• 60th AMW announces quarterly award winners

    The following Team Travis members were named as 60th Air Mobility Wing's third quarter award winners in their respective categories: Airman of the Quarter: Senior Airman Davis Turcios60th Logistics Readiness Squadron NCO of the Quarter: Staff Sgt. Carmen Frazier60th LRS SNCO of the Quarter: Master

  • Team Travis to take treats to Iraqi children

    Operation Candy Drop, a drive to collect and deliver Halloween candy to Iraqi children by U.S. military members, will happen Nov. 1 and 2. The drive sponsors, Bare Base Boots and Global Gladiator Booster Clubs will be accepting Halloween candy donations at drop sites throughout Travis and schools

  • Children's fit program to begin

    Kids Fun Fitness, a program to help combat childhood obesity, is set to kick off Oct. 22 at the Fitness Center. For $25, parents can enroll children, ages 6 to 11, in eight classes that will help them stay active. "We're looking for creative ways to get families to the gym," said Barbara

  • Fisher House ambassadors visit Travis

    The Fisher House Foundation's "roving ambassadors" returned to the base Oct. 11 for a visit with the staff, volunteers and guests of the Travis Fisher House. Audrey Fisher and Nancy Edelman, FHF ambassadors, and Jim Weiskopf, FHF vice president for communications, were greeted by Col. Jim Baron,

  • Airman convicted of being AWOL, making false official statements

    A staff sergeant from the 60th Logistics Readiness Squadron recently faced a court martial for violation of Article 86, absent without leave and violation of Article 107, making false official statements, of the Uniformed Code of Military Justice. The Airman was accused of going AWOL after being

  • KUDOS offers a fun, educational view of deployments

    Not even a force-reduction could keep Camp KUDOS from opening Oct. 3, as more than 400 deployers, ages 18 and younger, once again deployed in support of the camp's operational mission. The Kids Understanding Deployment Operations, better known as KUDOS, was a 60th Services Squadron-sponsored event

  • Conserving energy while keeping the mission on track

    According to daily television and radio reports, the need to conserve energy and natural resources is real. In response to Executive Order 13423, Travis is now required to reduce energy use as measured per square foot of work and living space on base by 3 percent per year or by 30 percent by Sept.