• Red Cross orients teen volunteers for program

    High school students and recent graduates from the local community gathered May 28 for the first orientation briefing of the American Red Cross Summer Youth Program at David Grant USAF Medical Center. The program, which allows for local youth ages 14 to 18 to volunteer in more than 20 different

  • Day looks at sexual assault

    Throughout May, each group commander on Travis hosted a Sexual Assault Prevention and Response down day for their respective groups. Lt. Col. Jason Torgerson, 60th Air Mobility Wing director of staff, hosted the Wing Staff SAPR down day Tuesday in the auditorium of Bldg. 381 for all Wing Staff

  • Travis honors fallen service members through ruck march

    More than 300 Golden Bears rucked 6.2 miles Saturday morning, many with 30-pound ruck sacks strapped to their backs, to honor fallen service members and their family members in the fourth annual Gold Star Ruck March.The event, hosted by the First Sergeants Council, raises funds to support Gold Star

  • Travis teen wins state honor

    A Travis teen is recognized as the 2014 Boys & Girls Club of America Military Youth of the Year for the state of California.Elizabeth Hubbard, daughter of Master Sgt. (ret) Alan Hubbard, competed against nine other representatives from military installations across the state to be awarded this

  • DGMC hosts research symposium

    The 60th Medical Group hosted the annual research symposium, "Research Advancing Medicine," May 7 and 9 in the atrium of David Grant USAF Medical Center open to all hospital staff and, for the first time, patients. The symposium, which displayed information about past and current research projects

  • Dog eat dog: Travis set to host K9 competition

    Travis is hosting the 2014 Defenders K9 Trials May 16 and 17 where military and civilian police dogs will show off their best.The trials, organized by the Travis Defenders Association and the Western States Police Canine Association, has 39 different police agencies from Northern California set to

  • EOC jumps into action after crash

    At approximately 2:05 p.m., May 4 while performing an acrobatic aerial maneuver, Eddie Andreini, 77 years old from Half Moon Bay, California died after his PT-17 aircraft crashed on Travis airfield. In the aftermath, first responders made their way to the crash site while other personnel went to

  • Month seeks to heighten awareness

    The month of April is designated as Sexual Assault Awareness Month. The goal of SAAM is to raise awareness about sexual violence, focusing on sexual assault and rape, and to educate communities and individuals on how to prevent sexual violence.SAAM provides an annual opportunity to reinforce the

  • OPSEC Denies Information to Enemy

    With the constantly developing world, it is important for Travis personnel to change their social media habits. The use of social networking sites is useful to us and definitely to the nation's enemies because open-source intelligence is very convenient and free.An al-Qaeda training manual recovered