• Baltimore C-STARS partnership prepares Airmen for battlefield medicine

    Civilian partnerships are a vital readiness resource for the Air Force Medical Service, refreshing medics on trauma skills and taking lessons learned to deliver life-saving trauma care downrange.The Center for the Sustainment of Trauma and Readiness Skills program in Baltimore, Maryland, prepares

  • Airmen collaborate through music and culture

    The U.S. Air Force Band of the Golden West Concert Band recently returned from their summer tour across various parts of Southern California to include Bakersfield and Santa Clarita.

  • Patients can nominate medical staff for DAISY Award

    David Grant USAF Medical Center at Travis Air Force Base, California, is participating in an international recognition program that allows patients, family members and peers to recognize the nurse or medical technician they consider the most skillful and compassionate with a DAISY. Not the flower,

  • NASA visits Travis for potential collaboration

    Representatives from NASA visited David Grant USAF Medical Center at Travis Air Force Base, California, June 1 in hopes of establishing research collaboration leading to advances in medical support for deep space missions as well as warfighters. The Space agency provided a presentation on manned

  • Base legal dedicates day to readiness

    The 60th Air Mobility Wing Judge Advocate prioritized preparation June 25 at Travis Air Force Base, California, dedicating a full day to processing wills and powers of attorney.

  • DGMC vascular team takes first place honors

    A team from David Grant USAF Medical Center and the University of California at Davis, California, integrated vascular resident program competed against some of the best known schools in the nation June 15 at the Pacific Northwest Endovascular Conference in Seattle, Washington, and walked away with

  • DGMC offers ‘Stop the Bleed’ class

    Self-aid buddy care training ensures that Airmen know how to stop a gunshot wound or accident victim from bleeding to death. Now, anyone without medical training can learn the same life-saving techniques in an upcoming class.The David Grant USAF Medical Center at Travis Air Force Base, California,

  • C-5M pushes into new territory with night-vision goggles

    The C-5M Super Galaxy took a step forward with its night-vision goggle capabilities during last month’s Cerberus Strike exercise.An aircraft from Travis Air Force Base, California, made one low approach and two touch-and-gos just after midnight May 4 at Amedee Army Airfield, California, using the