• Nothing goes without the hose

    At Travis, a team of Airmen work hard every day to ensure mission success. There could be no mission without the 60th Logistics Readiness Squadron fuels shop."POL handles all the fuel components on base," said Senior Airman Jonathan Derby, 60th LRS fuels lab technician. "We service (Jet

  • A healthy potluck

    Have you ever noticed how often we are bombarded with unhealthy food options on a daily basis? Family gatherings, birthday celebrations, work functions - it seems like there is always a reason to indulge. It can be hard to stay on track with your nutrition goals when unhealthy options are always

  • Jobs act protects service members

    Since Sept. 11, 2001, the United States has experienced the largest deployment of reservists since World War II. Our military relies more on our guard and Reservist members than at any point in recent history. Such service-members often leave behind stable, well-paying jobs to serve their country.

  • Katie’s Grove remains a place to remember

    Every day since 9/11, Airmen have put themselves in harm's way in support of the Global War on Terror. Every day since 9/11, families have supported those warriors while at home and abroad. This is not a story of a deployed warrior, it is a story of Catherine "Katie" Powell. Who is Katie Powell? She

  • 60th Ops Group celebrate day room

    Members of the 60th Operations Group gathered Sept. 13 to celebrate the grand opening of their dorm residents' new day room.Event participants ranged from Col. Dwight Sones, 60th Air Mobility Wing commander, and Chief Master Sgt. John Evalle, 60th AMW command chief, to supervisors and the Airmen who

  • Travis wing improves efficiency with 6S

    Members across the 621st Contingency Response Wing recently spent several days focused on using the "6S" method to reduce clutter, inefficient processes, waste and more in their work spaces.6S is a tool used to simplify the work environment and reduce nonvalue added activity while improving quality,

  • Termini non Existent: There Are No Bounds

    "What you do at Travis Air Force Base is nothing short of miraculous." This was the opening remark from Lt. Gen. Mark Ramsay, former 18th Air Force Commander, this past June during his all-call at the base theater. As a military institution we have a responsibility to identify more efficient,

  • Honduran-American family's first to Serve

    To serve in the United States Armed Forces is to be part of less than 1 percent of Americans, but Airman 1st Class Jennifer George, 60th Comptroller Squadron travel pay specialist, represents an even smaller group of people; the first in her family's entire history to serve in America's military.The

  • Cha-cha-cha Changes

    Whenever I hear that song by David Bowie, it reminds me of how life is an endless series of changes. From the moment we are born until the moment we die, our lives are in a perpetual state of change, most good. We go from crawling to walking, from coloring to writing, from grade school to high