VANCE AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. – While Team Vance may best be known for training student pilots, an Airman in a flight suit is rarely the first person a civilian meets when they enter the base for the first time.
The job of meeting, greeting and vetting these visitors falls on the shoulders of the Airmen in the 71st Security Forces Squadron, commonly known as Defenders.
Week of the Eagles is an annual event conducted by the 101st Airborne Division (AASLT) and Fort Campbell. Traditional events during Week of the Eagles include a Division Run, an Air Assault demonstration, sports competitions, unit open houses, and a Division Review. This year’s theme is: Celebrating 80 Years of Excellence.
Women in all branches of the military soon will have unprecedented opportunities to serve on the front lines of the nation's wars.
Leon Panetta, in one of his last acts as President Obama's Defense Secretary, announced the policy change, which would open hundreds of thousands of front-line positions and potentially elite commando jobs after more than a decade at war, the Pentagon...
