A.C. Green visits Vandenberg AFB

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Quinn Johnson, of the 30th Contracting Squadron, welcomes A.C. Green, a motivational speaker and retired National Basketball Association player, to the Gospel Basketball Men’s Fellowship here Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012. The fellowship is held every other Sunday at 2:30 p.m. in the base gym. For more information contact the Vandenberg Air Force Base chapel staff at 606-5773. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Scottie T. McCord)

New diabetes class offered at Vandenberg's HAWC

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Jimmy Camacho reads from a “fact or myth” card during the Diabetes Conversation Maps class at the Health and Wellness Center here Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012. The class provides people with diabetes the opportunity to learn more about their condition with other diabetics during an interactive forum that engages small groups of people in an open discussion about diabetes. (U.S. Air Force photo/Jerry E. Clemens Jr.)

New diabetes class offered at Vandenberg's HAWC

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Melinda Reed, a certified diabetes educator at Vandenberg's Health and Wellness Center, listens as a patient describes what it is like to have diabetes during the Diabetes Conversation Maps class here Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012. The class provides people with diabetes the opportunity to learn more about their condition with other diabetics during an interactive forum that engages small groups of people in an open discussion about diabetes. (U.S. Air Force photo/Jerry E. Clemens Jr.)

Cub Scouts visit PA

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Vandenberg Cub Scout Pack 102 poses for a photo on the news anchor table during their visit to the 30th Space Wing Public Affairs Office here Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012. The PA staff helped the scouts earn their news and media merit badges. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Andrew Satran)

Cub Scouts visit PA

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Vandenberg Cub Scout Pack 102 learns about live broadcasts in the television control room during their visit to the 30th Space Wing Public Affairs Office here Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012. The PA staff helped the scouts earn their news and media merit badge. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Andrew Satran) )

Cub Scouts visit PA

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Vandenberg Cub Scout Pack 102 learns about live broadcasts in the television control room in the 30th Space Wing Public Affairs Office here Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012. The PA staff helped the scouts earn their news and media merit badges. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Andrew Satran)

Wing commander leads Team V run

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Col. Nina Armagno, 30th Space Wing commander, speaks to the wing during her first wing run as the wing commander at the parade grounds Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012. Armango spoke about the importance of fitness and being a wingman. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Andrew Satran)

Wing commander leads Team V run

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Approaching the finish line, members of the 30th Space Wing run the last stretch of the monthly Wing Run at the base parade grounds here Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012. This was the first wing run for the wing's new commander, Col. Nina Armagno. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Andrew Satran)

Wing commander leads Team V run

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Approaching the finish line, members of the 30th Space Wing run the last stretch of the monthly Wing Run at the base parade grounds here Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012. This was the first wing run for the wing's new commander, Col. Nina Armagno. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Andrew Satran)

Wing commander leads Team V run

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Members of the 30th Space Wing run during the monthly Wing Run here at the base parade grounds Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012. This was the first wing run for the wing's new commander, Col. Nina Armagno. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Andrew Satran)

Vandenberg acquires 'shocking' new simulator

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. - Airman 1st Class Emily Groth and Airman 1st Class Molly Shortt, both 30th Security Forces Squadron members, review a combat scenario they just completed in the firearms training simulator at the Combat Arms Training Complex (Building 21308) here Friday, Jan. 27, 2012. The new simulator provides a virtual training environment for Vandenberg members to practice real-world combat tactics and scenarios based on Air Force qualification courses. (U.S. Air Force/Staff Sgt. Levi Riendeau)

Vandenberg acquires 'shocking' new simulator

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. - Airmen from the 30th Security Forces Squadron talk down an aggressive suspect during a scenario in the firearms training simulator at the Combat Arms Training Complex (Building 21308) here Friday, Jan. 27, 2012. The new simulator provides a virtual training environment for Vandenberg members to practice real-world combat tactics and scenarios based on Air Force qualification courses. (U.S. Air Force/Staff Sgt. Levi Riendeau)

Vandenberg acquires 'shocking' new simulator

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. - Airman 1st Class Molly Shortt, a 30th Security Forces Squadron member, runs through a combat scenario in the firearms training simulator at the Combat Arms Training Complex (Building 21308) here Friday, Jan. 27, 2012. The new simulator provides a virtual training environment for Vandenberg members to practice real-world combat tactics and scenarios based on Air Force qualification courses. (U.S. Air Force/Staff Sgt. Levi Riendeau)

Vandenberg acquires 'shocking' new simulator

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Members from the 30th Security Forces Squadron storm a virtually simulated room in a firearms training simulator at the Combat Arms Training Complex (Building 21308) here Friday, Jan. 27, 2012. The new simulator provides a virtual training environment for Vandenberg members to practice real-world combat tactics and scenarios based on Air Force qualification courses. (U.S. Air Force/Staff Sgt. Levi Riendeau)

