Commander visits Northstar Exercise training session

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Col. Nina Armagno, 30th Space Wing commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Ryan Peterson, 30th SW command chief, observe a post-attack reconnaissance line searching for Unexploded Ordnance to practice for a Northstar exercise at Cocheo Park here Monday, Jan. 7, 2013. Team V members practiced skills that they will use in a deployed environment. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Lael Huss)

Commander visits Northstar Exercise training session

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Vandenberg Airmen consult their Airmen’s Manuals and each other to report a partially buried Unexploded Ordinance during a practice for a Northstar exercise at Cocheo Park here Monday, Jan. 7, 2013. The Northstar exercise is designed to test the deployment capabilities and combat survival skills of Vandenberg Airmen. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Lael Huss)

Commander visits Northstar Exercise training session

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Col. Nina Armagno, 30th Space Wing commander, speaks with Lt. Col. Nicholas Petrone, 30th Medical Support Squadron chief nurse, about the Self-Aid and Buddy Care training stations for the Northstar exercise participants here at Cocheo Park, Monday, Jan. 7, 2013. The Northstar exercise is designed to test the deployment capabilities and combat survival skills of Vandenberg Airmen. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Lael Huss)

Commander visits Northstar Exercise training session

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Vandenberg Airmen consult their Airmen’s Manuals during a weapons check station at Cocheo Park to practice for a Northstar exercise here Monday, Jan. 7, 2013. The Northstar exercise is designed to test the deployment capabilities and combat survival skills of Vandenberg Airmen. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Lael Huss)

Team Vandenberg Promotion Ceremony

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Col. Nina Armagno, 30th Space Wing commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Ryan Peterson, 30th Space Wing command chief, pose with the most recent group of enlisted promotees during a promotion ceremony at the Pacific Coast Club here Friday, Jan. 4, 2013. 15 Team Vandenberg members were recognized and promoted to the next enlisted rank during the ceremony. More photos from the event are available on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/30thSpaceWing. (U.S. Air Force photo/Michael Peterson)

2012 Year in Review - June

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- The Joint Functional Component Command for Space and 14th Air Force held their annual picnic here Friday, June 29, 2012. Attendees were treated to various activities including competitions in corn-hole, tug-o-war and an obstacle course as well as arts and crafts and a car show. (U.S. Air Force photo/Jerry E. Clemens Jr.)

2012 Year in Review - June

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Members from Team V, the Army and Air Force Pararescue, walk to an Army C-23 Sherpa during a tandem jump training exercise at the flightline here Wednesday, June 27, 2012. The training held certifies the pararescuemen to maintain their jump qualifications. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Andrew Satran)

2012 Year in Review - June

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Col. Brent McArther, 30th Space Wing vice commander, and his family wave to parade watchers during the city of Lompoc's 60th Annual Flower Festival Saturday, June 23, 2012. The parade is part of a five day celebration of Lompoc’s flower fields and culture. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Levi Riendeau)

2012 Year in Review - June

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Elijah and Caleb Marshall, ages 11 and 13, run in a hula-hoop race at Vacation Bible School hosted by the 30th Space Wing Chapel staff here Friday, June 15, 2012. The school is in their tenth year of operation, help 140 students in five different classes with the help of more than 50 base volunteers. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Levi Riendeau)

2012 Year in Review - June

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Army Sgt. Daniel Pineda, a Joint Space Operation Center space communications technician, and Maj. Craig Blando, a Joint Function Component Command Space plans officer, cut the cake during the 237th Army Birthday Celebration at the Pacific Coast Club here Thursday, June 14, 2012. Founded in 1775, the U.S. Army has grown from an amateur force of colonial freedom fighters to a professional force of more than one million solders fighting terrorism worldwide and providing support for international operations. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Levi Riendeau)

2012 Year in Review - May

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Team V emergency personnel respond to a staged drunk driving accident in front of the Base Fitness Center here Thursday, May 24, 2012. Airmen Against Drunk Driving teamed up with Vandenberg first responders to give base personnel a firsthand experience with the immediate consequences of impaired driving. This event concluded a week of outreach activities to raise awareness on the importance of safety during the Critical Days of Summer. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Levi Riendeau)

2012 Year in Review - May

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Lexie Korby and her older sister, Allie Korby, both daughters of Maj. Jennifer Korby, the 614th Air Operations Center director of staff, play with Cristina Powell, a Child Development Center program assistant, before Lexie is left at the new CDC here Wednesday, May 23, 2012. The new CDC opened for business Monday and has the capacity to provide care for 172 children. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Levi Riendeau)