• Don't drive in that mud puddle

    Some might call them mud puddles. But drive through one of these "puddles" at Travis Air Force Base, California, and you could face state and federal penalties.Between December 2015 and February 2016, 60th Civil Engineer Squadron members discovered that people had driven through some of these areas

  • Travis provides course to leaders

    Travis Air Force Base is offering a two-day course to help company grade officers understand their roles as upcoming flight commanders and officers in charge.During a recent course, officers from a variety of career fields discussed the responsibilities of a flight commander, communication skills,

  • Green Dot program aims to curb violence

    The Air Force is taking a fresh approach to decreasing interpersonal violence in 2016.A new program named Green Dot will roll out across the year, beginning with training which recently took place for 14 "implementers" at Travis Air Force Base, California.The goal of the training is to use tools

  • AFAF focuses on benefits

    While the Air Force Assistance Fund campaign happens annually, Travis Air Force Base, California, this year's coordinators hope to show how it helps Airmen.Capt. Qaashuntae Wright, 60th Inpatient Squadron and an AFAF coordinator, said the drive's four affiliate charities do things, of which people

  • Method eases access to PT

    Airmen are the Air Force's most important asset and keeping them fit to fight is the goal of the physical and occupational therapy departments at David Grant USAF Medical Center at Travis Air Force Base, California.The Air Force Medical Operations Agency recently directed all Air Force military

  • ADAPT helps fight alcohol abuse

    April is alcohol awareness month. According to health.gov, drinking too much alcohol increases people's risk of injuries, violence, drowning, liver disease and some types of cancer.Recognizing that you have a problem with alcohol is the first step to recovery.The second step is seeking help. The

  • Wartime Innovation: Battleborn medical device saves lives at home

    In the early morning hours of Feb. 21, a 28-year-old gunshot victim is inside an ambulance enroute to University of California Davis Medical Center, the only level I trauma center in Sacramento, California. The patient, receiving cardiopulmonary resuscitation during transport, is fading quickly due

  • Travis looks back five years to Operation Tomodachi

    Five years ago today - March 11, 2011 - an earthquake off the northern coast of Japan, near the Tohoku region, caused a tsunami that devastated the country. More than 28,000 people were killed or left missing and it caused billions of dollars in infrastructure damage.The 9.0 magnitude earthquake was

  • Crosstrainee shines in role with 22nd

    When Tech. Sgt. Joshua Willim enlisted in the Air Force as an electrician in civil engineering, he was not sure what his future would be. He knew that the Air Force was a good fit for him and that he was interested in opportunities to travel.Fast forward 13 years later, and you will find Willim

  • Stone inspires cadets, headlines symposium

    Staff Sgt. Spencer Stone served as the keynote speaker at the Air Force Academy's 2016 National Character and Leadership Symposium, inspiring a lively auditorium of Academy cadets Feb. 25.Stone garnered international headlines in August 2015 when he and two friends stopped a terrorist attack on a