• Airmen exhibit excellent resilience

    Spring is a time of great change. The fields are filling with flowers, the cow population around the base seems to have grown overnight, temperatures are on the rise, and the pollen is wreaking havoc on our senses. This turn of the seasons represents nature's own way of being resilient. Every day,

  • Memorial Day marks time for rememberance

    To many people around the country, Memorial Day is simply just another day or an extended weekend to relax and enjoy time with their loved ones. To military members and their families, Memorial Day embraces the essence of their day-to-day operations and acknowledges our brothers and sisters in arms

  • Travis Brass exhibits musical diversity

    In a memorandum released on Oct. 14, 2011, Air Force senior leadership said, "Diversity aggregates our strengths, perspectives, and capabilities in a way that transcends individual contributions." Diversity is as vital to military bands as it is for the Air Force as a whole, specifically the Travis

  • Travis hosts Gold Star Ruck March

    Hundreds of Airmen and their families banded together to participate in the third annual Gold Star Family Ruck March in honor of fallen service members and their families here May 18. The purpose of the event was to bring awareness to the base and its community about Gold Star Moms and their

  • Right on target

    The 60th Security Forces Squadron hosted the M9 pistol and M16A2 rifle Excellence in Competition shooting match May 17 at the combat arms shooting range to coincide with Police Week. The competition takes place every year around the middle of May and anybody on Travis can compete."We have this

  • Weekend marks arrival of Critical Days

    From Memorial Day through Labor Day, many of us will enjoy summer picnics, recreational water activities and long vacation drives. For more than 30 years, the Air Force has recognized these as the Critical Days of Summer. For many who have been around a few years, we remember it as the 101 Critical

  • Base mobilizes during finance week

    Military Saves Week is a financial readiness initiative endorsed by the Office of the Secretary of Defense and implemented by installations across the Air Force. The intent of the annual campaign is to improve readiness of Airmen, families and, ultimately, the mission through proactive and

  • Reflecting on friend before Memorial Day

    As the last Monday of May approaches, we will officially honor the sacrifices of those who served our country nobly and gave their lives in the name of freedom.I would like to share with you the story of Paul Claussen. Paul was a patient of mine and a veteran of the Pacific campaign in World War II.

  • Just Plane Preservation program lands at Travis

    There is a lot of history at Travis. From the critical role of ferrying aircraft to the Pacific Theater in World War II, to bringing home prisoners of war from the Vietnam War, the base has seen it all. Even more recent events like Operation Pacific Passage or the Hurricane Sandy relief may go down

  • Maintainers establish Travis recycling record

    Airmen from the 60th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron blew their opposition out of the water during last month's base-wide recycling competition, recycling more than 5,700 pounds of reusable products.The team, known as the Dumpster Divers, raised more than $3,300 which goes toward their booster club to