• Don’t Let Winter Storage Wreck Springtime Fun

    As we motorcycle riders prepare for the upcoming months of winter, I would like to share a short story that could have ended in a different, tragic way. Last summer, I was working the 2 p.m. to 1 a.m. shift as a police officer for a large city in Alabama. After getting ready for work, I got onto my

  • Surgical squadron remains on the cutting edge

    Both domestically and overseas in hostile war zones, 60th Surgical Operations Squadron personnel deliver general surgery, neurosurgery, urology, orthopedic, ophthalmology, obstetrics and gynecological health services for more than 500,000 Department of Defense and Department of Veteran Affairs

  • 9/11 pushes firefighter out of limbo

    "I was at home asleep the morning of 9/11," said Staff Sgt. Sherice Lovato, 60th Civil Engineer Squadron firefighter. "I was still in limbo of whether or not I wanted to join the military. When I woke up I started down the hallway to find my mom sitting up in her bed, eyes glossy and glued to the

  • Life takes on new meaning for researcher after 9/11

    It was a normal day like any other for Jeanette Watterson, at the time an academic research scientist, who was getting ready for work when the news of an airplane crashing into the World Trade Center came on the TV. Now a major in the Air Force, Watterson said 9/11 was a wakeup call for her."Nothing

  • Life takes on new meaning for researcher after 9/11

    It was a normal day like any other for Jeanette Watterson, at the time an academic research scientist, who was getting ready for work when the news of an airplane crashing into the World Trade Center came on the TV. Now a major in the Air Force, Watterson said 9/11 was a wakeup call for her."Nothing

  • 9/11 reality sunk in, high schooler stepped up

    Sitting in a dentist office on Sept. 11, 2001, Senior Airman James Crosby, then a high school student, remembers hearing his mom complain that her credit card was not going through. After that, the footage of the World Trade Center attacks played on the waiting room television."I remember thinking,

  • 9/11 inspired medical technician to enlist

    He was on his way to class during his freshman year in high school on Sept. 11, 2001, when planes crashed into the World Trade Center in New York, the Pentagon in Washington and a field in Shanksville, Pa. It wasn't until eight hours later, when his parents picked him up from school, that Senior

  • Hero2Hired Mobile Job Center Helps Travis Airmen

    The Hero2Hired mobile job store made a stop here at Travis Air Force Base on Sept. 3 and 4, during its three-week tour around the state of California. The one-stop-shop set up in front of the Airman and Family Readiness Center, and was open for active duty Airmen, veterans, Reservists and members of

  • Dirty Jobs: Travis

    Summer temperatures mixed with dry conditions can mean disaster for Travis. Now is the season for grass fires that can burn everything in their path. Fortunately, the 60th Civil Engineer Squadron fire emergency services team is trained to quickly snuff out any fires. The fire emergency services is

  • Travis volunteer program gets upgrade

    It's no secret that with budgetary cuts and reorganization, volunteerism (in all capacities) plays a significant role to the Air Force mission. The sustainment of our day-to-day operations would be almost impossible without the dedicated service from numerous volunteers. In previous years, tracking