• High-tech loss prevention safeguards Airmen’s exchange benefits

    With a dual mission to provide quality merchandise and services at competitively low prices and to generate earnings to support Family and Morale, Welfare and Recreation programs, the Army and Air Force Exchange Service is enlisting the support of the latest loss-prevention technology to protect

  • DGMC asks: “Are you medically ready to deploy?”

    You just received notification you're deploying. Do you know what to do next? It is not as hard as some might think to become "medically ready" for a deployment. There are a few annual medical appointments such as preventive health assessments and dental exams that must remain current through the

  • Flag 482

    Sometimes emotions sneak right up on me and stop m e in my tracks without fanfare or even a drum roll. Sunday afternoon, Nov. 22, 2008 was one of those occasions. I went down to empty the flag disposal bin and upon returning home my usual routine is to separate, count and carefully place the banners

  • Fly on the wall: Lessons observed by Lt. Col. Clarence Lukes

    Our beloved Air Force is constantly evolving in ways that provide our nation the assurance that we have the best-trained, equipped and able Air Force in the world. All conflicts during my career have been fought jointly and I anticipate no change in the near future. Therefore, it comes as no

  • AMC's execution hub serves as 'virtual crewmember' worldwide

    Members of the 618th Tanker Airlift Control Center conducted a series of town hall briefings at Travis Air Force Base, Calif., and McChord Air Force Base, Wash., in mid-January to foster the concept of the 618th TACC as a 'virtual crewmember' for Air Mobility Command crews operating worldwide. The

  • Legislation in action

    During January, the focus of this commentary has been our nation's founding documents. As such, the focus this week is on the U.S. Bill of Rights. The enormous magnitude of this great document is illustrated in the actions of some members of Team Travis who exercise their Constitutional rights - Air

  • The Origins of the Bill of Right ... The Federalists v. the Anti-Federalists

    We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity do ordain and establish this Constitution for the

  • Inauguration a reminder about leadership

    Wow Team Travis, what a historic week for the United States of America and the world! I spent Monday fixated on the television watching CNN fuse Martin Luther King Jr.'s dream with then president-elect Obama's road to the White House; "From MLK to Today." Then on Tuesday, just as many other people

  • Keep on rockin' with second CD 'For the Troops'

    A number of top musical acts want to thank you for your service and the sacrifices you make for our country with the release of a new "For the Troops II" CD, available now for free download at the Army and Air Force Exchange Service Web site, www.aafes.com. For active duty service members or

  • DGMC opens "Reach Out and Read" program

    Getting books from your doctor will soon be a routine part of well-child visits at David Grant USAF Medical Center. DGMC's doctors and nurses in the Pediatric and Family Practice clinics have welcomed the Reach Out and Read program to the practice. DGMC joins more than 2,200 programs nationally who