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Drill Sergeants back at JBSA-Fort Sam Houston
March 15, 2018
Sgt. 1st Class Magalie Atilus, Delta Company, 232d Medical Battalion, marches with Advanced Individual Training Soldiers at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Texas. Atilus recently graduated from the Drill Sergeant Conversion Course at Fort Jackson, SC.

Traumatic Brain Injury Recognition Critical to Treating Invisible Wounds
March 15, 2018
March is Traumatic Brain Injury Awareness Month. Make yourself aware of the signs and symptoms that you or someone else may be suffering from this invisible injury.

Construction progressing on new exchange shopping center
March 14, 2018
Abraham Goodwin, 502nd Civil Engineer Squadron/Civil Engineering Management project manager at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, inspects the construction for the new exchange shopping center being built at JBSA-Fort Sam Houston as work crews lay down infrastructure at the project site.  The new 210,000-square-foot exchange center is being constructed across from and will replace the current exchange building located at Henry Allen and Winfield Scott roads. Expected completion date for the new exchange center is spring 2020.

Air Force Voting Assistance Officer training workshop planned for March 23
March 14, 2018
The 802d Force Support Squadron Military & Family Readiness Centers now plan and administer the Air Force Voting Assistance Program. In conjunction with the Federal Voting Assistance Program, or FVAP, a congressionally mandated Voting Assistance Officer, or VAO, training workshop is being offered.

Test pilot briefs T-6 nation
March 13, 2018
U.S. Air Force Maj. Justin Elliott, Air Force Strategic Policy fellow, was recorded while presenting a briefing at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas on Feb. 22, 2018.  Elliott’s briefing, sharing an aviator’s perspective on physiological events in flight, is now being integrated into student undergraduate pilot training across Air Education and Training Command bases.  (U.S. Air Force photo by Melissa Peterson)

Service Secretaries: People Are Most Important Part of DOD’s Success
March 13, 2018
Secretary of the Air Force Heather Wilson (right) coins 1st Lt. Laura Soderberg, 18th Wing protocol officer in charge, Feb. 2, 2018, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. Challenge coins are a military tradition in which a senior military leader or a member of a distinguished office acknowledges the awards, accomplishments or significant acts of a particular service member.

JBSA receives $62K rebate from CPS Energy
March 13, 2018
Garrick Williams (left), JBSA Energy Solutions director with CPS Energy, presents (from left) Brig. Gen. Heather Pringle (right), 502nd Air Base Wing and Joint Base San Antonio commander, Col. Lee Flemming, 502nd ABW and JBSA vice commander, and Brenda Roesch, 502nd Civil Engineer Squadron director, a rebate check for $62,763.04 at the 502nd ABW headquarters at JBSA-Fort Sam Houston March 13.

Women play huge role in World War II aviation efforts
March 13, 2018
The Air Force's acceptance of women into the force dates back to long before the first "Women's History Week" celebration in 1978.

Naval History Essay Contest open to professional and amateur historians alike
March 13, 2018
The Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) has announced the requirements for the 2018 Naval History Essay Contest with a submission deadline of June 30.

Airmen feedback critical to future Air Force
March 13, 2018
The 2018 IWI Culture Assessment Survey and the 2018 Invisible Wounds Needs Assessment are confidential, voluntary surveys that will take approximately 20 minutes to complete.

DOD Works to Incorporate More Gender Perspective in Operations
March 13, 2018
Dr. Pangarso Suryotomo (left), Kasubdit Peran Masyarakat National Disaster Management Authority, Royal New Zealand Navy Cmdr. Karen Ward, Pacific Partnership 2016 Women, Peace and Security lead, and Dr. Randa Mardanis (right), Women, Peace and Security seminar mediator, speak at a panel during the Pacific Partnership 2016 Women, Peace and Security seminar. The seminar gave Pacific Partnership personnel, local government and provincial officials an open forum to discuss the roles and requirements of women in disasters. This is the fifth time Pacific Partnership has visited Indonesia. Partner nations are working side-by-side with local organizations during disaster response training, civil engineering projects, Women, Peace, and Security seminars, medical subject matter expert exchanges and a live field training exercise aimed at improving the capacity of local government, civilian agencies and partner militaries to collectively respond in crisis.

Military working dogs continue to serve and sacrifice
March 13, 2018
Senior Airman Jordan Fuller, 802nd Security Forces Squadron military working dog handler, and his MWD, Rocco, perform maneuvers Feb. 23, at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland Medina Annex. Handlers regularly practice obedience training with their working dogs to increase their team cohesiveness. (U.S. Air Force photo by Johnny Saldivar/released)

Front and Center: Be a leader people trust and come to with their problems
March 13, 2018
Dave Duggar, 12th Maintenance Group J-85 propulsion shop supervisor, conducts an inspection on a T-38 Talon engine Feb. 28 2018, at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas.  Duggar oversees the engine shop and test cell ensuring T-38 engines are "mission ready" to conduct daily sorties for the 12th Flying Training Wing. (U.S. Air Force photo by Sean M. Worrell)

Get out the vote, know when your state’s primary elections are
March 12, 2018
To find your state's election website for specific information on candidates, elections, contact information, and links to your local election offices, visit the FVAPs contact page at http://www.fvap.gov/info/contact.

New partnership encourages kids to explore great outdoors
March 12, 2018
Future anglers pose with their first catch at Beale Air Force Base’s Upper Blackwelder Lake, Calif. The Air Force recently partnered with the National Park Trust to bring the Buddy Bison Great Outdoors Challenge to military families at several installations. The program encourages children and families to spend less time in front of a screen and more time outdoors.

Officials approve Humanitarian Service Medal for recent disaster relief, specify eligibility requirements
March 12, 2018
Any qualified personnel who directly participated with Hurricane Harvey, Irma or Maria relief efforts and provided disaster support to impacted areas would merit receipt of the award.

Dignity and protection: learning walking cane self-defense
March 12, 2018
Master Phillip Lobo, a fighting and fitness instructor, demonstrates a cane self-defense strike technique on instructor Evan Payne, while assisting the Warrior Cane Project train 40 active duty service members, wounded warriors, veterans, and family members in cane self-defense tactics Feb. 3 at the Jimmy Brought Fitness Center at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston. Lobo and Payne, along with several other instructors provided a 3-hour session teaching the intricacies of cane self-defense.

Cole High School robotics team preparing for state contest
March 12, 2018
Cole High School students Mitchell Hafer (left) and Henry Yowell (right) make adjustments to their robot while they prepare to test it in a classroom. Hafer and Yowell, members of the Cole robotics team, helped build and design the robot whose performance earned first place for Cole at the Texas Computer Educators Association, or TCEA, robotics area contest Jan. 20. As a result of their first-place showing, the team will compete in the TCEA State Robotics Challenge Contest April 7 at Hutto High School, near Austin.

Legal team helps members facing separation due to disability
March 12, 2018
Air Force members who face separation from the service due to a medical condition need not stand alone as they navigate the Disability Evaluation System process.

New air control tower planned for Kelly Field
March 10, 2018
An F-15E Strike Eagle flies past the current air control tower at Joint Base San Antonio-Kelly Field, Texas Oct. 31, 2008.