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FEATURES

  • Travis works to protect species

    "This is a detective job," said Ray Hasey as he hunched over and examined a yellow Contra Costa goldfields flower.Hasey recently examined a patch of them that grew on the northwest side of the base where vacant homes were damaged in a 2008 fire and demolished in 2009. He took a closer look because

  • That sweet science

    In the movies, boxers train all day long. They practically live in huge, sleek gyms, surrounded by high-tech workout equipment. Doctors, with degrees in sports medicine, monitor and track their every move on a clipboard. They train every minute leading up to the big match.This is not the case at

  • Shining a light on sexual assault

    It was a Saturday night in the dead of summer; the bar was filled with people who came to dance, drink and paint the town red through the streets of Charleston, S.C. In the midst of the crowd is Tech. Sgt. Matthew Hampton, 373rd Training Squadron C-17 maintenance instructor, who is enjoying the

  • Travis sergeant grows from orphan to Airman

    Like most Airmen, Master Sgt. Nicole Culverhouse has fond memories of her childhood home but unlike most Airmen her childhood home was a public park in Bogota, Columbia.Her father sold soda out of a vending booth in the park where the family slept. She played games with her brother and other

  • The Super Galaxy fleet: pilots' perspective

    The rising sun peers over the Dover Air Force Base, Del., flightline as Capt. Andrew Kramer, flight commander with the 9th Airlift Squadron, and his aircrew are driven out to the aircraft. The team awoke mere hours earlier for an alert call. Now, his mind is on the mission: its flight path, cargo

  • My sister, my wingman

    At 17-years-old, Michelle McMeekin was a high school graduate preparing for an adventure. Meanwhile, her 10-year-old sister, Wendy, was just preparing for middle school.In those days, the sisters were complete opposites. The elder sister, Michelle was the self-described 'mother-hen' of the family,

  • Defusing the situation at Dover: In training

    From the Delmarva Peninsula to the mountains of Afghanistan to a park in Botswana, the footsteps of Team Dover's Explosive Ordnance Disposal team can be found on almost every continent.Whether they are traveling with the President of the United States, disposing of antique and possibly deadly

  • A modern day 'Rosie'

    In 1942, the phrase "Rosie the Riveter" was first used in a song of the same name written by Redd Evans and John Jacob Loeb.Portrayed as a tireless assembly line worker doing her part to help the American war effort, Rosie became an icon for feminism and inspired a social movement that increased the

  • DGMC surgeons conduct new, less invasive surgery for lung cancer

    Surgeons at David Grant USAF Medical Center completed the medical institution's first minimally invasive curative procedure for lung cancer recently as part of a joint venture between the Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs. The procedure, referred to as video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery,

  • Sierra Inn steps up to the plate

    Nearly three months after the grand opening of the renovated Sierra Inn Dining Facility, customers are seeing the benefits of the improvements, which now include the experience of Chef Jacob Knutte, Travis dining facility's executive chef.Knutte is a graduate of the California Culinary Academy in