• 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.

  • Team Travis hosts first-ever TUDOS event

    More than 60 teachers from the Travis Unified School District experienced their very own mock deployment as Team Travis hosted its first-ever Teachers Understanding Deployment Operations event Oct. 3. The 60th Mission Support Squadron-sponsored event was designed to give teachers a better

  • AMC command chief visits Travis

    The Air Mobility Command command chief made an official visit to speak to Travis' enlisted members Oct. 2. Chief Master Sgt. Joe Barron met with Airmen from all enlisted ranks to discuss some current issues affecting them. His first stop was to the Airman Leadership School where he passed on a

  • 615th CRW ready to tackle first ORI

    With a little more than two years of operational experience under their belt, the 615th Contingency Response Wing faces their first Operational Readiness Inspection Oct. 10 to 18. Members of the 615th CRW will deploy to Gulfport, Miss., the same place they originally deployed to in the aftermath of