• Travis provides blood line to Pacific

    Representing just one of two blood processing laboratories in the Department of Defense, the Armed Services Whole Blood Processing Laboratory West on Travis Air Force Base, serves as the blood line to the entire Pacific Command.Unlike their well-known sister lab at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst,

  • Program gives trainees glimpse at AF

    Travis Air Force Base hosted approximately 40 individuals from the delayed entry program, junior reserve officer training corps and Civil Air Patrol Oct. 10 for the Golden Bear Outreach Program."The purpose of the program is to inspire, educate and motivate JROTC, Civil Air Patrol and high school

  • Travis casts reel in Rio Vista derby

    More than 30 Airmen from the 60th Operations Group and their families participated in the 67th Rio Vista Bass Derby Parade Oct. 12 in Rio Vista, California.The Travis Honor Guard led the group down Main St. in Rio Vista and presented the colors during the singing of the National Anthem.Travis

  • Apps aid in breast cancer struggle

    Pink.  It's everywhere right now from the pages of a magazine, to the sleeve of a favorite take-out coffee cup. It has even found its way onto the jerseys of NFL players, but with good reason.  As many are aware, October marks Breast Cancer Awareness month. Over the years, information on breast

  • Pregnancy can heighten tension

    October plays host to several important issues including domestic violence awareness.Domestic violence is a pattern of physical, sexual and psychological attacks which includes financial abuse against a current or former intimate partner. This can encompass anything ranging from isolation from

  • Don’t wait, vaccinate: Flu shots return to DGMC

    Travis Golden Bears can get flu shots at the David Grant USAF Medical Center as the latest vaccine is rolled out nationwide.The Department of Defense mandates a 90 percent or greater vaccination rate of military personnel by Dec. 15. The Travis goal is to reach the 90 percent mark of military

  • Stand on shoulders of giants to see farther in career

    Sir Isaac Newton once said, "If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants."This is one of my favorite quotes and it directly applies to the type of leader or supervisor you can or should be. Looking back on your career, how many giants have shouldered you? I have been

  • Learn from nation's best: Rise to humility

    In January 2013, I had the distinct honor of attending the American Legion's Salute to Heroes Inaugural Gala in Washington, District of Columbia. Seated among us at the banquet were more than 30 Medal of Honor recipients, awarded during combat in Korea, Vietnam and Afghanistan.  In a strange shift

  • Travis, Marines team up to refuel MV-22 Osprey

    The 9th Air Refueling Squadron made Travis Air Force Base history Sunday when its KC-10 Extender refueled an MV-22 Osprey off the coast of San Francisco.It was the first time Travis has refueled and worked with an Osprey."The mission went very well," said Capt. Joshua Schiffer 9th ARS pilot. "We