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  • Happy New Year and welcome back

    Happy New Year. Welcome back from what I hope was an enjoyable holiday spent with family and friends, resting and preparing for another great year as an American Airman.Most of you probably already came up with one or two personal New Year's resolutions. I thought as the new year begins I'd suggest

  • Learn to adapt, overcome before becoming extinct

    While working in a joint assignment, an old U.S. Army lieutenant colonel whom I worked with was less than familiar with basic computer functions, so I spent a lot of time helping him format Microsoft Word and Excel documents. He always asked me to "teach him how to fish," meaning he wanted me to

  • Military marriage presents uncommon hurdles

    I bet you could ask anyone who is or has been married if their marriage is unique from others and many would tell you it is. This is absolutely the case and military marriage adds another dimension of distinct qualities and characteristics like no other partnership. Just one of the many challenges

  • Newspaper visit puts AF in bigger picture

    My shop recently took an educational trip to a local newspaper, the Sacramento Bee. Our hosts were gracious enough to give us a tour of the areas where they write stories, print the paper and package it before delivery. As we were leaving, being journalists ourselves, they gave us a rather large

  • National holiday represents time to give thanks

    With bellies full and the effects of tryptophan inching you ever closer to a comatose state, be sure you take time out of your day to give thanks.Perhaps that full belly left your mind at a less than-functioning capacity. To help, I developed a list of those things I am thankful for.Start by giving

  • Air Force jobs anything but routine

    I step off the crew bus to fly another local. It's a straight forward plan to takeoff, head to the air refueling track, practice contacts and fly back to the Travis pattern for some night transition, assault landings and ground operations. I have done this before, in fact, many times and approach

  • Unleash the Fury

    Today, as you read this, both the Logistics Compliance Assessment Program and Aircrew Standardization and Evaluation Visit inspections are well underway. Additionally, we are poised and ready to demonstrate Travis' ability to deploy and operate in a chemical environment in support of our Operational

  • When it comes to military education, 'just do it'

    We can't emphasize it enough: Professional Military Education is critical in development of our enlisted and officer corps.It teaches the core structure and foundation needed for the self-continuum of learning throughout an Airman's career.It is such an important and vital component that there is

  • Every challenge presents an opportunity

    As a commander, one of the more common things I hear when I visit units during the Spring and Summer is, "Sir, we're losing all our good Airmen in the next couple of months." Unit leaders are genuinely concerned about the loss of their best, brightest and most experienced airmen, NCOs and officers

  • Proud to be Airmen

    I am an American Airman. I am a Warrior. I have answered my Nation's call.We often recite these familiar words from our Airman's Creed, but have we really considered the significance of its meaning as it relates to us at Travis?Gen. Michael Mosley, former Air Force chief of staff wrote in his 2007