• Drop it like it's hot: Hangar unveils fire-suppressant system

    Within five minutes 1,000 gallons of fire-suppressant foam was released from Hangar 818, leaving a 6-foot layer of foam in the 85,000 square-foot building Wednesday at Travis Air Force Base, Calif."This is a new high expansion foam system," said Casey Covone, Desert Design and Construction Company.

  • Coping skills can build resilience

    The demanding military environment often causes stress, whether it's experienced during a difficult deployment or readjusting to daily life at home. Some people may turn to food or alcohol to cope, but these habits can lead you down an unhealthy path. Being behaviorally fit means controlling your

  • Counsel aids sexual assault victims

    Sexual assault is an ongoing issue in the military especially for the Air Force. To combat these issues and provide support to victims, the Air Force is leading the way with the creation of the Special Victims' Counsel. The SVC includes 24 attorneys and 10 paralegals from the Judge Advocate General

  • Camp offers kids chance to be Super Heroes

    Friday wrapped up a weeklong training for children in the Exceptional Family Member Program's Super Hero Camp at the Balfour Beatty Community Center.The EFMP is a mandatory enrollment program based on carefully defined rules. An exceptional family member is a family member, regardless of age, who

  • Port Dawgs ship help

    The 60th Aerial Port Squadron recently shipped more than 14,000 pounds of donated humanitarian relief supplies to Afghanistan as part of a Denton Program shipment.The Denton Program's objective is to put the empty space on U.S. military transport to good use by providing humanitarian relief

  • AMC recognizes Airman

    Ask Airman 1st Class Scott Krause, 60th Maintenance Squadron avionics flight member, to talk about himself and the response is a quiet one.Lacking boast or ego, the Air Mobility Command-level recipient of Tuskegee Airmen Inc.'s Senior Master Sgt. Margaret Barbour Frances Award is speechless about

  • Military children attend 49ers linebackers' two-day football camp

    Approximately 250 children, ages 7 to 14, participated in the Patrick Willis Football ProCamp at Gunn High School in Palo Alto, June 15 and 16, half of them being military children from the local area.The camp was a two-day event which had various stations, specialized to hone the fundamental skills

  • Resiliency training extends to families

    The Airman and Family Readiness Center on Travis Air Force Base has created an avenue to develop a more steadfast and resilient force by extending resiliency training from the Airmen to the family members.The A&FRC is scheduled to hold its second Family Master Resiliency Class tomorrow from 9 a.m.

  • DGMC students graduate, new class arrives

    Fifty-nine Air Force medical officers ranging from surgeons, family medicine doctors, dentists, radiologists, pharmacists and social workers have successfully completed their graduate medical education residency programs at David Grant USAF Medical Center. Following closely on their heels are 36 new

  • Dental assistant training program returns

    Interested in pursuing a career in the dental field, but don't know where to start? First launched in June 2006 at David Grant USAF Medical Center's Arthur J. Satchel Dental Clinic, the American Red Cross may be the training and development opportunity you're searching for.It's portable which is