• 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

  • The Origins of the Bill of Right ... The Federalists v. the Anti-Federalists

    We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity do ordain and establish this Constitution for the

  • Keep on rockin' with second CD 'For the Troops'

    A number of top musical acts want to thank you for your service and the sacrifices you make for our country with the release of a new "For the Troops II" CD, available now for free download at the Army and Air Force Exchange Service Web site, www.aafes.com. For active duty service members or

  • When freedom of speech was outlawed ... The Alien and Sedition Acts

    Under the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, it is clearly defined that Congress shall make no law prohibiting the establishment of religion, freedom of speech or of the press and the right of the people to assemble peaceably. Despite being ratified into law in 1791, it would only be seven

  • In remembrance: Master Sgt. Daniel Webster

    Master Sgt. Daniel Webster, 21st Airlift Squadron first sergeant, passed away Jan. 12 as a result of a heart attack at David Grant USAF Medical Center. Sergeant Webster was born May 6, 1964 on Ramey Air Force Base, Puerto Rico and joined the Air Force May 20, 1985. He is survived by his wife