• Lieutenant named Cadet of the Year

    Although she knew she was in the running for 2015 Air Force Cadet of the Year, 2nd Lt. Kailey Filter said her selection was still a shock to her.The newly arrived lieutenant with the 60th Inpatient Squadron at Travis Air Force Base, California's David Grant USAF Medical Center, was chosen from a

  • Sergeant plays hoops in Qatar

    After a seven-month deployment to Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan, working with the medical group, Staff Sgt. Paris Cunningham, 60th Medical Support Squadron medical logistics technician, currently stationed at Travis Air Force Base, California, spent a week as a transient at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar,

  • Services, nations gather for Gunfighter Flag

    Airmen from Travis Air Force Base, California, recently participated alongside other Airmen from various bases, the U.S. Army, the U.S. Navy and the Singapore air force in the week-long total-force exercise Gunfighter Flag,The joint advanced combat operations training exercise took place from Nov. 2

  • Invest time to help Airmen

    Think back to when you joined the Air Force.  Did you know everything about your AFSC, how the promotion system works, assignments, performance evaluations, deployments and the list goes on? I would have to say no, however, I would bet that at multiple points and times throughout your service

  • 'It is what it is' - but is that the way it has to be?

    I catch myself saying it all too often.  "It is what it is." You probably hear it said a lot.  You might even say it yourself on occasion."The training was terrible, but it is what it is."  "The commander's policy is a complete waste of time, but it is what it is."  "Our squadron's process is broken

  • American Heart Association publishes DGMC doctor’s study

    A kidney specialist from David Grant USAF Medical Center at Travis Air Force Base, California, recently helped make his mark on a study more than a decade in the making.Maj. (Dr.) Ian Stewart, 60th Medical Group nephrologist, along with health care professionals from seven other facilities, teamed

  • Red Ribbon Week aims to keep children off drugs

    The Travis Air Force Base, California's Unified School District, along with more than 80 million young people around the country, celebrated National Red Ribbon Week Oct 26 to 30.National Red Ribbon Week is a drug-prevention program in which children wear red ribbons as a pledge to stay away from

  • Keys to success: Social and emotional intelligence

    Air Force members work seamlessly together with a common mission in mind, but sometimes it's easier said than done.We come from all parts of the world and we communicate and perceive each other in different ways. Your ability to lead or follow directly impacts the mission and your career

  • Career broadening strengthens Airmen

    Growing up in my neighborhood meant playing soccer. We played together as a team with the same tough coach for 12 years and always made it to the State Finals.  Our coach made us train year round and required us to join the swim team, run track, and take salsa dance lessons. We did not initially

  • Airman in the ER: Travis doctor saves hero Airman's life

    By the 20th hour of her 30-hour shift, she had already managed two gunshot victims when the call came into the emergency room.Just 2 miles away, an ambulance rushed to transport a 23-year-old male suffering from multiple stab wounds to Sacramento's only Level 1 trauma center, located at UC Davis