Preventing sexual assault one Airman at a time

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Airman 1st Class Gusttavo Behrens, a 30th Medical Operations Squadron bio-environmental technician, writes inspirational words at the dining facility in support of Sexual Assault Awareness Month here Thursday, April 7, 2011. The Sexual Assault Prevention and Response office displayed their message to help Team V members gain awareness toward preventing future sexual assaults from occurring. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Andrew Satran)

Preventing sexual assault one Airman at a time

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Airman 1st Class Gusttavo Behrens, a 30th Medical Operations Squadron bio-environmental technician, writes inspirational words at the dining facility in support of Sexual Assault Awareness Month here Thursday, April 7, 2011. The Sexual Assault Prevention and Response office displayed their message to help Team V members gain awareness toward preventing future sexual assaults from occurring. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Andrew Satran)

Team V donates blood to community

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Tech. Sgt. Shane Peck, a 614th Space Communications Squadron member, donates blood at the education center here Wednesday, April 6, 2011. The base collected over 36 units of blood for the United Blood Service serving the Ventura and Santa Barbara counties. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Andrew Satran)

Team V donates blood to community

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Tech. Sgt. Shane Peck, a 614th Space Communications Squadron member, donates blood at the education center here Wednesday, April 6, 2011. The base collected over 36 units of blood for the United Blood Service serving the Ventura and Santa Barbara counties. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Andrew Satran)

Expeditionary Airman earns Bronze Star

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. - Tech. Sgt. Richard Styles, from the 614th Air and Space Operations Center, addresses the crowd Tuesday, April 5, 2011, following receipt of his Bronze Star Medal from Lt. Gen. Susan Helms, Joint Functional Component Command for Space and 14th Air Force commander. Sergeant Styles was deployed from May to October 2010 as an intelligence analyst in both Iraq and Afghanistan. While in Iraq, he served with a Joint Special Operations Task Force and led 68 outside-the-wire collection missions. He is also credited with working with international security and coalition partners to identify more than a dozen high valued targets and to provide information about a number of key Al-Qaeda networks. While in Afghanistan, Sergeant Styles was a liaison officer to the International Security Assistance Force and worked with the government of Afghanistan to help capture several senior Al-Qaeda leaders. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Andrew M. Satran)

Expeditionary Airman earns Bronze Star

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. - Tech. Sgt. Richard Styles, from the 614th Air and Space Operations Center, enjoys a moment with his mother, Amy, wife, Staff Sgt. Jessica Styles, daughter, Monique, and son, Aiden, following a ceremony in which Lt. Gen. Susan Helms, Joint Functional Component Command for Space and 14th Air Force Commander, presented him with a Bronze Star Medal on Tuesday, April 5, 2011. Sergeant Styles was deployed from May to October 2010 as an intelligence analyst in both Iraq and Afghanistan. While in Iraq, he served with a Joint Special Operations Task Force and led 68 outside-the-wire collection missions. He is also credited with working with international security and coalition partners to identify more than a dozen high valued targets and to provide information about a number of key Al-Qaeda networks. While in Afghanistan, Sergeant Styles was a liaison officer to the International Security Assistance Force and worked with the government of Afghanistan to help capture several senior Al-Qaeda leaders. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Andrew M. Satran)

Child Development Center spreads awareness

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Members of Family Advocacy, 30th Security Forces Squadron, McGruff and the children of Vandenberg pose for a photo in front of the Child Development Center here Monday, April 4, 2011. The pinwheels are symbolic of Child Abuse Awareness Month. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Andrew Satran)

Child Development Center spreads awareness

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Children place pinwheels in front of the Child Development Center here Monday, April 4, 2011. The pinwheel displays brought the Vandenberg community together in recognition of Child Abuse Awareness Month. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Andrew Satran)

Vandenberg supports Child Abuse Awareness Month

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Members of Team V supported April’s Child Abuse Awareness Month by placing 576 blue and silver pinwheels into the ground outside the main gate here Friday, April 1, 2011. The pinwheel garden is meant to visually remind people of the very real threat and need for child abuse prevention. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Lael Huss)

Vandenberg supports Child Abuse Awareness Month

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Members of the 30th Medical Operations Squadron and Team V Spouses gathered by the main gate here to place 576 pinwheels into the ground Friday, April 1, 2011 in support of Child Abuse Awareness Month. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Lael Huss)

Vandenber runs to support April's awareness campaigns

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Supporters of the Sexual Assault Response Coordinator and Child Abuse Prevention pose for a photo after the Fit-to-Fight Run at the parade grounds here Thursday, March 31, 2011. Participants of the run were authorized to wear blue T-shirts in support of Child Abuse Prevention Month or teal T-shirts in support of Sexual Assault Awareness Month. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Lael Huss)

Vandenber runs to support April's awareness campaigns

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Col. Keith Balts, the 30th Space Wing vice commander, adds a message to the Link and Think chain after the Fit-to-Fight Run at the parade grounds here Thursday, March 31, 2011. The Link and Think chain is an invention by the Sexual Assault Response Coordinator to create awareness during April’s Awareness Month Campaign. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Lael Huss)