• Travis youth gain job skills through program

    Travis youth have an opportunity to get a leg up when applying for college in today's competitive college application environment.The 60th Force Support Squadron Youth Center is offering a Youth Employment Skills program for Travis dependents in high school. Participants are able to volunteer at a

  • Protocol protects military heritage

    Behind every military ceremony, banquet and distinguished visitor trip, there is a team of perfectionists working long and irregular hours to ensure an Air Force standard of "excellence in all we do" is maintained.The Travis Protocol team bustles around base at any given time, stays behind the

  • Travis opens fuel site

    Col. Dwight Sones, 60th Air Mobility Wing commander, was joined by Army Col. Bill Keyes, Defense Logistics Agency Energy Americas commander, and Jim Kehlet, Kinder-Morgan Business Development West vice president, to cut the ribbon on the new Kinder-Morgan fuel tank site Tuesday on Travis. The $50

  • IG protects Air Force integrity, excellence

    When you find a duty area that needs improvement or are having difficulties in the workplace, turn first to your chain of command. The chain cannot operate properly to address your concern without awareness of the problem. When the chain is unresponsive or unable to address that concern, the

  • Travis boxer captures win

    Ninety seconds. A lot can happen in 90 seconds. It can pass by quickly or, in the sport of boxing, it can seem like a lifetime. It only took the boxing judges in Sacramento 90 seconds to determine the boxer from Travis had beaten his opponent.Staff Sgt. Justin Cureton, 60th Aircraft Maintenance

  • How to save a life: Marrow donation helped Sones' daughter

    Many people have events in their lives that bring forth a rush of emotions. For the Sones family, one of those events is the Marrow Donor Drive coming to Travis May 14 through 18. There are many reasons for the emotions people feel during those events, for the Sones it is because bone marrow saved

  • ‘One team, one fight’ more than just words

    Throughout the early part of my Air Force career as a cadet and second lieutenant, I often heard stories about the demise of the Russian military and economy. News articles discussed how Russian tank commanders did not have fuel to run their tanks, so they had tank crews walk around pretending to

  • Leading through change

    Leading through change is a challenge that never goes away, impacts all levels and crosses over from our professional to our personal lives. What does it mean? Leading through change means developing a successful strategy that helps us, and those who depend on us, to carry our successes forward and

  • Maintaining a Global Lifeline

    More than a decade after the start of American involvement in Afghanistan, pilots and aircraft belonging to a global mobility enterprise headquartered amidst the cornfields of Illinois here continue to provide a lifeline for thousands of Americans overseas.Each day, Air Force C-17 and C-130 aircrews

  • New pet import rules for European Union and the United Kingdom

    As permanent change of station season starts, it's important to plan ahead for all of your dependents, including the family pet. New rules and regulations have tightened the import of animals into the European Union and the United Kingdom, but the Veterinary Treatment Facility has you covered if you