• Travis’ Retiree Appreciation Day event takes a new shape

    Featuring an expanded slate of events, Travis Air Force Base's annual Retiree Appreciation Day is growing to two days this year. Scheduled Saturday and Sunday, the festivities are turning into a base-wide showcase involving multiple organizations in order to honor those who have served the

  • Travis environmental project managers to address conference

    Glenn Anderson and Lonnie Duke know a lot about environmental cleanup and restoration. So much, in fact, they have been invited to share this knowledge with the rest of the Air Force, industry and academia.The environmental project managers with the 60 Civil Engineer Squadron at Travis are two of

  • DGMC offers innovative technology for treating cancerous tumors

    David Grant USAF Medical Center now offers new services within the Joint Radiation Oncology Center. A partnership between the Department of Defense and Department of Veterans Affairs, the JROC at DGMC showcases the latest cutting-edge medical technology in Solano County for treating cancerous tumors

  • Deployment: A reality for today’s Airmen

    There are two types of Airmen serving in today's Air Force: those who have deployed and those who are going to deploy. Whether serving on active duty, in the Air National Guard or with the Air Force Reserves, the expeditionary force is no longer just concept to our warriors in uniform. More than

  • Back to Basic(s)

    Many of us are familiar with the book by Robert Fulghum "All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten." I think the title of this book should be adapted by today's Air Force, particularly when you consider one of the Secretary and Chief of Staff of the Air Force's top priorities is getting

  • Airman donates 100 hours of time to AADD

    A Team Travis member recently became the first Airmen to complete 100 volunteer hours for Airmen Against Drunk Driving.Senior Airman Mercede Dalton, 60th Force Support Squadron, reached the milestone after putting in the volunteer hours during the last six months. "I found out about AADD one weekend

  • Portrait of sexual assault

    "I tried to walk away but he was much bigger than me, and I had too much to drink," said an Airman who was sexually assaulted several years ago during a party at a friend's house.The Airman, who asked not to be identified in this story to protect her privacy, said the assault didn't come from a

  • Paws for Reading

    The Mitchell Memorial Library recently started Paws for Reading, a new literacy program that promotes positive reading habits by creating an inviting environment through the use of canines. PFR came about after Paws for Healing, an organization that currently provides Canine Assisted Therapy to

  • Be significant…

    Last November, I was notified that I was a selected to become a chief. I had the great honor of traveling to my major command to attend a week-long conference with my fellow chief-selects for our orientation. It was three days of information sharing with five meals in between. I thought, "Wow! I

  • 349th squadron commander is marine mammals heroine

    It's a far stretch from being a communications squadron commander to nursing sick seals back to health from the brink of death, but that is Lt. Col. Karen Bosko's passion away from her Air Force Reserve career. Colonel Bosko, 23rd Combat Communications Squadron commander, spends her time