• Warrior Week sharpens skills

    Approximately 350 Travis Airmen displayed their capabilities in attack response while maintaining mission flow April 16 through 20 during Warrior Week at Travis.Warrior Weeks are intended to have Airmen in their units conduct the required Ability to Survive and Operate training as well as deployed

  • Law Day -- No courts, no justice, no freedom

    Travis Air Force Base celebrates Law Day Tuesday. Law Day is an annual event originally envisioned as a special national day to mark our commitment to the rule of law. President Dwight Eisenhower established the first Law Day in 1958. Law Day was made official in 1961 when Congress issued a joint

  • DGMC to host prescription take back

    The 60th Security Forces Squadron with assistance from 60th Diagnostics and Therapeutics Squadron pharmacy staff at David Grant USAF Medical Center are teaming up with the Drug Enforcement Agency to host the National Take Back Initiative from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at the Base Exchange pharmacy

  • Not another no-show? Don't be that guy

    Dental services are essential to the readiness of our force, but the resource is limited. Whenever someone skips a scheduled appointment, it causes a chain reaction of underutilized resources, inefficiency and longer wait times for those who play by the rules.Personnel who don't show for their

  • Travis Airmen post-up for Air Force basketball team

    Two Travis Airmen recently represented the Air Force's women's basketball team in the 2012 Women's Armed Forces Basketball Tournament. Staff Sgt. Ricka Spears, 60th Communications Squadron cyber systems operations technician and Airman 1st Class Tilah Worthy, 60th Aerial Port Squadron ramp services

  • Travis captain takes part in cycling challenge

    Capt. Jason Peterson is representing Travis Air Force Base in the Sea Otter Classic cycling competition in Monterey as part of the U.S. Military Elite Cycling Team.The event began Thursday and continues through Sunday.The U.S. Military Elite Cycling team is comprised of eight athletes that span the

  • Travis works to protect species

    "This is a detective job," said Ray Hasey as he hunched over and examined a yellow Contra Costa goldfields flower.Hasey recently examined a patch of them that grew on the northwest side of the base where vacant homes were damaged in a 2008 fire and demolished in 2009. He took a closer look because

  • That sweet science

    In the movies, boxers train all day long. They practically live in huge, sleek gyms, surrounded by high-tech workout equipment. Doctors, with degrees in sports medicine, monitor and track their every move on a clipboard. They train every minute leading up to the big match.This is not the case at

  • Early retirement offered to select enlisted Airmen

    Air Force officials announced an application window for targeted early retirements for enlisted Airmen. Eligible Airmen will have 15-19 years of service in fiscal 2012 and be in the grades of staff sergeant through master sergeant in overmanned career fields.The Temporary Early Retirement Authority

  • Sergeant grows from orphan to Airman

    Like most Airmen, Master Sgt. Nicole Culverhouse has fond memories of her childhood home but unlike most Airmen her childhood home was a public park in Bogota, Columbia.Her father sold soda out of a vending booth in the park where the family slept. She played games with her brother and other