• DGMC set to host Travis Retiree Appreciation Day

    A free, continental breakfast, special activities and lunch with entertainment by The Honeybee Trio headline Travis' annual Retiree Appreciation Day from 7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Oct. 13 at David Grant USAF Medical Center. The event, involving multiple organizations, is designed to honor and say thanks

  • Win prizes, get informed at Travis Town Hall

    Travis personnel, retirees and families are invited to the Travis Town Hall from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Delta Breeze Club.There are door prizes for attendees. The door prizes include Travis Exchange and Commissary gift cards, valued at $25 and $50 respectively, as well as gift bags loaded

  • The #1 way to survive breast cancer

    One woman is diagnosed with breast cancer every three minutes according to information from Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure. Every 13 minutes, a woman will die from this disease. Yet, more than two million survivors of breast cancer are living in the U.S. today. Do you know what that means?Even if

  • Jobs act protects service members

    Since Sept. 11, 2001, the United States has experienced the largest deployment of reservists since World War II. Our military relies more on our guard and Reservist members than at any point in recent history. Such service-members often leave behind stable, well-paying jobs to serve their country.

  • 60th Ops Group celebrate day room

    Members of the 60th Operations Group gathered Sept. 13 to celebrate the grand opening of their dorm residents' new day room.Event participants ranged from Col. Dwight Sones, 60th Air Mobility Wing commander, and Chief Master Sgt. John Evalle, 60th AMW command chief, to supervisors and the Airmen who

  • Travis wing improves efficiency with 6S

    Members across the 621st Contingency Response Wing recently spent several days focused on using the "6S" method to reduce clutter, inefficient processes, waste and more in their work spaces.6S is a tool used to simplify the work environment and reduce nonvalue added activity while improving quality,

  • Don’t Let Winter Storage Wreck Springtime Fun

    As we motorcycle riders prepare for the upcoming months of winter, I would like to share a short story that could have ended in a different, tragic way. Last summer, I was working the 2 p.m. to 1 a.m. shift as a police officer for a large city in Alabama. After getting ready for work, I got onto my

  • Hero2Hired Mobile Job Center Helps Travis Airmen

    The Hero2Hired mobile job store made a stop here at Travis Air Force Base on Sept. 3 and 4, during its three-week tour around the state of California. The one-stop-shop set up in front of the Airman and Family Readiness Center, and was open for active duty Airmen, veterans, Reservists and members of

  • Travis volunteer program gets upgrade

    It's no secret that with budgetary cuts and reorganization, volunteerism (in all capacities) plays a significant role to the Air Force mission. The sustainment of our day-to-day operations would be almost impossible without the dedicated service from numerous volunteers. In previous years, tracking