30th SFS instructors put Airmen to the test

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Firing at the opposition, Airman 1st Class Harold Moore, a 30th Security Forces Squadron member, covers his fellow Airmen during a close-quarter battle training exercise here Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2010. Throughout the training the Airmen learned to work as a team and communicate with their fellow teammates. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Andrew Satran)

30th SFS instructors put Airmen to the test

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Airman 1st Class Harold Moore, a 30th Security Forces Squadron member, takes a defensive fighting position during a combat readiness training course here Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2010. The training involved convoy tactics, defensive fighting positions and close-quarter battle situations. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Andrew Satran)

30th SFS instructors put Airmen to the test

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Airmen with the 30th Security Forces Squadron take cover during a combat readiness training course here Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2010. The training involved convoy tactics, defensive fighting positions and close-quarter battle situations. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Andrew Satran)

30th SFS instructors put Airmen to the test

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Staff Sgt. Jesse McKee, a 30th Security Forces Squadron training instructor, assists Airman 1st Class Brian Ehman, a 30th SFS member, with an M240 machine gun during a combat readiness course here Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2010. The instructors provided Airmen with hands-on training throughout the exercise. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Andrew Satran)

30th SFS instructors put Airmen to the test

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Convoy tactical training is conducted by Chris Baltazar, a 30th Security Forces Squadron training instructor, as Airmen participate in a combat readiness course here Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2010. The course helped Airmen learn the fundamentals of convoy and combat tactics. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Andrew Satran)

30th SFS instructors put Airmen to the test

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Airmen of the 30th Security Forces Squadron Delta Flight participate in a combat readiness training course here Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2010. The training involved convoy tactics, defensive fighting positions and close-quarter battle situations. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Andrew Satran)

Bump, set, spike

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Giving it his all, Mark Sterrett, a 14th Air Force team member, dives to the ground trying to save a point during an intramural volleyball game here Wednesday, May 5, 2010. The 14th AF team was defeated by the 2nd Range Operations Squadron team 2-1. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Heather R. Shaw)

Bump, set, spike

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Prior to an intramural volleyball game, the 2nd Range Operations Squadron team huddles to discuss their game plan here Wednesday, May 5, 2010. The 2nd ROPS team defeated the 14th Air Force team 2-1. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Heather R. Shaw)

Dozer team prepares for fire season

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. - Former Vandenberg Hot Shot Charlie Martinez, from the 30th Civil Engineer Squadron, watches as a member of the Vandenberg wildland fire dozer team makes a fire break here Tuesday, May 4, 2010. Vandenberg is the only installation in the Air Force with a fire dozer team. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Andrew Lee)

Dozer team prepares for fire season

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Vandenberg’s wildland fire dozer team led by Mr. Ray Escobedo, from the 30th Civil Engineer Squadron, drives a fire dozer to the top of a ridge at Oak Mountain to make fire breaks to help firefighters in the event of a wildfire Tuesday, May 4, 2010. Vandenberg’s wildland fire dozer team is the only fire dozer unit in the Air Force. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Andrew Lee)

Air Force enlisted aides: chef to stars

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. - Tech. Sgt. Liz O’Kane, from the 14th Air Force, serves her country as an Air Force enlisted aide. Enlisted aides assist with the care, cleanliness and order of the assigned quarters of Air Force general or flag officers. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Andrew Lee)

Centurions recognized

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Ret. Chief Master Sgt. Norm Marous, the first retired Air Force member to ever actively continue serving on an Air Force honor guard, spoke about the importance of the honor guard at a Centurion Award ceremony at the Vandenberg Honor Guard Training Facility (Building 7420) here May 4. The Vandenberg Honor Guard recognizes its ceremonial guardsmen with the Centurion Award for having completed 100 honor guard details. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Lael Huss)