• DGMC begins major moves

    The nursery school game of musical chairs has become a high art form at David Grant USAF Medical Center. Key offices and customer service centers have begun the process of moving from familiar locations to temporary locales and uncharted territories throughout the huge facility. All the moves are in

  • Can trees replace machines?

    There is a special grove of trees on the western side of the base that may become part of a large groundwater cleanup effort. In 1998, the base began a long-term study that involved the planting of 480 red iron-bark eucalyptus trees over solvent contaminated groundwater. The source of the solvents

  • Does your reputation reflect who you are?

    How's your reputation? Are you who you say or think you are? Do your actions reflect the way you want to be perceived? Let's face it -- talk is cheap. It's easy to speak positively, even profoundly, about the way you think things ought to be. We all have passions, or something we consider our

  • Step out and step up to better health

    The temperature's cool and the colors are spectacular. It's the perfect time to get outside and take strides toward a fitness habit that lasts through October -- and beyond. Beginning now, Travis members can sign up for the Health and Wellness Center's Walktober program. This 31-day program is

  • Travis member travels U.S. for love of sport

    Tech. Sgt. Larry Kirk has gone a long way to demonstrate his love of disc golf. His car's odometer can prove it. Sergeant Kirk has put thousands of miles on his vehicle, traversing the nation's highways in pursuit of Frisbee golf courses. His big goal still looms, but he's more than four-fifths of

  • Airman convicted of driving under the influence of alcohol

    On Sept.17, an Airman from the 60th Civil Engineer Squadron was tried by a summary court-martial and pled guilty to one specification of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol. The Airman was sentenced to four days confinement and reduced in rank by one stripe. This case

  • Choice, your only true freedom

    Throughout my life, I am always amazed at the number of times I hear the expression, "I did not have a choice." There are always choices in everything we do in life. With every choice there are consequences; good, bad or indifferent they exist. I find when people say they did not have a choice, they

  • Be an ACE: save a wingman's life

    September is Suicide Prevention Month. With recent PCS moves, preparation for the upcoming Operational Readiness Inspection, a new school year underway, and continuing deployment and redeployments, now is an excellent time to review the basics on how to be an effective wingman to your family

  • Air Force Celebrates 62 Years

    Today, our Air Force celebrates 62 years as a separate service. By the close of World War II, the Army Air Forces operated with considerable autonomy within the War Department, but doctrinal principles compelled our nation's leaders to establish a separate Air Force. The National Security Act of