North Star prepares Vandenberg Airmen for deployment

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Staff Sgt. Kaohilii Romualdo and Staff Sgt. Christopher Basinger, 30th Civil Engineer Squadron, look over the Airman's Manual during the North Star exercise on Aug. 23. North Star is designed to teach Airmen the combat skills needed while deployed. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Christian Thomas)

North Star prepares Vandenberg Airmen for deployment

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Airmen participating in a North Star exercise learn how to field strip the M-16 rifle on Aug. 23. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Christian Thomas)

North Star prepares Vandenberg Airmen for deployment

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Senior Airman Tommy Thongkham, 30th Civil Engineer Squadron, waits for the next scenario to begin during North Star on Aug. 23. North Star is designed to teach Airmen the combat skills needed while deployed. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Christian Thomas)

AOR receives first Operation Warrior Comfort shipment

SOUTHWEST ASIA -- Deployed first sergeants receive the first Operation Warrior Comfort packages to arrive at the Contingency Air Staging Facility, or CSAF, which cares for sick and wounded Airmen and Soldiers transiting through on their way to Germany for care. The donations from Vandenberg will provide some of the wounded troops with clothes since most of them arrive to the CASF with nothing but the clothes on their backs. (U.S. Air Force courtesy photo)

Vandenberg welcomes Airmen returning from 6-month deployment

Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. -- Members of the 30th Security Forces Squadron, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., shake hands of fellow members after thier return home from a deployment on August 22, 2007. The 25 Airman, who compose of 2 teams, return from a six-month deployment at Al Udied, Qatar. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman Jonathan Olds)

Vandenberg welcomes Airmen returning from 6-month deployment

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Tech. Sgt. Michael Fries, 30th Security Forces Squadron, hugs his wife, Debra, as he returns home from a deployment on Aug. 22. The 25 Airman, who compose 2 teams, returned from a six-month deployment at Al Udied, Qatar. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman Jonathan Olds)