• Spring home fire safety

    Spring has finally arrived, and thoughts may be turning to that dreaded annual ritual of spring cleaning. After taking a walk through the house and getting that "hunny-do list" together, please take a few moments to read the following safety tips to make this spring cleanup a fire-safe one!Inside

  • Travis’ Retiree Appreciation Day event takes a new shape

    Featuring an expanded slate of events, Travis Air Force Base's annual Retiree Appreciation Day is growing to two days this year. Scheduled Saturday and Sunday, the festivities are turning into a base-wide showcase involving multiple organizations in order to honor those who have served the

  • Travis environmental project managers to address conference

    Glenn Anderson and Lonnie Duke know a lot about environmental cleanup and restoration. So much, in fact, they have been invited to share this knowledge with the rest of the Air Force, industry and academia.The environmental project managers with the 60 Civil Engineer Squadron at Travis are two of

  • DGMC offers innovative technology for treating cancerous tumors

    David Grant USAF Medical Center now offers new services within the Joint Radiation Oncology Center. A partnership between the Department of Defense and Department of Veterans Affairs, the JROC at DGMC showcases the latest cutting-edge medical technology in Solano County for treating cancerous tumors

  • Airman donates 100 hours of time to AADD

    A Team Travis member recently became the first Airmen to complete 100 volunteer hours for Airmen Against Drunk Driving.Senior Airman Mercede Dalton, 60th Force Support Squadron, reached the milestone after putting in the volunteer hours during the last six months. "I found out about AADD one weekend

  • Portrait of sexual assault

    "I tried to walk away but he was much bigger than me, and I had too much to drink," said an Airman who was sexually assaulted several years ago during a party at a friend's house.The Airman, who asked not to be identified in this story to protect her privacy, said the assault didn't come from a

  • Paws for Reading

    The Mitchell Memorial Library recently started Paws for Reading, a new literacy program that promotes positive reading habits by creating an inviting environment through the use of canines. PFR came about after Paws for Healing, an organization that currently provides Canine Assisted Therapy to

  • 349th squadron commander is marine mammals heroine

    It's a far stretch from being a communications squadron commander to nursing sick seals back to health from the brink of death, but that is Lt. Col. Karen Bosko's passion away from her Air Force Reserve career. Colonel Bosko, 23rd Combat Communications Squadron commander, spends her time

  • Housing partner has plans to save energy

    Across the Department of Defense, energy conservation programs are underway with the goal to reduce our overall energy consumption in the United States by 20 percent, ultimately reducing our dependency on foreign energy. The Office of the Secretary of Defense and the Department of the Air Force,

  • Westwind Inn aces Air Force lodging accreditation

    During a recent Air Force-level accreditation evaluation, the Westwind Inn earned the highest marks of any base in Air Mobility Command.Using a 486-line item lodging standards checklist, the Westwind Inn scored a 95.7 percent during its evaluation Feb. 17 through 19.- a score of worthy