Sailors aboard USS Laboon will find a comfort bear in their Christmas stocking this year thanks Kim Winfield and children in School Age Program on at Vance Air Force Base.
The cloth bears are handmade by SAP children to give to military members who deploy.
Ensign Jeff Jaglowicz, a former Vance student pilot with the Navy — now assigned as an electronic warfare officer on the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer — heard about the bears during his time at the Enid base.
Hey contacted Marsha Wil-liams, Vance arts and crafts center manager, to see if it was possible to get comfort bears for 23 officers and 315 sailors for a Dec. read more...

Vance Air Force Base is teaming up with the Enid community in what promises to be a lose-win situation for all involved — with participants winning by losing ... read more...

WASHINGTON — Maintaining peak combat readiness begins and ends with healthy, motivated and well-trained airmen.
On Nov. read more...

“What an awesome night to think about all our blessings this year,” Col. Chris Nowland, 71st Flying Training Wing commander at Vance Air Force Base, said during the Base Tree lighting ceremony Tuesday.
The tree, by the T-38 static display near the main gate, Hairston Gate, is decorated with 725 lights that lit up the night when Kate Nash, daughter of Capt. read more...

Two members of Joint Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training Class 10-02 were honored at the class graduation banquet Nov. read more...

DALLAS — The addition of Fingerhut, Government Vacation Rewards and 21 other name-brand Web sites is driving sales at All-Serv-ice’s exchange online mall.
Military shoppers receive 8 to 40 percent off. read more...

Military customs and courtesies are time-honored traditions. These observances aid Air Force personnel in maintaining discipline and promoting and improving the conducting of affairs in the military establishment.
Proper customs and courtesies have resulted in good order, mutual respect and a sense of camaraderie. read more...

“I can hear that train coming down the tracks.”
If you’re like me, then you’ve heard people use this analogy to describe an inbound issue or challenge. read more...

LANGLEY AIR FORCE BASE, Va. (AFNS) — Air Force officials said an MQ-1 Predator remotely piloted aircraft flying a mission in support of Operation Enduring Freedom lost contact with its ground control station and crashed in a forward operating area April 20, according to the Air Combat Command Accident Investigation Board report released Nov. read more...

Protestant

• Contemporary Worship Service — Sundays, 11 a.m. at Base Chapel.
• Children’s Church — Sundays, 11 a.m. read more...

FORT LEE, Va. — Commissaries are making the joy of giving much easier for customers who want to spread a little cheer to fellow service members and their families. read more...

Three Team Vance airmen are among the 16 members of Class 10-B that graduated Nov. 20 from Airman Leadership School at Altus Air Force Base.
They are Senior Airmen Danny D. read more...

1st Lt. Amanda Finnegan, Jamie Crowell, Senior Airman Jennifer DePrinzio

1st Lt. Amanda Finnegan is mili-tary personnel flight commander with 71st Force Support Squadron. read more...

Airman 1st Class Tommy Adkinson

Airman 1st Class Tommy Adkinson, a force management apprentice with 71st Force Support Squadron's Military Personnel Flight, is 71st Flying Training Wing Airman of the Month for November.
From Jack, Ala., Adkin-son has been in the Air Force less than a year. read more...

Tech. Sgt. Richard White

• Hometown: Tucson, Ariz.
• Organization: 71st Communications Squad-ron
• Duty title: Mainten-ance Operations Center NCO in charge
• Time on Silver Tal-on team: Three months
• What has been the best part of serving on the Silver Talon team? Mentoring the airmen.
• What do you enjoy about the Air Force? Being a supervisor and being the best at my job.
• Off-duty interests: Football and working on cars
• Do you have any words for those who would be interested in joining the Silver Talon Honor Guard team? At first it may seem like a pain and something you may not want to do. read more...

DALLAS – What started as an effort to support troops downrange while trying to minimize the amount of mail sent into a war zone has produced an outpouring of support in just five short years of existence.
Since AAFES implemented its gift card program in March, 2003, people from across the country have rallied around military families by contributing $2,507,440 toward the program designed to lift the morale of soldiers, airmen, sailors and Marines stationed around the world.
“While the support has been inspiring, it’s understandable,” said Chief Master Sgt. read more...

This is a journal from 2nd Lt. Lynn Aird, Joint Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training Class 10-14. read more...

Saturday, 7 p.m.

INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS —
In Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a group of Jewish-American soldiers known as “The Bas-terds” spread fear throughout the Third Reich by scalping and brutally killing Nazis. read more...

Army and Navy play each other in their final regular season football games Dec. 12. The game, traditionally played in Philadelphia, will air on CBS at 3:30 p.m. read more...

This flu season, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention expect the 2009 H1N1 flu to cause illness, hospital stays and deaths in the United States along with the seasonal flu. read more...

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‘Christmas Carol’ rings

Gaslight Theatre’s “A Christmas Carol” is 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday and Dec. read more...