• Green Dot program aims to curb violence

    The Air Force is taking a fresh approach to decreasing interpersonal violence in 2016.A new program named Green Dot will roll out across the year, beginning with training which recently took place for 14 "implementers" at Travis Air Force Base, California.The goal of the training is to use tools

  • AFAF focuses on benefits

    While the Air Force Assistance Fund campaign happens annually, Travis Air Force Base, California, this year's coordinators hope to show how it helps Airmen.Capt. Qaashuntae Wright, 60th Inpatient Squadron and an AFAF coordinator, said the drive's four affiliate charities do things, of which people

  • Method eases access to PT

    Airmen are the Air Force's most important asset and keeping them fit to fight is the goal of the physical and occupational therapy departments at David Grant USAF Medical Center at Travis Air Force Base, California.The Air Force Medical Operations Agency recently directed all Air Force military

  • ADAPT helps fight alcohol abuse

    April is alcohol awareness month. According to health.gov, drinking too much alcohol increases people's risk of injuries, violence, drowning, liver disease and some types of cancer.Recognizing that you have a problem with alcohol is the first step to recovery.The second step is seeking help. The

  • Remember why you serve for motivation

    The pace of the Air Force doesn't stop. An analogy the 60th Maintenance Group commander, Col. Earl Scott, uses is that the mission comes at us like ocean waves.  Once you get past one wave, there is another wave coming at you.  We go from staff sergeant enlisted performance report closeout to a

  • Wartime Innovation: Battleborn medical device saves lives at home

    In the early morning hours of Feb. 21, a 28-year-old gunshot victim is inside an ambulance enroute to University of California Davis Medical Center, the only level I trauma center in Sacramento, California. The patient, receiving cardiopulmonary resuscitation during transport, is fading quickly due

  • Travis looks back five years to Operation Tomodachi

    Five years ago today - March 11, 2011 - an earthquake off the northern coast of Japan, near the Tohoku region, caused a tsunami that devastated the country. More than 28,000 people were killed or left missing and it caused billions of dollars in infrastructure damage.The 9.0 magnitude earthquake was

  • Telling quote illustrates nature of service

    The last step any copilot takes before being upgraded to aircraft commander is completing their certification board.  This board is a formal process where the squadron's functional leadership imparts their best advice as the soon-to-be aircraft commander listens attentively.  Every time we 'cert' a

  • Challenging experiences develop character, strength and confidence

    "Do not pray for easy lives.  Pray to be stronger men," said John F. Kennedy. Challenging experiences present an opportunity and an occasion for personal and professional growth.  When faced with these, will we let them defeat us?  Will we decline the challenge?  Or, will we seek them out and accept

  • Crosstrainee shines in role with 22nd

    When Tech. Sgt. Joshua Willim enlisted in the Air Force as an electrician in civil engineering, he was not sure what his future would be. He knew that the Air Force was a good fit for him and that he was interested in opportunities to travel.Fast forward 13 years later, and you will find Willim