Solano Community College and Department of Defense officials recently honored an SCC leader for supporting school employees who serve in the National Guard and U.S. military reserve units, it has been announced. Shirley Lewis, a dean at the SCC Vallejo Center, was recognized by the college’s governing board during its March 1 meeting.
Category: Travis Air Force Base
Former Travis pilot pens book on Kennedy assassination
Roger Purcell, a former Vacaville resident and Travis Air Force Base pilot, recently wrote, “I Shot JFK,” under the pen name Jake Aaron. The plot draws on common knowledge of the Kennedy assassination, with a twist.
FEMA stages at Travis Air Force Base in response to Oroville Dam situation
Logistics workers the Federal Emergency Management Agency coordinate the delivery of relief supplies that are being stored at Travis Air Force Base as a contingency against a possible failure of the auxiliary spillway at Oroville Dam. The base is acting as a staging area for FEMA personnel, providing space for necessary equipment and supplies.
The left’s view of refugees, then and now
Despite today’s outrage over President Donald Trump’s refugee executive order, many liberals in 1975 were part of a chorus of big name Democrats who refused to accept any Vietnamese refugees when millions were trying to escape South Vietnam as it fell to the communists. The chorus was led by Jerry Brown who, then as now, was the governor of California.