• Answering the Call

    The start of a new year is typically a time for reflection and celebration. We should reflect on all the hard work put in throughout last year and celebrate all of our accomplishments. Just looking back on what we accomplished as a team is amazing: multiple changes of command, visits by the Under

  • Happy New Year

    Happy New Year. With the start of a fresh calendar, many of us focus on what we want to create in our lives over the next year. Resolutions are set to eat healthier, lose weight, manage debt, quit smoking, volunteer, travel and the list goes on. Often times, and not surprisingly, we stumble and fail

  • Home for the holidays

    After years away, Ricki and I are overjoyed to return to Air Mobility Command. It feels like we have come back home, just in time for the holidays. To you, the more than 130,000 active-duty, Guard, Reserve and civilian men and women who make up our Mobility Air Forces, we could not be more proud of

  • Airman awarded Purple Heart

    Senior Airman Kevin Bolton, 573rd Global Support Squadron air transportation specialist, was awarded the Purple Heart Wednesday at the Base Theater at Travis. In February 2012, while assigned to the 60th Aerial Port Squadron, Bolton deployed as part of a 10-person team to Forward Operating Base

  • What has 2012 taught you?

    I find it hard to believe we're already in the middle of December and the end of 2012 is fast approaching. I don't know about you, but I'm counting on the fact those wacky Mayans didn't have it right and we'll still be here in 2013. But will next year be the same as last year? A better question is,

  • The spirit of giving prevails

    During the holiday season, we are given an opportunity to pause and reflect on the blessings that surround us. The spirit of service is essentially one of giving and a willingness to commit time and expertise to a cause bigger than one's self. In the hands of Team Travis, this spirit always

  • AE mission soars through Pacific in KC-10

    Crews and aircraft from several Air Force units arrived here from Travis AFB, Calif., Dec. 2, during one of three "proof of principle" missions evaluating the KC-10 Extender's capability to support combined cargo and aeromedical evacuation missions throughout the Pacific. The missions are part of an

  • When it comes to military education, 'just do it'

    We can't emphasize it enough: Professional Military Education is critical in development of our enlisted and officer corps.It teaches the core structure and foundation needed for the self-continuum of learning throughout an Airman's career.It is such an important and vital component that there is

  • Being an Airman is a way of life

    It has been said that if you love what you do, then it is not really work. Many times in my career, I have been fortunate enough to find myself saying, "I can't believe I get paid to do this."Being an Airman is not just a job, it is a way of life. We have all been told we are not just in the Air

  • Electronic beacons track pallets

    They can be seen everywhere a service member travels. They can have a month's worth of water stored on them in Afghanistan or form the walls of a shack in Haiti. They have been used to transport thousands of vehicles in the Department of Defense or just reutilized as makeshift flooring for a tent on