• Airmen march in Vallejo for Independence Day

    Airmen assigned to Travis Air Force Base, California, marched in the annual Independence Day Parade in Vallejo, July 4, 2017. Travis Air Force Base participated in the annual celebration, with residents cheering them along a 1.5-mile path through the city. Vallejo residents have a long history of

  • Leadership lessons can come in all forms

    Recently, I lost my best friend of almost eight years. Her loss was extremely hard on me for many reasons – the first being she was the first loss I had suffered as an adult. Second, she was my best friend. She was my sidekick; we did everything together. She had been there with me through it

  • Time flies

    Time flies. I’m not a fan of clichés, but this one continues to prove itself true (especially now as I’m still trying to figure out where April, May and June went.) In the military community, we experience this reality more than others, as the annual migration of moving trucks appearing in our

  • Ask a sports doc: Knee pain

    Dear Sports Doc,I heard recently that steroid injections for my knee might be damaging but they seem to be the only thing that helps with my knee pain. Should I keep getting them?Sincerely,Can’t Walk

  • Award-winning chef becomes mentor for Airmen

    When award-winning chef Maynard Oestreich from Napa Valley, California, was offered the executive chef position with the 60th Force Support Squadron at Travis Air Force Base he knew he would bring more to the table than his 35 years of culinary experience. Oestreich served four years in the U.S.

  • Roads, seas and skies: The joint transportation of a multimodal stage

    The United States military has a presence in forward operating locations around the globe. Twenty-four hours a day, 365 days a year, Airmen, sailors, soldiers and Marines are in the fight, delivering hope, saving lives and providing protection to those who need it most. What may be lesser known,