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Back to school immunizations: What you need to know
August 11, 2020
The San Antonio Military Health System stands ready to help parents meet their children’s immunization and vaccination requirements, as well as back-to-school and sports physicals.

433rd Maintenance Squadron welcomes new commander
August 11, 2020
Lt. Col. Stuart Martin (left), 433rd Maintenance Group commander, presents the guidon to Capt. Nicholas Velazquez, 433rd Maintenance Squadron commander, at an assumption of command ceremony at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland Aug. 8. Prior to earning a commission, Velazquez was an enlisted master sergeant in the maintenance career field.

Donating plasma may be the key in the fight against COVID-19
August 10, 2020
COVID-19 doesn’t discriminate against who it infects – even general officers are susceptible.

BAMC offers ‘last line of defense’ against COVID-19
August 10, 2020
Nurses tend to a patient on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, or ECMO, in a COVID-19 intensive care unit at Brooke Army Medical Center, Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Texas, July 17, 2020.

Army Reserve Medical Command supports COVID-19 federal response efforts
August 5, 2020
Army Reserve Medical Command supports COVID-19 federal response efforts

COVID stress: How you can help your furry friends cope
August 4, 2020
Separation anxiety in pets can occur because of a pet’s anticipation of a negative outcome, which is being left alone or being denied access to the owner.

DLIELC pilots virtual training team program with Puerto Rico
August 4, 2020
The Defense Language Institute English Language Center hosts a group discussion between instructors and cadets during a class conducted over Zoom July, 2020. This Virtual Training Team initiative is in its piloting stage and may prove to provide U.S. partners across the globe a viable hybrid distance learning option.

Knowledge, balancing resources vital to Army’s COVID-19 efforts
August 4, 2020
Capt. Stacey Johnson, critical care nurse from Urban Augmentation Medical Task Force-627, provides positioning aids to a COVID-19 patient, July 10, 2020 at Baptist Hospital in San Antonio, Texas.

DOD medical officials outline COVID-19 testing approach
July 31, 2020
A soldier with the 28th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade receives a test for COVID-19 at a mobilization station at Fort Hood, Texas, July 9, 2020.

Multi-Base Virtual Tech Expo scheduled for Aug. 19
July 30, 2020
JBSA-Lackland will join several other installations for a joint virtual tech expo from 9 a.m. to noon Central time Aug. 19.

Military OneSource, family readiness, spouse programs remain available
July 30, 2020
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U.S. Army Reserve units join U.S. Army North COVID-19 operations in Texas
July 29, 2020
Soldiers board aircraft.

Combat medical innovations carry over to COVID-19 care
July 28, 2020
Navy Lt. Cmdr. T. Blake Van Brunt collects a sample for a COVID-19 test aboard the hospital ship USNS Comfort, May 1, 2020. All personnel aboard the ship were tested as the Comfort transited the Atlantic Ocean, returning to Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia, following its mission in New York City in support of the nation’s COVID-19 response efforts.

Service members support COVID-19 operations in California hospitals
July 28, 2020
Image of U.S. Air Force Capt. Ashley Ritchey instructing Staff Sgt. Ryan Sheldon of the California Army National Guard on proper application of medical personal protective gear.

SAMHS updates COVID-19 testing
July 28, 2020
Members of the 59th Medical Wing man a drive through COVID-19 screening clinic on Lackland Air Force Base, June 26, 2020. The drive through clinic was reestablished as part of the protective measures implented as Joint Base San Antonio returns to HPCON Charlie. (U.S. Air Force photo by SSgt Zachary Bumpus)

Air Force updates medical courses with COVID-19 content, procedures
July 27, 2020
Image of Staff Sgt. Lee Nembhard, an aeromedical evacuation technician assigned to the 375th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron from Scott Air Force Base, Illinois.

COVID Coach helps veterans, service members cope
July 27, 2020
COVID Coach is a free, easy-to-use mobile application created for everyone, especially Veterans and service members, to support self-care and overall mental health during the coronavirus, or COVID-19, pandemic.

BAMC nurses: ‘It’s us against COVID’
July 27, 2020
April Pace, a registered nurse, enters a patient room in a COVID-19 intensive care unit at Brooke Army Medical Center July 17.

Curbside service helping JBSA vet clinics protect pets, staff, clients
July 24, 2020
Vet checks out dog's breathing.

Army 10-miler goes nationwide for the first time
July 23, 2020
The 36th edition of the world’s third-largest 10-mile road race, the Army Ten-Miler will be held as a virtual event Sunday, Oct. 11 through Sunday, Oct. 18, 2020.