• Good old days leave room for change

    We’ve all heard it before. Throughout our careers, there was always some crusty senior NCO peevishly saying, “Remember when we did X, Y, or Z? Those were the good old days.”

  • Parade punctuates Fire Prevention Week

    A parade though base housing and an open house at Fire Station No. 2 are the main attractions culminating National Fire Prevention Week activities at Travis Air Force Base, California Oct. 9 to 15.

  • Destined to serve

    Destiny often appears inevitable with the benefit of hindsight, yet understanding where our path to military service began and where it might end, has a way of changing with time. Master Sgt. Gracie Piehl’s destiny was anything but clear to her as a young woman, but 21 years after joining the 349th

  • Travis Airmen run for the fallen

    While many worked, on Friday Sept. 23, a group of 50 Airmen, enlisted and officers from Travis Air Force Base, California laced up their running shoes.

  • Core values keep Airmen on track for success

    It was a cool, crisp fall day in west Tennessee as I climbed into my Ford pickup truck.Only minutes before, I had signed up with the Air Force under the Delayed Enlistment Program at the Armed Forces recruiting station near my hometown. I could hardly contain myself during the drive home as I

  • Shovel symbolizes value of hard work

    At some point in your career, you lay claim to your own workspace. Like many people, you decorate it with meaningful items that you have collected throughout your career. Affixed to the wall of my office hangs a weathered shovel, its worn handle emblazoned with the bold letters “TWNDDT.” This six

  • 9th ARS crew takes on unexpected tasks

    The day started like any other for Capt. Shane Ruether, 9th Air Refueling Squadron pilot, and his KC-10 Extender crew of two pilots, one boom operator and one flight engineer. The crew was fulfilling the role as an alternate, tasked to sit alert for a presidential support mission, and was prepared

  • Base recalls POW/MIA

    Travis Air Force Base held a 24-hour run/walk, luncheon and recognition ceremony Sept. 15 and 16 as part of the 2016 Prisoner of War/Missing in Action Remembrance Day.