• Spring home fire safety

    Spring has finally arrived, and your thoughts may be turning to that dreaded annual ritual of spring cleaning. As you take a walk through your house and get that "hunny-do list" together, take a few moments to read the following safety tips to make this "spring cleanup" a fire-safe one. Inside the

  • Carbon monoxide safety starts with you

    Often called the silent killer, carbon monoxide is an invisible, odorless, colorless gas created when fuels (such as gasoline, wood, coal, natural gas, propane, oil, and methane) burn incompletely. In the home, heating and cooking equipment that burn fuel can be sources of carbon monoxide. Below is

  • New system simplifies in-processing

    The days of waiting weeks to complete a permanent change of station in-processing voucher for active-duty Air Force members will soon become a thing of the past. The PCS in-processing system has begun deploying to the Air Force. It goes online April 1 at Travis. Permanent change of station

  • Weeklong exercise prepares Travis for major inspection

    Team Travis members participated in CRISIS LOOK 09-02, an Operational Readiness Inspection exercise March 2 through 8, to help prepare for the ORI in October. The official inspection will demonstrate the units' ability to deploy to, survive and operate in a combat and chemical or biological

  • Air Force Assistance Fund: Helping the Air Force family, Part 2

    In this week's segment supporting the Air Force Assistance Fund campaign, I would like to talk about the Air Force Village Foundation. The Air Force Village Foundation was founded in 1964 by leaders of the Air Force Officers' Wives' Club of Washington, D.C. It was founded to fulfill their vision of