• Focus on food during National Nutrition Month

    Many people associate March with St. Patrick's Day, but as a career diet technician, I think about National Nutrition Month. The nutritional medicine flight at David Grant USAF Medical Center is the hub for highlighting the importance of a proper diet to aid in disease prevention. Did you make a new

  • Airmen must dig deep to find courage

    Although I recall reading about the speech Marine Lt. Gen. John F. Kelly gave to commemorate Veterans Day in November 2010, I did not read the actual speech until I stumbled across it again recently. The speech is powerful and passionate. Kelly's story is even more compelling and an excellent piece

  • A Family Business

    As I'm out speaking with different groups of Airmen, I regularly refer to our service in the Air Force and to our country as a family business. I think the highest-functioning organizations create and maintain a culture where members feel their daily duties are valued and recognized by the

  • The Wall That Heals

    The Wall That Heals brought 58,286 Vietnam veterans who paid the ultimate sacrifice to friends, family members and those who fought by their side Feb. 27 to March 2 at the capitol building in Sacramento, Calif. The wall is a traveling replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall in Washington, D.C.

  • Former fire chief recalls famous crash

    From the air traffic control tower March 3, 93-year-old Robert Dittmer marveled at the transformation Travis Air Force Base has undergone in the last 60 years since he first paved the original runway. "The base has grown so much," Dittmer said. "Everything is new and modern."Dittmer's family lineage

  • Scrubs to flight suit: Major changes gear

    As far back as he can remember, Maj. Christopher Bates wanted to fly. Whether it was the single-engine Cessna his family flew around its small Kansas town that served as his inspiration or the 26 years his father served as a fighter pilot in the F-4 Phantom, all Bates knew was that he was meant to

  • DLA more than printer for Defense Department

    As a field activity of the Defense Logistics Agency, DLA Document Services has served the Department of Defense for more than 60 years. While some refer to the organization as the DOD's printer, it offers much more than that basic description implies.DLA Document Services provides printing and

  • What makes Travis' success so special?

    Last month, I had the opportunity to participate in the Commander-In-Chief's Installation Excellence Award visit as one of the aides for Col. Christopher Short, the 366th Fighter Wing, Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, commander and Team 2 evaluator, and Col. David Mott, 60th Operations Group

  • Godspeed: Travis chaplain finds way in life, service

    As a young boy, all Chaplain Dallas Little ever wanted to be was a Soldier or detective. Becoming a pastor was the last thing on his mind."I remember as a little kid, sitting in a pew, enjoying the church, the stained glass windows and the hymns sung by the choir. But when the big guy stood up and

  • A half-century of maintenance

    For Russell "Russ" Seaver, 60th Maintenance Squadron Transient Alert aircraft servicer, work on the flightline was another day being around one of his favorite things - airplanes.Russ retired from active duty in 1976 as a technical sergeant with 22 years as an aircraft maintainer in the Air Force.