Baseball game headlines military appreciation night

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Vandenberg Honor Guardsmen post the colors while the National Anthem plays during the military appreciation night at Santa Maria's Elks Field. The game was free to active duty and retired military and their families and featured the Santa Maria Indians who beat the Paso Robles Reds 3-2. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Nathaniel Prost)

Baseball game headlines military appreciation night

Vandenberg Honor Guardsmen post the colors while the National Anthem plays during the military appreciation night at Santa Maria's Elks Field. The game was free to active duty and retired military and their families and featured the Santa Maria Indians who beat the Paso Robles Reds 3-2. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Samuel Bendet)

Athlete, motivator comes to inspire Vandenberg

Dylan Connolly, son of Master Sgt. Bruce Connolly of the 14th Air Force, gets an autograph from Andy "Ironman" Holder at the Health and Welliness Fair in Pacific Coasl Club June 6. Andy Holder is an inspirational speaker who was diagnosed with type I diabetes in 2005. Since then he's decided to take control of his diabetes and inspire others by becoming an Ironman competitor, which requires him to swim 2.4 miles, bike 112 miles and run a full marathon of 26.2 miles. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Nichelle Griffiths)

Athlete, motivator comes to inspire Vandenberg

Master Sgt. Marie Haynes of the 30th Space Wing gets her blood glucose level checked by Vera Austin, a clinical specialist from San Louis Obispo, Calif., at the Health and Welliness Fair in the Pacific Coasl Club June 6. The fair was hosted by the Health and Welliness Center and free to all. It offered diabetes screening, body mass index readings and blood pressure checks. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Nichelle Griffiths)

VAFB fire department raises thousands for burn survivors

Vandenberg’s Fire Department presents a check of $28,000 to Firefighters Quest for Burn Survivors during a ceremony at the parade grounds June 7. The money, raised at Avila Beach Golf Resort April 16, will fund local burn centers and foundations, and benefit burn survivors and their families. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Airman 1st Class Matthew Plew)

Town hall meeting discusses important base topics

Vandenberg Air Force Base is set to hold a town hall meeting to discuss several topics that the 30th Space Wing leadership has identified as important to base housing residents at 7 p.m. on June 14 in the Pacific Coast Club.