• Air Force Week Proclamation to be signed at Capitol

    The Air Force Week Proclamation ceremony is scheduled for Sept. 8 at 11 a.m. at the California State Capitol building's West steps. Those in attendance will include the Secretary of the Air Force, the Honorable Michael B. Donley, the Commander of Air Mobility Command, Gen. Arthur Lichte, California

  • Intervention! Defensive driving course reinforces good choices

    Twenty-one Airmen completed four hours of a defensive driving course at Travis vowing to each change one bad driving behavior. Offered the third Wednesday of every month, Alive at 25 is a young-driver intervention program aimed at the highest risk group of drivers, those ages 16 to 24. Tech. Sgt.

  • For some things there will never be any 'do-overs'

    Do you remember as a young kid playing outside with your friends and giving 'do-overs' when you didn't like the way the game turned out and you wanted another chance to do it again? There are a lot of chances in life when you are really young to do things again and again until you get it right. In

  • Taking a page from the Marines’ manual

    Although new to squadron command, I am not new to leadership and its principles - something that each Air Force member can practice every day. I'd like to briefly share some of what I have learned. Having been married to a Marine for almost 19 years, I have been exposed to some of the Corps'

  • 615th CRW 'Excellent' in first UCI

    The 615th Contingency Response Wing recently garnered an "Excellent" rating following its first Unit Compliance Inspection, conducted by a team from the wing's higher headquarters at Air Mobility Command, Scott Air Force Base, Ill. It's been a little more than four years since the 615th CRW stood up

  • 60 MDG welcomes new "Top Doc" to DGMC

    With the time-honored phrases "Sir, I relinquish command" and "Sir, I accept command," a new chapter in 66 years of military medical history were written during a change-of-command ceremony held Aug. 7 at David Grant USAF Medical Center. Dr. (Col.) Brian P. Hayes accepted the ceremonial guidon from

  • 60th Air Mobility Wing welcomes new commander

    Brig. Gen. (Sel) Mark Dillon, relinquished command of the 60th Air Mobility Wing to Col. James Vechery at a change-of-command ceremony July 17. Maj. Gen. Winfield W. Scott III, 18th Air Force commander, Scott Air Force Base, Ill., presided over the ceremony. Colonel Vechery previously served as the

  • Think OPSEC

    Social networking sites on the World Wide Web can be fun places to surf, hang out and keep in touch with friends and family, but keep in mind not everyone in the world has good intentions and your information on the web could fall into the wrong hands. For example, if you were going on vacation, you