• Travis EO: strength through a unified force

    With the complex and continuous operations of today's Air Force, it takes a diverse but unified workforce to meet the demands of the mission. To keep the force unified, there is a team dedicated to promoting education, awareness and understanding important issues involving diversity in the

  • How systems work

    When I was a kid, one of my favorite things to do was take things apart to see how they worked. I wasn't always able to put these things back together. Approximately 50 percent of the time, I'd wait for the item to no longer be serviceable before I'd begin dismantling it, so it didn't really matter

  • Recharge the batteries

    "Dad, where are the batteries?" my son yells as he runs into the kitchen with his video game controller. He throws the dead ones on the counter top, rifles through the drawer for more AAs and then runs away, back to the game at hand. I stood in amazement as this flurry of activity took merely 30

  • Random acts of kindness can go a long way

     Have you ever been complimented at work for your excellence? Did it make you feel appreciated? Have you ever received a little sticky note on your desk with a smiley face on it? Did it make you smile? Have you ever been treated to a free lunch by a friend just because? Did it make you feel

  • Taking care starts with you

    I hope all of you here at home station get a break sometime this summer to enjoy the company of family and friends and relax. To those whom are deployed, thank you, and your families, for your sacrifices and for the important work being done around the world. I don't have any pithy quotes from

  • Travis Economic Impact Analysis Release

    The economic impact analysis of Travis Air Force Base totals $1.4 billion for fiscal year 2011, an accounting period measured from Oct. 1, 2010 to Sept. 30, 2011. Travis is the largest employer in Solano County with a workforce of 13,368 personnel. For fiscal year 2011, Travis employed 6,758 Air

  • Maintenance verses Repair of our Airmen

    This commentary is not about aircraft, vehicles or even any mechanical components. It's about our Airmen in general and how we manage the care and feeding of them throughout their careers. The maintenance verse repair concept is borrowed from the maintenance community and speaks to how maintenance

  • Honoring our fallen Airmen

    President Calvin Coolidge, 30th President of the United States, said, "No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave."This past Memorial Day weekend, I had the privilege of representing the Air Force at an event to honor one of our fallen Airmen, Senior

  • Cryogenics puts the air in aircrew

    While there are many jobs at Travis that contribute to keeping planes safe and in the air, not many are more clearly tied to the mission than the 60th Logistics Readiness Squadron cryogenics shop."We maintain six large storage tanks that contain liquid oxygen and liquid nitrogen," said Airman 1st