• 15th EMTF receives new command chief

    The 15th Expeditionary Mobility Task Force recently welcomed a new member to the Team Travis family. Chief Master Sgt. Bruce Blodgett, 15th EMTF command chief, arrived in September from Dover Air Force Base, Del., where he served as 436th Airlift Wing command chief. "My wife and I are excited to be

  • Str ... ike: Bowling Center offers fun at low cost

    Charlie Alonga spent years bowling with two fingers. He had never mastered getting the desired spin on the ball using the recommended three digits, so he stuck with his preferred method. But it put a lot of pain on his wrist. "You can play only so many games with two fingers," the Navy man's son

  • Team work is catching on

    Having been at several Air Mobility Command bases in my career, I have heard many of the slogans about team work, but it wasn't until I came to Travis that I began to fully appreciate them. I, like many of you, took it as another Air Force slogan to motivate us to get more done with less. After

  • Fisher House ambassadors visit Travis

    The Fisher House Foundation's "roving ambassadors" returned to the base Oct. 11 for a visit with the staff, volunteers and guests of the Travis Fisher House. Audrey Fisher and Nancy Edelman, FHF ambassadors, and Jim Weiskopf, FHF vice president for communications, were greeted by Col. Jim Baron,

  • Keep up the good work

    I hope everyone enjoyed their long weekend, you all certainly deserved it! Even with a shortened week though, Team Travis continues to accomplish an unbelievable amount. 615th Contingency Response Wing ORI Our partners in the 615th CRW are mid-way through their first-ever Operational Readiness

  • Airman convicted of being AWOL, making false official statements

    A staff sergeant from the 60th Logistics Readiness Squadron recently faced a court martial for violation of Article 86, absent without leave and violation of Article 107, making false official statements, of the Uniformed Code of Military Justice. The Airman was accused of going AWOL after being

  • KUDOS offers a fun, educational view of deployments

    Not even a force-reduction could keep Camp KUDOS from opening Oct. 3, as more than 400 deployers, ages 18 and younger, once again deployed in support of the camp's operational mission. The Kids Understanding Deployment Operations, better known as KUDOS, was a 60th Services Squadron-sponsored event

  • Conserving energy while keeping the mission on track

    According to daily television and radio reports, the need to conserve energy and natural resources is real. In response to Executive Order 13423, Travis is now required to reduce energy use as measured per square foot of work and living space on base by 3 percent per year or by 30 percent by Sept.