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  • Team Travis: "We are champions"

    I often sit and think about how blessed Charlene and I are to be a part of such a tremendous group of talented people. As I told the audience that gathered for the Operational Readiness Inspection out-brief Monday, "we are champions." Time and time again you excel, proving to the rest of Air

  • Good decision making skills - a leadership must

    Good decision making is an essential skill for effective leadership. If you can learn to make timely and well-considered decisions, then you can lead your team to spectacular and well-deserved success. However, making poor decisions may run the risk of failure and your time as a leader could be

  • Deployment preparation is important

    The Air Force is now officially 60 years old! Thanks go out to everyone involved in making our 60th Anniversary Ball such a huge success. We can't thank Jay Leno enough for making the night so fun. Having never hosted an event of this size before, we did experience a few problems getting many of you

  • Clear, concise communication essential to mission success

    Clear, concise communication up and down the chain of command is essential to mission success and vital to the morale, good order and discipline of any organization. Therefore, it's imperative we do our very best to ensure communication descends to the lowest level possible. However, our Airmen must

  • The dying information source

    In today's world we are inundated with information sources. We can turn on the television and have access to 24-hour news and weather. The Internet provides the same capability with the addition of search engines to provide answers to just about any question you may have. With so many information

  • Air Force celebrates 60th birthday

    Happy Birthday United States Air Force!! Sixty years of air superiority, space development and quality Airmen representing this great nation. We should all be standing proud this week! The founding fathers of the Air Force, such as Maj. Gen. Billy Mitchell, Gen. Henry "Hap" Arnold and Gen. Carl

  • Taking care of our Team Travis family

    Friday, Friday, Friday.Man, how I love those Friday's! Yesterday, I drove around base admiring its appearance; it's a beautiful piece of landscape. A great deal of hard work goes into the maintenance and upkeep of the installation, and I thank each of you for your role in making sure our base looks

  • Are you a Nero, Zero or Hero?

    Questions and stories are powerful ways to convey messages. I still remember my high school principal, Mr. Wayne Hines, asking our entering freshman class, "Are you a Nero, Zero or Hero?" and explaining its meaning. On a normal bell curve, from left to right, fall Nero, Zero and Hero. For Nero,

  • Air Force has come a long way in 60 years

    On Sept. 14, Team Travis will celebrate the Air Force's 60th Anniversary with a gala at Hangar 818 boasting special guest, Jay Leno, host of the Tonight Show. There will also be great food and great company from both the military and civilian sector. Today, nearly 60 years after the inception of the

  • Honoring the colors

    Last year at about this time I shared my opinion with you regarding paying respect to our flag. Yet, some of you have compelled me to discuss this topic again. Last week, a retiree told me that he witnessed an Airman duck back into a building, on the first note of retreat, to preclude the member