• PWOC producing fashion show extravaganza

    The Protestant Women of the Chapel will produce a Fashion Show Extravaganza March 21 from noon to 2 p.m. at the 60th Maintenance Group Atrium. The theme for this first-time fashion show is "Gloriously Divine in 2009." The PWOC designed the event to be a community outreach program that allows

  • Travis upgrades to digital radar system

    In a culmination of efforts to improve Travis' aircraft sight picture, the 60th Communications Squadron brought a new radar facility online here Feb 10. Working together with off-site contractors they successfully completed construction of the new Digital Airport Surveillance Radar. The DASR is a

  • Sense of family surrounds thrift shop volunteers

    The volunteers at Travis' Thrift Shop share more than merely a work space. This collection of retirees and community members - some of them tied with the store nearly 45 years - speak, one after another, about a sense of kinship between them. "We're a big, happy family. That sounds like kind of

  • Team Travis celebrates six new citizens

    Five Air Force members and an Air Force spouse, stationed at Travis, recited the Oath of Allegiance and became U.S. citizens during a naturalization ceremony at the Travis Air Museum Feb. 6. The ceremony was unique for Travis, as it was the first-ever naturalization ceremony to take place on

  • SARC: restricted reporting and medical care policy change

    Sexual assault continues to be one of the most underreported violent crimes in America today. It is a challenge to our nation, and the military is not immune to this challenge. To combat this societal issue, the Department of Defense established in June 2005 the Sexual Assault Prevention and

  • Information operations and core values

    I recently attended an Information Operations course at Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala., and I've been thinking about the relationship between information operations and our Air Force core values. While I found the entire course enlightening, what interested me most was the briefing that dealt with a

  • Travis Fury main event has Team Travis ties

    When the fighters for the main event at Travis Fury are announced, the crowd will have good reason cheer for Terry "No Mercy" Broughton, because the fighter is also a member of Team Travis. Broughton is a military spouse. His wife, Shernette Francis, works at the 60th Dental Squadron dental

  • New medias at Travis

    Team Travis is benefiting from the addition of new medias introduced to help optimize communication at the base. Over the last 5 months, the base has developed a new radio station AM 890, a video outlet for Airmen to tell their story called T-Tube and are beginning an effort to have blogging

  • Red Cross expands training programs

    The American Red Cross's Travis station at David Grant USAF Medical Center recently received a mini-grant to offer an expanded menu of training opportunities. Through Red Cross call center services, frequent interaction with service partners and the Travis station, the agency has a perspective on

  • DGMC nails nine individual, two team Air Force awards

    Hot on the heels of Air Mobility Command's recently announced Air Force Medical Service award winners comes word lightning has struck twice at David Grant USAF Medical Center. Out of 48 submissions, nine individual and two team-wide Air Force level awards for 2008 were captured by DGMC staff in a