• Discover what motivates your Airmen

    This Sunday marks the 15th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, carried out by Al-Qaeda, against the United States. The attacks killed nearly 3,000 people from over 90 nations. Although military recruitment did not overwhelmingly surge in the years following 9/11, ask any Airman, Soldier,

  • 821st CRSS stands ready to work at all hours

    The men and women of the 821st Contingency Response Support Squadron, or CRSS, stand ready 24/7/365, on a 12-hour deployment notice, to support Air Mobility Command, the Air Force and United States Transportation Command with highly qualified and versatile contingency response Airmen.

  • Airman spends life building planes

    When someone explains their love for aircraft, you expect to hear stories of their first experience of an F-22 Raptor roaring down the runway or an A-10 Thunderbolt screeching through the sky, not an F-4 Phantom soaring through the air with a tight grasp of the hand and the smacking of the lips to

  • Haley heads programs to help Travis hearts, minds

    If a program at Travis Air Force Base, California, is helping people, Emily Haley probably has a hand in it or knows about it.Haley, 60th Air Mobility Wing community support coordinator, works with so many intertwining base agencies that it’s difficult to know where one ends and another begins.

  • Protocol: Little office with big mission

    If you have ever attended a formal Air Force event, such as a promotion ceremony or an induction ceremony, you may have noticed how an ordinary room can be changed into a well-decorated, perfectly put together space for a special occasion.The Protocol office at Travis Air Force Base, California, is

  • Celebrating gold medal team at Travis

    Less than two weeks ago, millions watched the final events and closing ceremony of the XXXI Olympiad in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The dominating performance of the athletes representing Team USA was remarkable but also what the American public expects. As I reflected on the athletic success of Team

  • Family, friends can stand as heroes to us all

    More than 70 years ago, my hero was born. He was a decorated combat veteran of World War II with four bronze stars and a purple heart, and he was my dad.My No. 1 mentor built 500-pound bombs to support my father, and the other war heroes; she was my mom.Both of them were not just my parents, but my

  • GORUCK builds camaraderie through challenges

    More than 30 individuals participated in the grueling five to six-hour team-building challenge that can cover anywhere from five to 10 miles Aug. 26 at Travis Air Force Base, California. Participants are not made aware of how far or how long they will be competing.“GORUCK is an event that is

  • In order to best help Airmen, give 'em 'HELL'

    What a month it has been so far. I was fortunate to start the month off with a promotion ceremony, where I was joined by 23 fellow Airmen who also were starting this month with a great celebration in front of our families, friends, co-workers, supervisors, leaders and commanders. We witnessed