• DGMC ranks in top 10 percent of surgery programs

    Out of 680 hospitals in the nation, David Grant USAF Medical Center is one of 68 to achieve “meritorious” status in the American College of Surgeons National Quality Improvement Program for 2016, according to a Sept. 19 ACS announcement.

  • A simple thank you goes a long way

    In today’s instant gratification world, we are easily disgruntled if something doesn’t happen immediately. Because we are used to our cell phones and social media, we have become less and less inclined to deal with the human element of the mission.

  • Are you ready?

    Growing up in the Midwest, I loved to play sports. In fact, there wasn’t a sport I wasn’t fond of. However, the sport I loved most and was best at, was football. In middle school, I was on the field the majority of the game because of my boundless, natural gifts and abilities. Oh, and the fact we

  • BEEliners bring humanitarian aid to St. Croix

    As U.S. Army and Marine Corps helicopters delivered humanitarian aid throughout St. Croix, a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III from Travis AFB, California, landed Sept. 23, at the Henry E. Rohlsen Airport, bringing humanitarian aid to residents affected by Hurricanes Irma and Maria. The C-17 crew

  • Staff sergeant shows resiliency in fight with cancer

    “You have stage two unfavorable Hodgkin’s lymphoma.”Those were the words Staff Sgt. Teresa Monteon heard her doctor say on October 19, 2015. The weight of those words hit her hard and she cried.“I was scared,” said Monteon. “My whole world just shifted. I was so excited to come to Travis and work in

  • KC-10 shows off capabilities to CAP

    A Travis KC-10 Extender was at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland for the 2017 open house and airshow, giving aviation fans an up-close look at state-of-the-art U.S. Air Force aircraft. Aircrafts included were F-15E Super Eagle, A-10C Thunderbolt II, C-5M Super Galaxy, C-17 Globemaster III, T-1A Jayhawk,

  • Embrace diversity

    Since my first days at Basic Military Training, I have marveled at the Air Force’s ability to bring people together from such diverse backgrounds to accomplish a common goal. Our first goal was simple: to effectively march in unison as a flight. That was possible not only because we shared one

  • Find the awesome

    We all should take moments here and there to reflect on what we do and what other Airmen do each day. Sometimes this is difficult as we all try and slay the alligators closest to the boat—the next mission, the next staff meeting, the next task, the next training event, the next shift, the next

  • After Hurricane Irma, CRW Airmen deploy to help out

    The 821st Contingency Response Group from Travis Air Force Base, California, alerted a 64-person Contingency Response Element to Marathon Regional Airport, located in the Florida Keys, where they arrived in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma, Sept. 11.