Story time with cultural education

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Child care providers and the pre-school children enjoy arts and craft during the base library weekly story time Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012. The purpose of the craft project was to make a paper dragon to celebrate the Chinese New Year. Pre-school story time is held every Thursday at 10 a.m. inside the library. For more information about this event and other activities at the library please contact Christine McLaughlin at 606-6414. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Scottie T. McCord)

Story time with cultural education

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Pre-school toddlers celebrate the Chinese New Year during the base library weekly story time Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012 with a traditional dragon parade. Pre-school story time is held every Thursday at 10 a.m. inside the library. For more information about this event and other activities at the library please contact Christine McLaughlin at 606-6414. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Scottie T. McCord)

Vandenberg welcomes Joint Chambers of Commerce

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Col. Nina Armagno, 30th Space Wing commander, talks to Jim Diani, Commanders Advisory Group member for Air Force Space Command, during the Joint Chambers of Commerce luncheon at the Pacific Coast Club here Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012. Armagno provided information to the Joint Chambers of Commerce members about Vandenberg's way ahead in 2012. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Andrew Satran)

30th SW changes command

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Col. Nina Armagno, the 30th Space Wing commander, speaks during a 30th SW change of command ceremony at the base theater Monday, Jan. 23, 2012. Armagno took command of the 30th SW at the ceremony from the former 30th SW commander, Col. Richard Boltz. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Andrew Satran)

30th SW changes command

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Lt. Gen. Susan Helms, the Joint Functional Component Command for Space and 14th Air Force commander, hands off the 30th Space Wing guidon to Col. Nina Armagno, 30th SW commander, during the change of command ceremony at the base theater Monday, Jan. 23, 2012. Armagno assumed command from Col. Richard Boltz upon his selection for reassignment to U.S. Strategic Command where he will serve as the battle watch commander in the Global Operations Center at Offutt Air Force Base, Neb. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Levi Riendeau)

A unit that is truly one of a kind

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Staff Sgt. Cole Whitney, a 30th Security Forces Squadron conservation officer, along with Trooper, his horse, and Staff Sgt. Lauren Daniels, a 30th Security Forces Squadron conservation officer, with her horse, Scout, head out for a five-hour patrol here Friday, Jan. 13, 2012. Vandenberg’s Mounted Horse Patrol unit plays a vital role in base operations to include search and rescue operations; patrols into base territory that even all terrain vehicles cannot access; consequence management for protests; maintaining a security forces and conservation presence during hunting season; pre-launch sweeps; and beach patrols. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Scottie T. McCord)

ICBM instructor trains to compete against world’s best triathletes

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Capt. Sean Glas, a 392nd Training Squadron intercontinental ballistic missile operations training instructor, rides his bike in the 2011 Halfmax National Championship in Myrtle Beach, S.C., Saturday, Oct. 8, 2011. Glas is slated to compete in the International Triathlon Union’s 2012 Long Course Triathlon World Championships on July 29 in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain. (Courtesy Photo)

A unit that is truly one of a kind

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Tech. Sgt. Sean Yargus, a 30th Security Forces Squadron conservation officer, and his partner for the day, Six Eagle, practice rescue training with the assistance of Airman 1st Class Zachary Baldenegro, also a 30th Security Forces Squadron conservation officer. The Mounted Horse Patrol unit plays a vital role in base operations to include search and rescue operations and patrols into base territory that even all terrain vehicles cannot access. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Scottie T. McCord)

Vandenberg office, reps prepare to offer free tax-filing assistance

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Ernest Feliciano, a Franchise Tax Board military coordinator, and Ann Fox, the Vandenberg Tax Office coordinator, instruct a class of new Volunteer Income Tax Assistance representatives from Vandenberg at one of the Education Center’s computer labs here Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2012. VITA reps will help assist the Vandenberg Tax Office’s workload during tax season by providing free tax preparation services to all active-duty members, their dependents and retirees at the representatives’ place of work. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Steve Bauer)

A unit that is truely one of a kind

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. - Airman 1st Class Zachary Baldenegro, a 30th Security Forces Squadron conservation officer, checks the saddle on Six Eagle before taking him out for his daily exercise and training. When not on patrol, the horses exercise and training consists of arena work and lunging. The Mounted Horse Patrol unit plays a vital role in base operations to include search and rescue operations; patrols into base territory that even all terrain vehicles cannot access; consequence management for protests; maintaining a security forces and conservation presence during hunting season; pre-launch sweeps; and beach patrols. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Scottie T. McCord)