Team of Excellence~The 30 SW Chapel Staff

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- The Vandenberg Chapel Team is recognized for earning the 2011 Air Force Space Command Large Chapel Team award. The chapel team works to improve the lives of Airmen and families. In 2011 Team V chaplains and chaplain assistants led 4,100 counseling sessions and 6,400 hours connecting with units around base. The team also led 408 worship services serving 18,500 worshippers, an increase of 12 percent from the previous year. The chapel also saw an increase in religious education classes, up 32 percent. The team hosted multiple religious and community programs including a Fall Festival with 62 volunteers for 595 people and a Vacation Bible School where more than 250 children participated. They also distributed 2,000 pounds of donations valued at $31,000. Please join Col. Nina Armagno, 30th Space Wing commander, in congratulating this Team of Excellence, the 30th SW Chapel Team! (U.S. Air Force photo illustration/Staff Sgt. Andrew Satran)

30th CES receives DOD level award

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Dr. James Carucci, a 30th Civil Engineer Squadron archaeologist, shows base member information on the boathouse revitalization project during an Earth Day event here Wednesday, April 18, 2012. More than 25 base and local organizations participated in this environmental awareness campaign. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Andrew Satran)

30th CES receives DOD level award

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Window Cave, a sacred Chumash Indian site, was overgrown by trees and brush. When 30th Civil Engineer Squadron archaeologists cleared the brush, for the first time in about 15 years the sun once again shines into the cave during the Winter Solstice, casting a beam of light onto a sun-sign petroglyph. (Courtesy photo)

30th CES receives DOD level award

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Archeologists from 30th Civil Engineer Squadron Cultural Resources Management team, Kelli Brasket, Dr. James Carucci, Bob Peterson and Christopher Ryan, pose in front of the Advanced Ballistic Missile Re-Entry Systems site here. The gantry is the last one left in the world, and was also where the first nuclear-armed Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile went on alert in North America. (Courtesy photo)

Lompoc Elks honor Vandenberg Airmen

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Staff Sgt. Brandon Johnson, a 30th Security Forces Squadron crime prevention officer and Lt. Col. Michelle Stringer, 30th SFS commander, pose for a photo during the Elks annual Public Employees Safety Night at the Lompoc Elks Lodge Thursday, April 19, 2012. Johnson won an Outstanding Performance Award from the Lompoc Elks. (Courtesy Photo)

Lompoc Elks honor Vandenberg Airmen

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Col. Keith Balts, 30th Space Wing vice commander; Staff Sgt. Anthony Montano, a 30th Civil Engineer Squadron firefighter; Sylvia Boynton, Lompoc Elks exalted ruler; Staff Sgt. Isaac Lotero, a 30th Security Forces Squadron patrolman and Col. Kelly Kirts, 30th Mission Support Group commander, pose for a photo Thursday, April 19, 2012. Montano won an Outstanding Performance Award and Lotero won the Elks Valor Award at the Lompoc Elks Lodge Public Employees Safety Night. (Courtesy Photo)