• DGMC ranks in top 10 percent of surgery programs

    Out of 680 hospitals in the nation, David Grant USAF Medical Center is one of 68 to achieve “meritorious” status in the American College of Surgeons National Quality Improvement Program for 2016, according to a Sept. 19 ACS announcement.

  • BEEliners bring humanitarian aid to St. Croix

    As U.S. Army and Marine Corps helicopters delivered humanitarian aid throughout St. Croix, a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III from Travis AFB, California, landed Sept. 23, at the Henry E. Rohlsen Airport, bringing humanitarian aid to residents affected by Hurricanes Irma and Maria. The C-17 crew

  • Staff sergeant shows resiliency in fight with cancer

    “You have stage two unfavorable Hodgkin’s lymphoma.”Those were the words Staff Sgt. Teresa Monteon heard her doctor say on October 19, 2015. The weight of those words hit her hard and she cried.“I was scared,” said Monteon. “My whole world just shifted. I was so excited to come to Travis and work in

  • After Hurricane Irma, CRW Airmen deploy to help out

    The 821st Contingency Response Group from Travis Air Force Base, California, alerted a 64-person Contingency Response Element to Marathon Regional Airport, located in the Florida Keys, where they arrived in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma, Sept. 11.

  • 821st CRG, 60th MDG return after Hurricane Irma relief efforts

    Approximately 60 personnel from the 821st Contingency Response Group and 60th Medical Group returned back to Travis Air Force Base, California, recently after supporting civil authorities in Hurricane Irma relief efforts in Florida and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

  • Travis CAA saves life, assists Airmen

    “As soon as I got there, she looked lifeless. Her pupils were fixed and she was cyanotic (her skin was blue.)” A 6-year-old girl was just pulled from the bottom of a hotel pool when Senior Master Sgt. Scott Piper, 60th Air Mobility Wing career assistance advisor, heard shouting.

  • Seeking help does not end military career

    Throughout September, the nation is observing Suicide Prevention Awareness Month.Since 2012, the estimated rate of death by suicide across the Department of Defense has remained about the same per 100,000 people – 20 for active duty members, 24 for reservists and 27 for guard members. The Air Force

  • Travis planes make perfect match in air refueling over Southwest Asia

    Ask KC-10 Extender flight crew members from Travis Air Force Base, California, about what happened Aug. 10 over Southwest Asia and they will say it was unusual.The rare event was a KC-10 refueling a C-17 Globemaster III in a deployed environment. What made the event rarer still is on the other side

  • Clarinet Quartet tours Southern California

    The Clarinet Quartet, an ensemble including four clarinets and percussion, from the U.S. Air Force Band of the Golden West at Travis Air Force Base, California, performed a new musical composition during their Southern California tour from Sept. 9 to 14, which included stops at the Brand Library and