) — When 4-year-old Gina, a 21st Security Forces Squadron military working dog, returned from her five-month tour in Southwest Asia, she wasn’t the same.
She was anti-social. read more...



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