Team V member awarded for superior housing service

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Gretchen Swinehart, 30th Civil Engineer Squadron housing element chief, is lauded by Terry Yonkers, assistant secretary of Air Force installations, environment and logistics at the Pacific Coast Club here Wednesday, August 8, 2012. Swinehart and the 30th Civil Engineer Squadron housing flight have won numerous awards for outstanding service for Team V housing residents. (Courtesy photo)

Honoring the past

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif.-- Chief Master Sgt. Cari Kent, the 30th Space Wing Command Chief, shares a gift with guest speaker Edwin 'Doc' Pepping to express appreciation during the Chief Master Sergeant Induction Ceremony April 9 at the Pacific Coast Club here. The ceremony welcomed Vandenberg's newest chiefs to the highest enlisted grade in the Air Force. Mr. Pepping, a World War II veteran and Bronze Star recipient, spoke during the ceremony to the two newly inducted chiefs about the importance of teamwork and camaraderie.(U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Antoinette Lyons)

NATO Visits Vandenberg

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Doug Booth of the Missile Defense Agency gives a power point presentation about the missile defense ability of Vandenberg to NATO delegates at the Pacific Coast Club, here, before their tour of the base on Nov. 19. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Ashley Reed)

NATO Visits Vandenberg

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- NATO delegates board an Air Force KC-135 on their way to Beale Air Force Base, Calif., after finishing a tour of Vandenberg and learning about missile defense on Nov. 19. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Cole Presley)

SNCO Induction Ceremony features Space Command chief

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Col. Steve Tanous, 30th Space Wing commander, holds a conversation with Command Chief Master Sgt. Michael Sullivan, Air Force Space Command, during the Senior Non-Commissioned Officer Induction Ceremony at the Pacific Coast Club on Aug. 30. The chief's two-day itinerary at Vandenberg included a junior enlisted breakfest at Breakers Dining Facility and an all-enlisted call in the base theater. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Bryan Boyette.)

SNCO Induction Ceremony features Space Command chief

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Command Chief Master Sgt. Michael Sullivan, Air Force Space Command, introduces himself during the Senior Non-Commissioned Officer Induction Ceremony at the Pacific Coast Club on Aug. 30. The chief's two-day itinerary at Vandenberg included a junior enlisted breakfest at Breakers Dining Facility and an all-enlisted call in the base theater. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Bryan Boyette.)

U.S. Senate Committee on Armed Services Visit

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Madelyn Creedon, U.S. Senate Committee on Armed Services counsler, meets with Steven Clark, 30th Space Wing Plans and Programs office, during her visit to Vandenberg on Aug. 7. The visit was to build rapport and discuss defense policy. Ms. Creedon is one of five counselors in the majority staff of the U.S. SASC, and sits on the committee with legislative oversight of the Department of Defense, as well as aeronautical and space activities peculiar to or primarily associated with the development of weapons systems or military operations, military research and development, national security aspects of nuclear energy, the Panama Canal, and comprehensive study and review of matters relating to the common defense policy of the United States. (United States Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Adam Guy)