• Find your balance

    When I first found out about writing this article I figured I’d write about something I’ve been trying to achieve for some time and people talk about often: Work life balance.

  • 60th MXG welcomes new commander

    The 60th Maintenance Group welcomed its new commander, Col. David Hammerschmidt, during a change of command ceremony June 23 at Travis Air Force Base. The change of command is an official, formal and brief ceremony that is the military’s way of bestowing command responsibility of a unit to an

  • Revitalize the squadron now

    Just under a year ago, Gen. David Goldfein was confirmed as our Air Force’s 21st Chief of Staff. Just days after his confirmation Goldfein published his first of three short papers titled “The Beating Heart of the Air Force…Squadrons!”

  • Revitalizing AF Squadrons: Travis provides input to CSAF priority

    As part of an effort to address the Air Force Chief of Staff’s No. 1 focus area – Revitalizing Air Force Squadrons – a project team visited here June 19-20 to meet with more than one hundred Airmen to conduct field visit sessions to drive to the roots causes of major challenges faced by today’s

  • Balance: A key aspect of personal resilience

    The way I look at resiliency today is very different than when I joined the Air Force just a few years ago. The emphasis was just not put on it like it is today. Not because previous Air Force leaders didn’t care about the subject, rather, I feel we as a force didn't fully understand the importance

  • Increase unit effectiveness by connecting with people

    There are huge responsibilities levied upon leaders in our profession; accomplish the mission, uphold good order and discipline and take care of our people. Some expectations are easily quantifiable, like mission accomplishment (measured by on-time rates, aircraft generation data, etc.) and good