• Motorcycle, bicycle expo keeps Travis safe, strong and healthy

    What do sunshine, children, bicycles and motorcycles have in common? Well, if you were at the Airman and Family Readiness Center on Travis AFB  April 16 you would know the answer because the A&FRC hosted the Health, Wellness and Safety Family Fest. The festival included workshops for parents, a bike

  • Travis Aerial Porters keep cargo moving in Afghanistan

    At the biggest aerial port in all the Department of Defense, supplying Afghanistan isn't a problem at all; in fact, they do it with half as many people as any other port squadron in Air Mobility Command."I like the responsibility," said Staff Sgt. Chris Droegemueller, 60th Aerial Port Squadron. "It

  • Airmen build partnerships with Trinidad and Tobago Army

    After four days of exercising, the expeditionary medical support health response team from the 60th Medical Group at Travis Air Force Base Calif., have proven to be very effective. While exercising disaster scenarios, they also examined and treated more than 600 local nationals.The team is here at

  • U.S. Air Force Medical Personnel gain a new perspective during FA HUM 2011

    With hospital operations well under way, the U.S. Air Force medical personnel that form the Expeditionary Medical Support Health Response Team, started seeing patients at 8:00 a.m. at Cumuto Barracks here in support of the Fuerzas Alidas Humanitarias (FA HUM 2011) or Allied Forces Humanitarian

  • DGMC Airmen use skills and training on deployment

    Even though the David Grant USAF Medical Center has one of the largest areas of responsibilities, as well as an extensive mission, the hospital can still afford to deploy its troops to locations where their help is needed urgently. At the Craig Joint Theater Hospital on Bagram Airfield,

  • Health Response Team treats local citizens during FA HUM 2011

    Praises of gratitude and appreciation were heard in the operating room of the Health Response Team facility when a local man from Trinidad and Tobago thanked Lt. Col (Dr) Mark Scherrer, 60th Medical Group general surgeon, for removing a benign tumor from the back of his head."He was so happy," said

  • Air Force tests new Health Response Team in Trinidad and Tobago

    More than 40 U.S. Air Force medical personnel from the 60th Medical Group at Travis Air Force Base along with four Contingency Response personnel from Joint Basr McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst AFB gathered here to test a new Expeditionary Medical Support Health Response Team in support of Fuerzas Alidas

  • FA HUM 2011 Kicks Off in Trinidad and Tobago

    More than 150 U.S. military personnel and military and civilian officials from Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, Canada, the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, and the Republic of Suriname gathered here to participate in the annual Fuerzas Alidas Humanitarias (FA HUM 2011) or Allied Forces

  • Getting the point: DGMC solves a sharp issue

    In response to feedback received from patients and the Travis community on the Commander's action line, sharps containers and drop-off stations are now available throughout David Grant USAF Medical Center. Patients who use needles or syringes for their medical care now have a safe way to dispose of