• 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

  • Travis family member may get chance to walk on the moon

    Jose Hurtado Jr. knows a thing or two about exotic places. As an associate professor of geology at the University of Texas at El Paso, the son of a Travis employee has traversed the globe learning, studying and examining the Earth. Now, with any luck, Mr. Hurtado may get the opportunity to set foot

  • High-tech loss prevention safeguards Airmen’s exchange benefits

    With a dual mission to provide quality merchandise and services at competitively low prices and to generate earnings to support Family and Morale, Welfare and Recreation programs, the Army and Air Force Exchange Service is enlisting the support of the latest loss-prevention technology to protect

  • Flag 482

    Sometimes emotions sneak right up on me and stop m e in my tracks without fanfare or even a drum roll. Sunday afternoon, Nov. 22, 2008 was one of those occasions. I went down to empty the flag disposal bin and upon returning home my usual routine is to separate, count and carefully place the banners

  • AMC's execution hub serves as 'virtual crewmember' worldwide

    Members of the 618th Tanker Airlift Control Center conducted a series of town hall briefings at Travis Air Force Base, Calif., and McChord Air Force Base, Wash., in mid-January to foster the concept of the 618th TACC as a 'virtual crewmember' for Air Mobility Command crews operating worldwide. The