• Recently opened Zone, community center provide new services

    Six months ago, Travis Air Force Base was bereft of a place for base functions or to just kick back.Now, with the introduction of The Zone and the Balfour Beatty Community Center, they have both.While both cater to Airmen, their families and the Team Travis community, they serve different

  • DGMC spotlights services for World Cancer Day event

    Today is World Cancer Day, which acknowledges the increasing impact cancer has on people everywhere and efforts to improve cancer prevention, treatment and care. Cancer is a leading cause of death around the world, according to the World Health Organization, which estimates that 84 million people

  • Commitment to standards helps define one's character

    I believe standards are an inescapable part of life and whether we meet them most often comes down to a personal choice. I also believe once we've made that choice, it's our commitment to those standards that determines if we'll enforce them or stay silent. In my experience, it's the individual

  • 60th MDSS member receives scholarship

    Twice a year the Travis First Sergeants Association awards Airmen with scholarships to help offset education cost.Airman 1st Class Ricardo Aldahondo, 60th Medical Support Squadron medical service accounting specialist, received the first $250 Dan Webster scholarship at the first sergeant meeting

  • Reading daily can enrich our lives

    How busy are you? If you are like the majority of Airmen and families, the answer is very busy. You are busy with work, fitness, taking care of your family and trying to find time to take care of yourself. Our Airmen all do a tremendous amount everyday and I continue to be inspired by how they find

  • 6th ARS wraps up year-long reflection

    For the past year, the 6th Aerial Refueling Squadron here has celebrated the 70th anniversary of the activation of its ancestor squadron, the 6th Bombardment Squadron. Members of the 6th ARS commemorated the event by wearing the patch of the famous World War II-era heavy bombardment squadron for the

  • Program urge tobacco users to quit

    For nearly 20 years, few of the major tobacco companies sold smokeless tobacco, but now they all do. Smokeless products like Snus, Orbs and dissolvable strips have become the next frontier for the tobacco industry. Trends show that cigarette sales are declining while smokeless tobacco sales are on

  • Squadron DUI free for 19 years

    For servicemembers, driving under the influence of alcohol is a quick way to end a career, but for one Travis unit, staying DUI free is a way of life.The Airmen of the 60th Contracting Squadron take DUIs to heart and have successfully maintained zero instances for 19 years.As part of the squadron's

  • Radio sites improve facilities, equipment

    "It used to be a rat's nest," said Airman 1st Class Michael McHam, pointing to a neatly organized cluster of wires inside one of the 60th Communications Squadron's new radio receive/transmit sites.The cluster was a jumbled mess inside the previous facility. The new site, one of two 483-square foot