• DGMC battles new flu season

    The beginning of a new year also has signaled the start of another influenza season.  2015's flu season is raging with a fury in 43 states so far that it's officially considered an epidemic by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. However, it's too soon to tell how particularly bad it will

  • Travis Airmen support music education through YouTube

    In August 2014, the United States Air Force Band of the Golden West began creating instructional videos on YouTube to support music education and to reach student musicians.  The videos are roughly two to three minutes long and contain demonstrations of a particular skill. "The videos are a unique

  • System reboot: Travis set to receive largest technical refresh in years

    Nearly a quarter of Travis' computer users - roughly 3,000 people - can look forward to a technical refresh in the coming months as the information technology asset management work center here works to inventory and prep one of the largest computer shipments the installation has seen in quite some

  • Letter to Airmen: The Year of Rapid Global Mobility

    Mobility Airmen,This was a challenging year for our command, and mission success would not have been possible without your dedication and hard work.  In the face of budget uncertainty and force management decisions you continue to effectively accomplish the mission on a global scale in an

  • Tool to safeguard PII scheduled for December rollout AF wide

    The Digital Signature Enforcement Tool is scheduled for Air Force-wide integration Dec. 5, providing Microsoft Outlook email users with an interactive, automated virtual assistant to help ensure the security of personally identifiable information."I can't overstate the operational importance of

  • Donation delivers toys to Travis

    Tables teemed with towers of free toys Dec. 5 at Travis Air Force Base's First Street Chapel as part of a donation to 250 military families.Approximately 100 boxes totaling more than 10,000 toys were donated to Airmen and other service members by Operation Homefront, a nonprofit organization that

  • Area Defense Counsel differs from legal office

    The 60th Air Mobility Wing Legal Office and Area Defense Counsel are often confused as the same thing.  While both have judge advocate generals and paralegals working hard to ensure their clients are served, the similarities stop there.For instance, the legal office has the military justice section

  • Mobility tours in Las Vegas

    On Nov. 16, Mobility Rock Band from the U.S. Air Force Band of the Golden West launched a four-concert tour in Las Vegas, Nevada.The band is stationed at Travis Air Force Base, California, and was touring in Nevada to represent Airmen from Nellis and Creech Air Force Bases within their local