• Live life as Airmen with great pride, enthusiasm

    "You are so ate up." "You don't have to bleed blue all the time, you know?" "You know you can't get step-promoted to chief. You know that right?" Comments such as these are often directed at Airmen who not only meet the expected standard, they strive to exceed the standard but why? Is it so wrong to

  • Tackle problems with unflinching leadership

    Many Airmen have heard the phrase, "Every Airman is a Leader."This saying speaks directly to our shared bond under the "clause of unlimited liability:" at a moment's notice, any of us might be required to go into harm's way to accomplish the mission. Because leadership is an art as well as a

  • Travis Airman sings at the World Series

    It was a gorgeous fall evening Sunday in San Francisco when a stadium full of 40,000 excited baseball fans paused to honor our nation during the seventh-inning stretch of Game Five in the 2014 World Series.Airman 1st Class Michelle Doolittle, United States Air Force Band of the Golden West vocalist,

  • AMC civic leaders visit Travis

    Air Mobility Command civic leaders met at Travis Air Force Base Oct. 15 to join Gen. Darren McDew, AMC commander, on his first visit of the installation since assuming command in May. Civic leaders were given the opportunity to speak with McDew, who addressed the importance of the civic leader

  • Sergeant receives Purple Heart

    Staff Sgt. Mitchell E. Johnson, a Wing Operations Center Controller with the 573rd Global Support Squadron, received the Purple Heart from Gen. Darren W. McDew, Air Mobility Command commander, during a ceremony here, Oct. 15.Johnson sustained a traumatic brain injury during his most recent

  • Education Center showcases its Halloween spirit

    Delilah Wilson, 60th Force Support Squadron Education Center technician, currently has her collection of Halloween decorations on display at the Travis Air Force Base Education Center through Halloween and will have different décor as the Holidays come and go."We try to have fun over here," said

  • Wing garners service award

    The Secretary of the Air Force recently announced the 60th Air Mobility Wing as a recipient of the Air Force Outstanding Unit Award for exceptionally meritorious service from July 1, 2013 to June 30, 2014.This marks the 21st time since 1965 that the Travis wing has been awarded the AFOUA.In order to

  • McDew talks people, vision

    General Darren McDew, Air Mobility Command commander, addressed a gamut of questions during a Q-and-A session Oct. 16 at Travis Air Force Base as part of his first official visit since assuming command of AMC in early May.With wide-spread changes and undertakings occurring across the enterprise, the

  • Performance-based feedbacks will change game

    Our enlisted force sits at the preface of a sweeping overhaul of performance evaluations, a system that prioritizes job performance above all else. While we don't have 100 percent clarity on all the details just yet, it's important to understand the background and the importance of feedback in this

  • Service aims to boost Airmen resilience

    Recently, the word resilience started being used on installations across the Air Force.  Why was it introduced and how did it become such a hot topic? Many of you have participated in the Master Resiliency Training course as well as Wingman Days, but why did we start offering these courses and