• Jobs act protects service members

    Since Sept. 11, 2001, the United States has experienced the largest deployment of reservists since World War II. Our military relies more on our guard and Reservist members than at any point in recent history. Such service-members often leave behind stable, well-paying jobs to serve their country.

  • 60th Ops Group celebrate day room

    Members of the 60th Operations Group gathered Sept. 13 to celebrate the grand opening of their dorm residents' new day room.Event participants ranged from Col. Dwight Sones, 60th Air Mobility Wing commander, and Chief Master Sgt. John Evalle, 60th AMW command chief, to supervisors and the Airmen who

  • Travis wing improves efficiency with 6S

    Members across the 621st Contingency Response Wing recently spent several days focused on using the "6S" method to reduce clutter, inefficient processes, waste and more in their work spaces.6S is a tool used to simplify the work environment and reduce nonvalue added activity while improving quality,

  • Don’t Let Winter Storage Wreck Springtime Fun

    As we motorcycle riders prepare for the upcoming months of winter, I would like to share a short story that could have ended in a different, tragic way. Last summer, I was working the 2 p.m. to 1 a.m. shift as a police officer for a large city in Alabama. After getting ready for work, I got onto my

  • Hero2Hired Mobile Job Center Helps Travis Airmen

    The Hero2Hired mobile job store made a stop here at Travis Air Force Base on Sept. 3 and 4, during its three-week tour around the state of California. The one-stop-shop set up in front of the Airman and Family Readiness Center, and was open for active duty Airmen, veterans, Reservists and members of

  • Travis volunteer program gets upgrade

    It's no secret that with budgetary cuts and reorganization, volunteerism (in all capacities) plays a significant role to the Air Force mission. The sustainment of our day-to-day operations would be almost impossible without the dedicated service from numerous volunteers. In previous years, tracking

  • Bike Barn happy for barrage of bicycles

    Airmen arriving to their first duty station are ready to work on expensive aircraft and protect valuable assets. However, many are not equipped with appropriate transportation to their work areas. Hoping to change that, Victoria Byerly, the 60th Air Mobility Wing Airmen and Family Readiness Center

  • Balfour Beatty set to start annual housing survey

    Family housing residents are scheduled to receive the Resident Satisfaction Housing Survey in September. The annual survey is part of Balfour Beatty Communities' performance assessment program. "The survey allows us to see where we are succeeding and where there is room for improvement," said Mark

  • Airshow volunteers requested

    Travis will support the seventh annual California Capital Air Show, scheduled Sept. 8 and 9 at Mather Field in Sacramento. Sixty volunteers are requested to support each day to assist with parking and security details. Two shifts are available: 7 a.m. to noon and noon to 5 p.m. Volunteers receive