• 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

  • Faithful to a proud heritage on USAF’s 65th Anniversary

    In case you missed it, last month one of our country's World War II Airmen, 2nd Lt. Samuel Smith, received the coveted Distinguished Flying Cross nearly 70 years after his service. He was recognized for successfully recovering his crew and crippled B-17 Flying Fortress after the undercarriage and

  • Things change – enjoy it

    I had a strange feeling riding my bicycle to work this morning. Memories flooded my mind of 18 years ago when I first rode my bike down Cannon Drive in Travis base housing. Of course, back then I was 14 years old and was riding my bike to a friend's house, not to work. Things change. My family moved

  • Don’t Let Winter Storage Wreck Springtime Fun

    As we motorcycle riders prepare for the upcoming months of winter, I would like to share a short story that could have ended in a different, tragic way. Last summer, I was working the 2 p.m. to 1 a.m. shift as a police officer for a large city in Alabama. After getting ready for work, I got onto my

  • Surgical squadron remains on the cutting edge

    Both domestically and overseas in hostile war zones, 60th Surgical Operations Squadron personnel deliver general surgery, neurosurgery, urology, orthopedic, ophthalmology, obstetrics and gynecological health services for more than 500,000 Department of Defense and Department of Veteran Affairs

  • 9/11 pushes firefighter out of limbo

    "I was at home asleep the morning of 9/11," said Staff Sgt. Sherice Lovato, 60th Civil Engineer Squadron firefighter. "I was still in limbo of whether or not I wanted to join the military. When I woke up I started down the hallway to find my mom sitting up in her bed, eyes glossy and glued to the

  • Life takes on new meaning for researcher after 9/11

    It was a normal day like any other for Jeanette Watterson, at the time an academic research scientist, who was getting ready for work when the news of an airplane crashing into the World Trade Center came on the TV. Now a major in the Air Force, Watterson said 9/11 was a wakeup call for her."Nothing

  • Life takes on new meaning for researcher after 9/11

    It was a normal day like any other for Jeanette Watterson, at the time an academic research scientist, who was getting ready for work when the news of an airplane crashing into the World Trade Center came on the TV. Now a major in the Air Force, Watterson said 9/11 was a wakeup call for her."Nothing