JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas –
Lt. Gen. Jeffrey S. Buchanan, commanding general of U.S. Army North (Fifth Army) and senior commander, Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston and JBSA-Camp Bullis addressed Army Emergency Relief Project Officers Aug. 1 at the historic quadrangle. Buchanan thanked the project officers who make 100 percent contact with Soldier and civilian during the AER campaign that ran March 1 to May 15. Donations increased 19 percent this year and Buchanan presented a check in the amount of $149,245.45 to AER Director retired Lt. Gen. Raymond V. Mason. AER is a private non-profit organization dedicated to providing financial assistance to active duty and retired Soldiers and their families in interest-free loans and grants.