• Airmen keep eye on base's plumbing

    Water sprays everywhere as the team quickly looks for the correct shut-off valve. Once the water has stopped spewing from the broken pipe, they send one of their own into a trench, filled knee high with water. As his boots sink into the mud below, the Airman assesses the situation of the broken

  • Balfour Beatty set to start annual housing survey

    Family housing residents are scheduled to receive the Resident Satisfaction Housing Survey in September. The annual survey is part of Balfour Beatty Communities' performance assessment program. "The survey allows us to see where we are succeeding and where there is room for improvement," said Mark

  • Airshow volunteers requested

    Travis will support the seventh annual California Capital Air Show, scheduled Sept. 8 and 9 at Mather Field in Sacramento. Sixty volunteers are requested to support each day to assist with parking and security details. Two shifts are available: 7 a.m. to noon and noon to 5 p.m. Volunteers receive

  • DGMC offers advice on West Nile virus

    The Labor Day weekend and the end of summer are the weekend, so it's important for Travis members and their families to remember we are still in the midst of a major West Nile virus season in 38 states. Due to a relatively mild winter and short, hot summer, as the weather cools, mosquitoes will be

  • Fruit and veggies: more does matter

    Did you know that September is Fruit and Veggies-More Matters Month? The focus of the month is to promote the importance of eating more fruits and veggies for better health. For many of us, it is a challenge just to get to five servings per day and statistics tell us that only 11 percent of Air

  • Springboards can offer changes in perspective

    Imagine a springboard. It's a simple device. A flexible platform set upon a spring. If you watched the Olympics, you observed the gymnasts using a springboard to gain elevation during the vault event.We can take the idea of a springboard and think about it in a way to improve or change our

  • Vision, communication vital to AF future

    On Aug. 6, Lt. Gen. Darren McDew assumed command of the 18th Air Force and shared his "expectations for leaders." I'd like to take a moment and share a few of these expectations with you, and how we here at Travis execute them. Following McDew's lead, I'll start my commentary with "thank you." Thank

  • The way back home

    Master Sgt. Nicole Culverhouse, 60th Medical Support Squadron element chief, was kidnapped off the streets of Bogota, Colombia at a young age. Her family was unable to find her because the orphanage that she wound up in changed her name. She then was adopted by an American family and brought to the

  • Motorcycle Safety

    School starts next week and with new traffic patterns and congested gate traffic, the safety of our Airmen and their families is of highest priority.According to the California Department of Motor Vehicles, motorcycles may travel faster than traffic during congested road conditions and can legally

  • Airmen prep for Warrior Week

    Approximately 500 Travis Airmen will participate in Warrior Week from Aug. 20 to 24 intended to sharpen skills and prepare Airmen for an Operational Readiness Inspection due in February 2013.It is one of three such weeks planned to expand knowledge basis and make sure Airmen are set to