• “You matter”: A look inside Travis’ mental health clinic

    “I think I was about halfway through writing an apology letter to my mom for what was to be my suicide when I made the decision to call the mental health clinic. In my mind, I saw my sadness as something like a virus; something infectious. And I knew that were I to follow through with my plan to end

  • 621st CRW, Army participate in airfield-opening exercise in Wisconsin

    Airmen, Soldiers and officials from the Defense Logistics Agency were sent to Fort McCoy, Wisconsin, Sept. 7 to 14 as part of Exercise Turbo Distribution 18-02, a Joint Task Force-Port Opening simulation designed to hone joint service interoperability in austere locations for the purpose of opening

  • Enlisted spouses retire after 47 combined years

    After 47 years of combined service, Chief Master Sgt. Steve Nichols and Senior Master Sgt. Angell Nichols said farewell to Travis Air Force Base, California, during a double retirement ceremony, Sept. 7, 2018.

  • Travis holds 9/11 remembrance

    U.S. Airmen with the 60th Air Mobility Wing participate in a Patriots Day ceremony at Travis Air Force Base, Calif., Sept. 11, 2018. Throughout the ceremony, Airmen recited the names of those that passed away on 9/11. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Joey Swafford)

  • SAPR empowers, supports Airmen

    Sexual assault can be a deeply traumatizing event in anyone’s life. Across the Air Force, Airmen and their families have access to Sexual Assault Prevention and Response or Family Advocacy Program resources to get support and guidance on how to move forward.

  • Command chief takes final flight

    Chief Master Sgt. Steve Nichols, 60th Air Mobility Wing command chief, was honored with his final flight in a C-17 Globemaster III at Travis Air Force Base, Calif., Sept. 5.

  • DCPAS director visits Travis

    Ronna Garret, Defense Civilian Personnel Advisory Service director, met with members of the DCAPS Wage and Salary Branch – Western Region office at Travis Air Force Base, California, Aug. 29.

  • A Thousand Thunders

    My fifth-great grandfather’s nephew, Sgt. Jacob Shively, sat on Lookout Mountain, Tennessee, for a Christmas photograph for his wife just a few months after he sustained a wound to his right cheek at the Battle of Chickamauga. He looks straight forward, rifle across his lap, at the ground he and the