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New Air Force surgeon general program enhances support for EFMP families, Airmen, Guardians
May 2, 2023
Airmen from Hill Air Force Base play Simon Says with students at South Clearfield Elementary students, Clearfield, Utah, April 18, 2023.
PHOTOS | JBSA-Lackland turns out to 'Purple Up' for Month of the Military Child
April 14, 2023
Month of the Military Child "Purple Up"
Word on the Street: Month of the Military Child
April 28, 2022
Graphic words
Month of the Military Child: Meet David Malone
April 5, 2022
Graphic of David Malone
JBSA proclaims April Month of Military Child
April 2, 2021
Robert Naething, U.S. Army North (Fifth Army) deputy to the commanding general, signs a proclamation honoring April as the Month of the Military Child on Joint Base San Antonio, while Brig. Gen. Caroline M. Miller, 502d Air Base Wing and JBSA commander, left, and Rear Adm. Cynthia Kuehner, Naval Medical Forces Support Command commander, right, look on.
Celebrate military children in April, year round
April 1, 2021
Month of the Military Child graphic
Purple flags honor military children in an uncertain time
April 17, 2020
Purple UP
April is Military Child and National Child Abuse Prevention Month
March 20, 2020
April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month.
Saluting the Month of the Military Child
April 26, 2019
The Month of the Military Child began in the 1980s. Its color theme is purple, which symbolizes a combination of all military branches: Army, green; Air Force, blue, Coast Guard, blue; Marine, red; and Navy, blue.
JBSA leaders recognize contributions of military children at proclamation signing
March 29, 2019
Joint Base San Antonio leaders recognized the contributions of military children and families during a proclamation ceremony designating April as Month of the Military Child at JBSA-Fort Sam Houston March 29. The ceremony was held in the Texas Room at the U.S. Army North (Fifth Army) Headquarters. Signing the proclamation were (from left) Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Buchanan, ARNORTH commanding general; Capt. William Leonard, Navy Medicine Education and Training Command deputy commander; and Brig. Gen. Laura L. Lenderman, JBSA and 502nd Air Base Wing commander. Also attending the proclamation signing were five students from the Fort Sam Houston Independent School District and their parents.
JBSA leaders sign Month of the Military Child proclamation
April 13, 2018
From left) Rear Adm. Rebecca McCormick-Boyle, commander, Navy Medicine Education, Training and Logistics Command; Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Buchanan, commanding general, U.S. Army North (Fifth Army); and Brig. Gen. Heather Pringle, commander, 502nd Air Base Wing and Joint Base San Antonio joined together April 12 with students, local educators and representatives from the Fort Sam Houston and Lackland Independent School Districts to recognize and honor the commitment, contributions and sacrifices children and youth make to the nation.
Military children can be engineer for the day
March 30, 2018
Military children can be an engineer for the day during Month of the Military Child by building their own Lego City hero April 7 at the Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, JBSA-Randolph and JBSA-Fort Sam Houston Main Exchanges.
April honors sacrifices of military children
April 13, 2017
April is the Month of the Military Child.