• Travis Airman receives confinement, bad conduct discharge

    A Travis senior airman was sentenced to reduction to E-1, confinement for four months and a bad conduct discharge in court martial proceedings here recently. The Airman, assigned to the 60th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, was charged with wrongful use of cocaine on more than one occasion, wrongful

  • Team Travis reminded to be safe on two wheels

    Protecting yourself and protecting your fellow riders was the theme at a recent mandatory motorcycle safety briefing held at the base theater Jan. 23. Col. GI Tuck, 60th Air Mobility Wing vice commander began the briefing with eye-opening facts for the more than 500 riders at Travis Air Force Base.

  • Travis OSI agent performs heroic act

    Special Agent James Collin's day began similar to most near a helicopter landing pad in Iraq where people often shouted above the blaring noise of helicopters. This day was different. Just after helping his captain board a U.S. Marine C-46 Sea Knight helicopter, he and several others witnessed it

  • Local youth group practices with Band of the Golden West

    The Band of the Golden West is no stranger to making house calls, but inviting guests into its musical lair is a note of a different sort. In fact, it hasn't happened in recent memory, according to Tech. Sgt. Steve Schaughency, a horn player in the band who handles community outreach. It was shared

  • The Judge Advocate General's Corps announces law school programs

    Applications for the Funded Legal Education Program and Excess Leave Program are being accepted from Jan. 1 through March 1 2008. Interested officers are encouraged to compete. The FLEP is a paid legal studies program for active duty Air Force commissioned officers. The FLEP is an assignment action,

  • DGMC updates TRICARE Urgent/Out of Area care process

    Do you need Urgent or Out of Area care? Urgent care is defined as medically necessary services required for an illness or injury that would not result in further disability or death if not treated immediately, but requires professional attention and has the potential to develop such a threat if

  • DGMC's Public Health department looks to squash "Superbug"

    Recently, the Community-Associated Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus infection - also known as CA-MRSA or the "Superbug" - has been receiving increased media attention. This may lead the public to believe this is an uncontrollable organism on the verge of an epidemic. This is not the case.

  • Volunteer income tax program assists Travis members

    This year's Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program will provide service to members of the Travis community through squadron-level representatives, and on a limited basis through the Tax Assistance Center located in the Base Legal Office. The Tax Center will be open for business Jan. 28 and continue