• 15th EMTF receives new command chief

    The 15th Expeditionary Mobility Task Force recently welcomed a new member to the Team Travis family. Chief Master Sgt. Bruce Blodgett, 15th EMTF command chief, arrived in September from Dover Air Force Base, Del., where he served as 436th Airlift Wing command chief. "My wife and I are excited to be

  • Str ... ike: Bowling Center offers fun at low cost

    Charlie Alonga spent years bowling with two fingers. He had never mastered getting the desired spin on the ball using the recommended three digits, so he stuck with his preferred method. But it put a lot of pain on his wrist. "You can play only so many games with two fingers," the Navy man's son

  • Fisher House ambassadors visit Travis

    The Fisher House Foundation's "roving ambassadors" returned to the base Oct. 11 for a visit with the staff, volunteers and guests of the Travis Fisher House. Audrey Fisher and Nancy Edelman, FHF ambassadors, and Jim Weiskopf, FHF vice president for communications, were greeted by Col. Jim Baron,

  • Airman convicted of being AWOL, making false official statements

    A staff sergeant from the 60th Logistics Readiness Squadron recently faced a court martial for violation of Article 86, absent without leave and violation of Article 107, making false official statements, of the Uniformed Code of Military Justice. The Airman was accused of going AWOL after being

  • KUDOS offers a fun, educational view of deployments

    Not even a force-reduction could keep Camp KUDOS from opening Oct. 3, as more than 400 deployers, ages 18 and younger, once again deployed in support of the camp's operational mission. The Kids Understanding Deployment Operations, better known as KUDOS, was a 60th Services Squadron-sponsored event

  • Conserving energy while keeping the mission on track

    According to daily television and radio reports, the need to conserve energy and natural resources is real. In response to Executive Order 13423, Travis is now required to reduce energy use as measured per square foot of work and living space on base by 3 percent per year or by 30 percent by Sept.

  • Museum a unique part of Travis community

    One might think it impossible to make the largest museum in Air Mobility Command seem invisible, but that's exactly what Master Sgt. Terry Juran, 349th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, said is a hurdle for Travis' Jimmy Doolittle Air and Space Museum. "Unfortunately, a lot of people just don't know

  • October: National Breast Cancer Awareness Month

    For more than 20 years, National Breast Cancer Awareness Month has helped focus national attention on breast cancer and the importance of early detection and treatment. This year in America, more than 211,000 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer. The good news is that today, if detected early,