• National Preparedness Month: Get ready now

    TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – September is National Preparedness Month and the 60th Civil Engineer Squadron’s Emergency Management Flight wants everyone at Travis Air Force Base, California, to be prepared for any disaster.  “We are constantly being

  • Nelson assumes command of Travis

    Col. Jeff Nelson assumed command of the 60th Air Mobility Wing at Travis Air Force Base, California during a ceremony Sept. 18 attended by leaders of the local community, 18th Air Force leadership and Travis Airmen.

  • Rules of engagement: Train the way you fight

    When you think of a security forces Airman, you’re likely thinking of someone who looks a lot like Master Sgt. Vincent Brasher, flight chief of the 921st Contingency Response Squadron. Solidly built at about 6 feet 2 inches he’s not a man that scares easily. But he says some stories get pretty

  • Travis medical teams poised to respond to Hurricane Florence

    Travis Air Force Base, California has four three-person Critical Care Transport teams on two-hour standby to evacuate critically ill or injured military and civilian patients to a higher level of care or military treatment facility for additional treatment in the wake of Hurricane Florence.

  • “You matter”: A look inside Travis’ mental health clinic

    “I think I was about halfway through writing an apology letter to my mom for what was to be my suicide when I made the decision to call the mental health clinic. In my mind, I saw my sadness as something like a virus; something infectious. And I knew that were I to follow through with my plan to end

  • 621st CRW, Army participate in airfield-opening exercise in Wisconsin

    Airmen, Soldiers and officials from the Defense Logistics Agency were sent to Fort McCoy, Wisconsin, Sept. 7 to 14 as part of Exercise Turbo Distribution 18-02, a Joint Task Force-Port Opening simulation designed to hone joint service interoperability in austere locations for the purpose of opening

  • Enlisted spouses retire after 47 combined years

    After 47 years of combined service, Chief Master Sgt. Steve Nichols and Senior Master Sgt. Angell Nichols said farewell to Travis Air Force Base, California, during a double retirement ceremony, Sept. 7, 2018.