• 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

  • Housing partner has plans to save energy

    Across the Department of Defense, energy conservation programs are underway with the goal to reduce our overall energy consumption in the United States by 20 percent, ultimately reducing our dependency on foreign energy. The Office of the Secretary of Defense and the Department of the Air Force,

  • Service honors predecessors

    Last Saturday, I had the honor of attending a ceremony where I presented the Congressional Gold Medal to Mrs. Frances Gilbert Johannessen who served selflessly with the Women Air Force Service Pilots. The WASPs served honorably during WWII transporting military personnel, towing targets for gunnery

  • Westwind Inn aces Air Force lodging accreditation

    During a recent Air Force-level accreditation evaluation, the Westwind Inn earned the highest marks of any base in Air Mobility Command.Using a 486-line item lodging standards checklist, the Westwind Inn scored a 95.7 percent during its evaluation Feb. 17 through 19.- a score of worthy

  • General Kight to speak at Women's History Month luncheon

    The first-ever woman to command the California National Guard is scheduled as the guest speaker at the Women's History Month luncheon here March 30 at the Delta Breeze Club.Brig. Gen. Mary J. Kight was appointed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger Feb. 2 as the state's 45 adjutant general, directing the