• Dental injuries affect 30 percent of all children

    Your child may be at risk for dental injury just by walking or playing outside. It is reported that 30 percent of all children have an injury to their baby teeth with 22 percent of children injuring their permanent teeth. Most frequently, the anterior teeth are affected. Here is what should be done

  • Master sergeant continues running after dreams, ready to compete

    Vic Cardwell has been to so many of these things it’s hard for him to get excited or nervous, but once he’s out on that track, he’s ready to win. Cardwell, a master sergeant with the 60th Aerial Port Squadron, is competing at the Southern California USA Track and Field Masters Indoor Championship, a

  • Travis maintainers test technology to improve situational awareness

    Travis maintainers recently hosted the Air Mobility Battlelab, which explores high-payoff concepts, technologies and tactics to advance the Air Force distinctive capabilities of rapid global mobility and agile combat support. Together, they field-demonstrated wireless intercommunication devices for

  • Tickets for drivers not using hands-free

    Effective Feb. 27, individuals who use a cell phone without a hands-free device while driving on base may be pulled over. According to the Joint Traffic Regulation, AFI 31-218 (I), Para 4-2c (3), vehicle operators on a Department of Defense installation and operators of government-owned vehicles

  • The Meeting offers unique perspective of historic leaders

    In honor of Black History Month, the Defense Threat Reduction Agency is sponsoring a production of The Meeting, a fictional account of a conversation between Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X Feb. 28. “The play has been going around to DTRA locations and has been well accepted in bases around the

  • Healthy lifestyle keeps heart fit

    February is officially known as “Heart Awareness Month.” According to the American Heart Association, heart disease is the number one killer of people in the world. Heart disease occurs when the coronary arteries — which are the arteries that supply your heart with oxygen rich blood — become clogged

  • Flying ICU reduces fatalities through swift air transport

    Recently, two members of ABC World News Tonight were seriously injured by an improvised explosive device near the town of Taji, Iraq. Anchor Bob Woodruff and cameraman Don Vogt both suffered critical head trauma injuries. They were transported from the battlefield to more sophisticated medical care

  • Drug users beware

    The Air Force has changed its drug testing policy. Along with the regular random testing, Smart Testing has been implemented to deter young enlisted and officer members in the 18 to 25 age group. According to Maj. Gen. James Roudebush, Deputy Surgeon General, the young Airmen represent the highest

  • Aero club set to relocate off base

    As a result of multiple environmental and safety concerns, Travis has accepted an offer from K. Hovnanian, Forecast Homes’ that will allow the Travis Aero Club an opportunity to start operating out of an off-base location. A gift to the Travis Morale Welfare and Recreation Fund by Forecast Homes’