Week in Photos - 532nd Training Squadron focus

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Staff Sgt. Jace Pape instructs technical school students at the 532nd Training Squadron here. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Vanessa Valentine)

Week in Photos - 532nd Training Squadron focus

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Staff Sgt. Geoffrey Miskell instructs technical school students at the 532nd Training Squadron here, as the students conduct hands-on training for the environmental control system of a missile launch facility. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Vanessa Valentine)

Week in Photos - 532nd Training Squadron focus

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Staff Sgt. Geoffrey Miskell instructs technical school students at the 532nd Training Squadron here, as the students conduct hands-on training for the environmental control system of a missile launch facility. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Vanessa Valentine)

Week in Photos - 532nd Training Squadron focus

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Airman 1st Class David Reynolds, a technical school student at the 532nd Training Squadron here, conducts hands-on training for the environmental control system of a missile launch facility. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Vanessa Valentine)

Encouragement from commander

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Lt. Col. Joseph Milner, 30th Space Wing Security Forces Squadron commander, motivates his Airmen before they board a bus to depart Vandenberg for a deployment to Iraq Feb. 6.The 30th SFS sent a 13-member team on the six-month deployment. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Steve Bauer)

Vandenberg defenders answer national call

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Members from the 30th Security Forces Squadron lined up to salute their departing fellow servicemember leaving for a deployment Feb. 6. The 30th SFS sent a 13 member team on a six-month deployment to a forward operating base in Iraq. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Steve Bauer)

Beach cleanup

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Members from the Joint Functional Component Command for Space walk along Vandenberg's coast to incorporate a public service activity, picking up and properly disposing trash the group found on the beach, with a scheduled physical training session Feb. 5 at Surf Beach. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Steve Bauer)

NATO visit

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- The Vandenberg Honor Guard greets the North Atlantic Treaty Organization representatives visiting Jan. 29, here. The NATO visitors came to Vandenberg to tour various Missile Defense Agency facilities. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Christian Thomas)

Realistic exercise

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- 30th Medical Operations Squadron Airman, applies moulage makeup for a simulated neck injury, on volunteer Technical Sgt. David Rice, 30th Space Wing Space Communication Squadron, for the Medical Emergency Response Capability Assessment and Training exercise, here Jan 29. The MERCAT is a training and exercise program designed to enhance the ability of Air Force Space Command Home Station Medical Response Teams to respond to chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear events. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Andrew Lee)

Gentle touch

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Capt. Erik Baker, a flight surgeon with the 30th Medical Operations Squadron, fits a neck brace on an injured patient during a Medical Emergency Response Capabilities Assessment and Training exercise Jan. 29 here. The MERCAT is a training and exercise program designed to enhance the ability of Air Force Space Command Home Station Medical Response Teams to respond to chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear events. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Christian Thomas)

CDC

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Verna Brown, director of the Child Development Center, recieves a certificate for the CDC's accreditation from the National Association for the Education of Young Children from the 30th Space Wing commander Col. David Buck. (Air Force courtesy photo)

Vandenberg completes Foggy Shores Exercise

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif.-- Members of 30th Medical Group emergency response team treats a patient for a neck injury by stabilizing the neck before transporting her to a hospital Jan. 22. The scenario was part of a Foggy Shores Exercise terrorist attack. (U.S Air Force photo/Senior Airman Stephanie Longoria)

Vandenberg completes Foggy Shores Exercise

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Members of the 30th Civil Engineer Squadron's fire department respond to an exercise C-17 Globemaster III crash Jan. 22.The scenario was part of a Foggy Shores Exercise that prepares and evaluates the base's performance and response to a real world crisis situation. (U.S Air Force photo/Senior Airman Stephanie Longoria)

Vandenberg completes Foggy Shores Exercise

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Members of the 30th Civil Engineer Squadron's fire department go through the decontamination process after putting out flames for an exercise C-17 Globemaster III crash Jan. 22. The crash was part of a Foggy Shores Exercise that prepares and evaluates the base's performance and response to a real world crisis situation. (U.S Air Force photo/Senior Airman Stephanie Longoria)

LRS vehicle maintainers at work

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Airman 1st Class Mike Gigliotti, a vehicle mechanic with the 30th Logistics Readiness Squadron, releases a pressure valve on a vehicle on Jan. 13. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Christian Thomas)

LRS vehicle maintainers at work

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Bob Manning, a vehicle mechanic with the 30th Logistics Readiness Squadron, looks through his tool box while performing routine maintenance on a vehicle Jan. 13. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Christian Thomas)

PECI program; money for ideas

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Senior Airman John Templeton, a firefighter with the 30th Civil Engineer Squadron, fills self-contained breathing apparatus tanks using a Mobile Self-Contained Breathing Air Unit on Jan. 20. The firefighters from the 30th CES purchased this devise through the Productivity Enhancing Capital Investment program and it saved the unit both money and manpower hours. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Christian Thomas)

Change in curriculum

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Airmen 1st Clas Michael Fuerte, left, and David Reynolds, both technical school students at the 532nd Training Squadron here, conduct hands-on training for the environmental control system of a missile launch facility. Missile maintenance technical training now takes place entirely at Vandenberg since the school house integrated electronic principles training Jan. 5. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Vanessa Valentine)

Keeping our air clean

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Tech. Sgt. Ryan Fictum, a bioenvironmental technician with the 30th Medical Operations Squadron, sets up and calibrates a radeco high volume air sampler on Jan. 9. The sampler captures concentrations of radiation in the air on a filter. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Christian Thomas)

Check ups keep Airmen fit to fight

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Airman 1st Class Ieshia Pledger, medical technician with the 30th Medical Operations Squadron, uses a blood pressure device to perform a check up on Airman 1st Class Laura Weghorn on Jan. 9. It is important to get annual checks to stay fit to fight. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Christian Thomas)

Warrior of the Week - Jan. 15

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Glenda Rose is the budget analyst for the 30th Space Communications Squadron and alternate for the 30th Operations Group. Besides managing the daily budget activities of the 30th SCS, she ensures the 14th Air Force, 30th Space Wing and Western Range missions continue by ensuring the monthly communication infrastructure invoices are paid in a timely manner. Ms. Rose's credibility, integrity and work ethics has earned the trust of her peers and leaders. As the unit's Government Purchase Card functional area manager, she has completed surveillance reports for seven approving officials and rebuilt the GPC Continuity Binder. Glenda spends her off duty time with her three children and two grandchildren. (U.S. Air Force photo)

Fourteenth AF commander makes first 30th SW visit

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif.- Lt. Gen. Larry James is greeted by Wayne Sanford of MACTEC Construction at the site of the new fitness center. The fitness center was one of the many stops during General James' official base tour Jan. 8. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Airman 1st Class Heather R. Shaw)

Ever vigilant

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Staff Sgt. Joseph Gills, a law enforcement patrolman with the 30th Security Forces Squadron, uses a handheld radar gun to catch people speeding on and off base. For more on security forces protecting Vandenberg, see the article on Page XX. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Christian Thomas)

Extreme Makeover: Vandenberg Edition

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Life guards at the base pool vaccum the debri at the bottom of the pool Jan. 6. The base pool is projected to be open by mid-January. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Antoinette Lyons)