• Set, maintain priorities to improve self

    Many people like to make resolutions and diet plans when a change in calendar year occurs. Unfortunately, many of the resolutions are broken and tossed aside like garbage before the first month of the new year is over. Rather than make resolutions, it is time to set life priorities.Too many people

  • Exit strategy: Are you prepared to leave the service?

    Times have changed and the Air Force's Force Management programs are moving full-steam ahead. In the past, most of us equated military lifestyle with long-term job security. I remind you that your military career is temporary and encourage you to have an exit strategy. If you are a first-term

  • Travis Airman named Air Force's best

    Growing up on a farm in Jacksonville, Fla., Airman 1st Class David Holliman didn't deal with many electronic devices as a kid. However, nowadays, he operates and maintains some of the military's most advanced ground radar and radio equipment . Moreover, he was recently named one of the Air Force's

  • Comm tool makes protecting personal info simple

    Travis Air Force Base is "America's First Choice", but in some categories it's best to be last. Unfortunately, the 60th Air Mobility Wing led Air Mobility Command in the number of personally identifiable information breaches in 2013, and was second in the number of personnel whose information was

  • Six months with honor guard refocuses Airman

    Throughout my short military career, I've had the opportunity to travel to exotic places around the world and do things I never imagined as a child. I consistently look for new opportunities to gain more experiences that will benefit me in the future. Ever since I took the oath of enlistment and

  • Commander seeks input on CINC funds

    Congratulations on your success in making it to the Commander in Chief'sInstallation Excellence Award finals. Your hard work, innovation andconstant improvement continue to make Travis "America's First Choice".Traditionally, the two Air Force finalists receive funding to improve thequality-of-life

  • Pilot For A Day via Make-A-Wish Foundation

    News media representatives are invited to attend the upcoming Pilot for a Day event Jan. 31 here.The event was coordinated by the Make-A-Wish foundation and will give Aniello Joshua Calisi the opportunity to don a custom flight suit and dog tags before taking a day-long tour around Travis. During

  • Take stock before seperation happens

    Last week I sat in the base theater and listened to our Force Support Squadron do an admirable job briefing the various Force Management Programs being implemented this fiscal year. As I viewed the Airmen in the audience paying rapt attention, I noticed the varied expressions on their faces at

  • How's your bench looking? Look at who follows

    I'm a new chief master sergeant in the United States Air Force, serving the men and women of the 349th Air Mobility Wing, 349th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron at Travis Air Force Base. Maybe if I say that enough times, it won't sound so odd. Maybe if I say that enough times, I'll stop turning