• Team Travis to roll up sleeves for blood drive

    Schools are back in session, summer is a memory, and local blood drives continue in full swing this October. Patients who are missing delightful autumn changes and Halloween displays while they battle cancer, injuries, burns, and blood disorders are counting on blood donors. Every community member

  • DGMC gears up for two flu seasons

    David Grant USAF Medical Center's Immunization clinic is ramping up to prepare Team Travis for what promises to be a double whammy during the 2009-2010 flu season. Two types of flu -- the usual seasonal influenza, and the novel H1N1, also known as swine flu, are currently in circulation. Each will

  • Is your mouth prepared for fall sports?

    A properly fitted mouth guard is an important piece of athletic gear that can protect your teeth and smile. They should be considered a standard piece of one's athletic gear from an early age. Mouth guards help buffer an impact or blow that otherwise could cause broken teeth, jaw injuries or cuts to

  • 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