Vandenberg Hosts Operation Kids Christmas

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. --A child from the local community receives a gift bag after speaking with Santa Claus during Operation Kids Christmas at the Pacific Coast Club here Saturday, Dec. 3, 2011. OKC is an annual event, organized and run by a private organization, in which approximately 200 local children are brought on base and given the opportunity to play games, meet Santa and enjoy the companionship of volunteer military members. (U.S. Air Force/Staff Sgt. Levi Riendeau)

Vandenberg Hosts Operation Kids Christmas

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. --A skater from a local demonstration team jumps over a volunteer during Operation Kids Christmas at the Pacific Coast Club here Saturday, Dec. 3, 2011. OKC is an annual event, organized and run by a private organization, in which approximately 200 local children are brought on base and given the opportunity to play games, meet Santa and enjoy the companionship of volunteer military members. (U.S. Air Force/Staff Sgt. Levi Riendeau)

Vandenberg Hosts Operation Kids Christmas

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Airman 1st Class Diego Rojas colors with Lizbeth, age 6 from the Lompoc area, while waiting for lunch during Operation Kids Christmas at the Pacific Coast Club here Saturday, Dec. 3, 2011. OKC is an annual event, organized and run by a private organization, in which approximately 200 local children are brought on base and given the opportunity to play games, meet Santa and enjoy the companionship of volunteer military members. (U.S. Air Force/Staff Sgt. Levi Riendeau)

Vandenberg Hosts Operation Kids Christmas

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Nervous over the possibility of losing a hand, Airman Shaquille Hargrove fans his face while a local magician gets ready to cut two carrots without harming Hargrove during Operation Kids Christmas at the Pacific Coast Club here Saturday, Dec. 3, 2011. OKC is an annual event, organized and run by a private organization, in which approximately 200 local children are brought on base and given the opportunity to play games, meet Santa and enjoy the companionship of volunteer military members. (U.S. Air Force/Staff Sgt. Levi Riendeau)

Vandenberg Hosts Operation Kids Christmas

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Vandenberg volunteers line up to meet their guests from buses during Operation Kids Christmas at the Pacific Coast Club here Saturday, Dec. 3, 2011. OKC is an annual event, organized and run by a private organization, in which approximately 200 local children are brought on base and given the opportunity to play games, meet Santa and enjoy the companionship of volunteer military members. (U.S. Air Force/Staff Sgt. Levi Riendeau)

Vandenberg’s AF Reserve recruiter is ready to talk career paths, opportunities

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Master Sgt. Kamala Thigpen, Vandenberg’s Air Force Reserve recruiter, poses for a photo in her office in Building 11777 here Monday, Dec. 5, 2011. For more information about the Air Force Reserve, call Master Sgt. Kamala Thigpen at 606-2704 or email kamala.thigpen@vandenberg.af.mil. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Steve Bauer)