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  • The Moment of Truth

    It's 4th-and-goal at the 1-yard line and your team is down 6 points with the game clock about to expire. This is it, the make or break play of the game. Will your quarterback have the resiliency to overcome the five sacks he's endured throughout the game and score a touchdown or will he throw that

  • Following the leader

    It is perhaps one of the most difficult duties of an Airman, yet one which we tend not to talk about after Basic Military Training or technical training. We are taught throughout our careers how to be effective leaders, but somewhere in the focus to become effective leaders, we lose the focus on

  • Museum offers journey into base's past

    The Wing Staff Agencies are a collection of many different agencies that all have an important but different function supporting the men and women of Travis. One of these organizations is the Travis Heritage Center, also known to many as "The Museum." Located next to the 60th AMW headquarters

  • October is National Cyber Security month

    Oops, you did it. You plugged a device into the network and received a pop up notification which advised you of a Universal Serial Bus connection. No big deal. It's just your cell phone, or another electronic device you brought from home with your favorite music and family pictures on it. That can't

  • Cyber security – insider threat

    Imagine you're home and installing an alarm system, bullet proof windows and an impenetrable door. No thief would dare break in, right?Now imagine that you leave for work before your child or spouse. Imagine that when they leave, they leave the front door wide open and do not set the alarm.What

  • Managing chaos with training, trust, teamwork

    I recently had the opportunity to attend a large joint exercise with the majority of my squadron and other members from our group. The start of the exercise was a large airdrop insertion of more than 1,200 U.S. Army paratroopers from 21 Air Force aircraft. It was a complex scenario that involved a

  • Through the eyes of a former IG

    As we approach a busy inspection season, I thought it was appropriate to share some hints for inspection success. As a medical inspector and team chief for the Health Services Inspection team at the Air Force Inspection Agency at Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M., I spent three years on the inspector

  • What motivates you?

    That sounds like an easy question, but quite honestly, I'm not sure if everyone knows the answer. Motivation is a powerful tool which propels an individual to move forward in a positive and upward direction. Fortunately, motivation is not a concrete set of factors or techniques that are can be

  • Katie’s Grove remains a place to remember

    Every day since 9/11, Airmen have put themselves in harm's way in support of the Global War on Terror. Every day since 9/11, families have supported those warriors while at home and abroad. This is not a story of a deployed warrior, it is a story of Catherine "Katie" Powell. Who is Katie Powell? She

  • Termini non Existent: There Are No Bounds

    "What you do at Travis Air Force Base is nothing short of miraculous." This was the opening remark from Lt. Gen. Mark Ramsay, former 18th Air Force Commander, this past June during his all-call at the base theater. As a military institution we have a responsibility to identify more efficient,