• Travis pushed to brink in Cuban Missle Crisis

    Fifty years ago this month, men and women stationed at Travis played an important role in the Cuban missile crisis, one of the pivotal events of the decades-long Cold War. Never before or since has the world come closer to global nuclear war.In the fall of 1962, the United States monitored the

  • Travis prepares for Energy Action Fair

    Travis' Energy Action Fair is scheduled to take place from 10 a.m to 2 p.m. Oct. 24 at the Travis Fitness Center as a highlight of the base's activities celebrating Energy Awareness Month.Participants will exercise on 10 elliptical machines connected to the base's power grid, which converts human

  • Breaking it again at 89 with DGMC's assistance

    Yeager... Few last names in modern Air Force history evoke as much lore, legacy, respect and admiration by Airmen everywhere as this local living legend. Retired Air Force Brig. Gen. Charles "Chuck" Yeager retraced history Sunday, 65 years to the minute, as the first test pilot to break the sound

  • Through the eyes of a former IG

    As we approach a busy inspection season, I thought it was appropriate to share some hints for inspection success. As a medical inspector and team chief for the Health Services Inspection team at the Air Force Inspection Agency at Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M., I spent three years on the inspector

  • Exceptional Family Member Program

    Travis Air Force Base has one of the largest Exceptional Family Member Program populations throughout the entire Air Force. Its mission is to identify medical and educational service requirements of family members in support of active-duty sponsor reassignment and civilian employment overseas. The

  • Retiree appreciation day a success

    More than 550 retirees and their dependents turned out Saturday to partake in the annual Travis Retiree Appreciation Day at David Grant USAF Medical Center. The six-hour event was packed with a wide range of activities from guest speakers and vendors to an outdoor cook out with entertainment by the

  • Glow Golf at Cypress Lakes

    Travis' golf course will glow when it hosts its first "Spooktacular Night of Golf at Cypress Lakes" event at 6:30pm Oct. 27.Located only four miles from the North Gate, Cypress Lakes Golf Course will offer nine holes of glow-in-the-dark golf, a kid's event room, hot dogs and burgers, costume

  • CRW hones skills during Soaring Angel

    When the call comes for support, the men and women of the 621st Contingency Response Wing continue to respond effectively to crises in some of the most remote and austere areas of the globe. But what if that call is a request to open up a forward-operating base in the Middle East to assist follow-on

  • What motivates you?

    That sounds like an easy question, but quite honestly, I'm not sure if everyone knows the answer. Motivation is a powerful tool which propels an individual to move forward in a positive and upward direction. Fortunately, motivation is not a concrete set of factors or techniques that are can be

  • Avoid the flu with these top tips

    Did you know that nine out of 10 healthy people who get a flu shot don't get the flu?According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, it's true. Because it takes two weeks for a flu shot's immunity to build completely, now is the best time to be vaccinated for flu season.TRICARE covers