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The U.S. Army Medical Test and Evaluation Activity conducts a customer test of the advanced medium power source microgrid system
April 22, 2024 — The U.S. Army Medical Test and Evaluation Activity conducted a customer test of the Advanced Medium Power Source (AMMPS) 120kW Microgrid System at Fort Liberty, North Carolina, March 19-21. Aligned under the U.S. Army Medical Center of Excellence, MTEAC is the only independent operational test and evaluation agency of medical and medical-related materiel and information technology products, supporting the Army and DOD acquisition process... MORE

MEDCoE Soldiers volunteer, teach important skills to area scouts
April 22, 2024 — U.S. Army Medical Center of Excellence Soldiers volunteered to teach skills to more than 600 scouts during the annual Council Wide Campout for the Alamo Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America that took place March 1-3, 2024... MORE

Earth Day 2024: Defending the nation, protecting the future
April 22, 2024 — The Department of the Air Force observes Earth Day, Every Day because safeguarding our environment is crucial to sustaining readiness and accomplishing our mission. We’re Defending the Nation and Protecting our Future by restoring the environment, investing in built and natural infrastructure resilience, and amplifying conservation efforts... MORE

Banner image with Defending the Nation, Protecting the Future slogan featuring pictures of Airman and Guardians on horseback, monitoring red cockaded woodpeckers in the trees, and with a satellite.

Biomechanics takes center stage at BAMC
April 22, 2024 — The Center for the Intrepid at Brooke Army Medical Center hosted its third annual event to celebrate National Biomechanics Day on April 3... MORE

Cancer diagnosis linked to HPV
April 22, 2024 — According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, each year in the United States, more than 46,700 new cases of cancer are found in parts of the body where human papillomavirus is often found. HPV causes about 37,000 of these cancers... MORE

DOD employs proactive measures to counter cyber threats
April 22, 2024 — By pursuing integrated deterrence, including cyber, the Defense Department continues to be ready to fight and win the nation's wars, a senior DOD cyber policy official said... MORE

AFCEC streamlines CE work tasks with mobile IT initiative
April 22, 2024 — The Air Force Civil Engineer Center recently introduced a new tool to help installations collect, manage and use civil engineering data more efficiently. The tool – a custom-designed mobile tab for the NexGen IT system – gives civil engineer field technicians a user-friendly option for accessing, logging and updating work task information directly from job sites. ... MORE

Mission Monday: Funds Management
April 22, 2024 — It’s Mission Monday! Meet John Richbourg, funds management specialist with the Air Force Services Center’s Cash Reconciliation Shared Services Center... MORE

Around the Air Force: Budget 2025 Testimony, Mental Health Resources
April 22, 2024 — In this week’s look around the Air Force, senior leaders testify to a Senate subcommittee about the fiscal year 2025 budget, and a new Mental Health Overview outlines resources for Airmen and Guardians... MORE

In this week’s look around the Air Force, senior leaders testify to a Senate subcommittee about the fiscal year 2025 budget, and a new Mental Health Overview outlines resources for Airmen and Guardians.

DOD, State Department expand employment opportunities for military spouses stationed overseas
April 22, 2024 — The Defense Department is taking steps to ensure military spouses can continue to thrive in their own careers while accompanying service members on overseas assignments.  ... MORE

A woman in civilian attire sits at a table with service members in uniform.

Construction begins on new child care facility at JBSA-Fort Sam Houston
April 19, 2024 — The long-awaited groundbreaking ceremony for a new Child Development Center on Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston took place April 19, 2024... MORE

Air Force Day at the Alamo celebrated April 22
April 19, 2024 — Come out and enjoy the upcoming Air Force Day at the Alamo celebration on April 22 from 11 a.m. to noon at Alamo Plaza in downtown San Antonio. Later in the day, join us for the Pilgrimage to the Alamo at 3:30 p.m., starting from the Veterans Memorial near the Tobin Center to Alamo Plaza. ... MORE

JBSA First Sergeant Diamond Sharp Awards
April 19, 2024 — The Diamond Sharp Award is sponsored by the Joint Base San Antonio First Sergeants Council and recognizes outstanding Airmen who continually exceed the standard to meet the Air Force mission... MORE

JBSA’s outstanding military youth recognized
April 19, 2024 — Joint Base San Antonio recognizes exceptional military youth each year, one on each of its three major installations. This year’s honorees are Leandra Garcia, JBSA-Fort Sam Houston’s Youth of the Year; Jasony Ford, JBSA Randolph’s Youth of the Year; and Elizabeth Note, JBSA-Lackland's Youth of the Year... MORE

Three young ladies receiving recognition.

Sixteenth Air Force inducts five civic leaders into inaugural program
April 18, 2024 — Sixteenth Air Force (Air Forces Cyber) welcomed five civic leaders from across the San Antonio area during the first-ever 16th Air Force Civic Leader Induction Ceremony held at the Bernard A. Larger Auditorium at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland on April 1... MORE

AFSFC explores updated non-lethal weapon options for Defender force
April 18, 2024 — The Air Force Security Forces Center is continuing its efforts to arm Defenders with the technology and equipment they need to better protect people and resources across the Department of the Air Force. ... MORE

Votta aims at a target with a non-lethal weapon

Earth Day highlights DOD's efforts to support mission, people, environment
April 18, 2024 — The Department of Defense strives to support readiness, resilience, people and the environment in everything it does, the assistant secretary of defense for energy, installations and environment said... MORE

Air Force Junior ROTC expands opportunity to actively serving Guard and Reserve members
April 17, 2024 — The opportunity to serve as an Air Force Junior ROTC instructor has expanded significantly, adding thousands of newly eligible personnel. The 2023 National Defense Authorization Act created for the first time, the eligibility for non-retired, currently serving members of each military service's Guard and Reserve components, as well as some honorably discharged veterans, to serve as Junior ROTC instructors ... MORE

Drill-status Air National Guard members are now eligible to apply as Air Force Junior ROTC instructors.

Modernized aviation curriculum takes off at DLIELC
April 17, 2024 — A modernized aviation specific program, designed to enhance the student experience, recently launched at the Defense Language Institute English Language Center at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland... MORE

A student pilot receives training at the 47th Flying Training Wing during a site visit at Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, August 16, 2023. The Defense Language Institute English Language Center at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland is known as the “Gateway to America.” DLIELC builds security cooperation through English language training and cultural immersion for international military partners and pre-basic combat trainees in the U.S. Army and Coast Guard. (U.S. Air Force photo by Agnes Koterba)

Brown: Joint Force must continually drive change as threats evolve
April 17, 2024 — The Defense Department must continually drive change and anticipate emerging threats to meet evolving national security demands, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Air Force Gen. CQ Brown Jr., said April 16... MORE