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AETC’s iChallenge competition offers $225,000 to winning innovative idea
April 6, 2022 — Air Education and Training Command will gather innovative ideas through April 29 as part of the 2022 iChallenge competition. Winners will be announced May 24 during ForceCon 22 at Port San Antonio, Texas. The top award is $225,000 with runners up taking home $125,000 each... MORE

South Texas Reserve units induct honorary commanders
April 6, 2022 — The 433rd Airlift Wing and 960th Cyberspace Wing conducted an honorary commanders’ induction ceremony in San Antonio April 2... MORE

Ron Nirenberg, City of San Antonio mayor, assumes honorary command of the 433rd Airlift Wing from Col. Terry McClain, 433rd AW commander, during the Honorary Commanders’ induction ceremony in San Antonio, April 2, 2022. The intent of the 433rd AW Honorary Commanders Program is to foster friendship between local and military communities. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Mark Colmenares)

AFIMSC delivers Air Force EOD team competition to enterprise
April 6, 2022 — Thanks to a collaboration between the Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center and headquarters Air Force Civil Engineering, Air Force explosive ordnance disposal teams now have a new program to build camaraderie, show their skills, learn from each other and get the chance to be named Air Force EOD Team of the Year... MORE

Group photo with winners from Little Rock AFB, Arkansas

DOD official: Preventing sexual assault, harassment a DOD priority
April 6, 2022 — The U.S. military and higher education communities have much to learn from one another in preventing sexual assault and sexual harassment, Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen H. Hicks said April 6... MORE

Air Force Cryptologic Office establishes new information dominance initiative
April 6, 2022 — The Air Force Cryptologic Office recently established the first Converged Air Force Enterprise Mission, or CAFEM, framework to harness total enterprise capacity and deliver information dominance now and for decades to come. ... MORE

Why Afghan refugees met 37th Training Wing instructors
April 6, 2022 — The wind whipped sand across her face and a generator hummed in the background as Davina Farrell stepped off the plane. It was October 2021, and Farrell, an English as a Second Language/English as a Foreign Language instructor, and seven of her colleagues, had a mission... MORE

DLIELC instructors pose for group photo at Holloman AFB, NM

IAAFA Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance course gets update
April 6, 2022 — Prospective U.S. and partner nation students attending the Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance course at the Inter-American Air Forces Academy at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland will find a newly updated course... MORE

IAAFA students take notes at their desks

Month of the Military Child: Meet David Malone
April 5, 2022 — The Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center recognizes the importance military children have in the success of our mission... MORE

149th Medical Group performs hazardous materials training exercise
April 5, 2022 — Members of the 149th Medical Group at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland recently went through Chemical Biological Radiological Nuclear Enhanced Response Force Package, or CERFP, hazardous material response training March 18 to test their ability to move in a convoy and quickly set up and operate a field medical facility... MORE

MICC contract specialist earns AMC top quarterly honors
April 5, 2022 — A contract specialist with the Mission and Installation Contracting Command at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston was recognized during a March 30 ceremony for earning honors as the Army Materiel Command top employee of the quarter... MORE

MEDCoE welcomes Fiesta Court, Commission back to JBSA-Fort Sam Houston
April 5, 2022 — The U.S. Army Medical Center of Excellence at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston hosted a leader breakfast in honor of the 2022 Fiesta Court and Fiesta Commission March 30... MORE

Soldiers earn Expert Field Medical Badges at JBSA-Camp Bullis
April 5, 2022 — Fourteen officer and enlisted Soldiers assigned to various Army medicine commands earned the coveted Expert Field Medical Badge during a grueling two-week testing event conducted by the U.S. Army Medical Center of Excellence at Joint Base San Antonio-Camp Bullis... MORE

TRICARE expands childbirth, breastfeeding benefits for expecting parents
April 5, 2022 — Are you an expecting parent? Are you thinking of having a child? TRICARE is now providing more options to those who are planning to expand their family... MORE

Honorary commanders visit JBSA-Lackland mission partners
April 4, 2022 — Brig. Gen. Caroline Miller, commander, 502nd Air Base Wing and Joint Base San Antonio, hosted seven honorary commanders from across the Joint Base San Antonio metropolitan area for a tour of JBSA-Lackland March 25... MORE

Life coach, mentor, advocate: ‘Help me to get one more’
April 4, 2022 — Every Airman has a story. Some are good, some are not so good, and some will leave a lasting legacy. For Master Sgt. Marcus Prentiss, the Air Force Personnel Center’s cyber systems (1D7) assignments deputy functional manager responsible for assigning more than 22,000 Airmen and cyber capabilities worldwide, his story started rough and transformed into something bigger beginning in November 2005... MORE

Master Sergeant Marcus Prentiss, Air Force Personnel Center’s cyber systems (1D7) assignments deputy functional manager and life coach.

340th Flying Training Group welcomes new commander
April 4, 2022 — Col. Kyle Goldstein assumed command of the 340th Flying Training Group from Col. Michael Vanzo during a change of command ceremony March 31 at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph... MORE

Maj. Gen. Bret C. Larson, 22nd Air Force commander, presents the 340th Flying Training Group command guidon to Col. Kyle Goldstein, 340th FTG commander, during the group’s change of command ceremony at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas on March 31, 2022.

Commentary: The importance of fostering community in hybrid work environments
April 4, 2022 — It takes work to make communication a priority when teams are in a distributed work environment... MORE

Close up of two hands typing on a laptop keyboard.

DOD makes strides in Women, Peace and Security Program
April 1, 2022 — Two years into its Strategic Framework and Implementation Plan, the Defense Department's Women, Peace and Security program has made significant strides to promote the safety, equality and meaningful contributions of women around the globe... MORE

A group of people holding a banner stand for a photo on the deck of a ship.

San Antonio Market closes drive-thru COVID-19 screening, testing locations
April 1, 2022 — The San Antonio Market, to include Brooke Army Medical Center and the 59th Medical Wing, closed their consolidated drive-thru COVID-19 screening and testing sites April 1... MORE

Due to an increase in cases, the WHASC is conducting a drive-through COVID-19 testing available Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. on the first floor of the parking garage. Since the testing site uses the polymerase chain reaction tests, the results are available to patients through TRICARE Online within 24 to 72 hours.

Master Gunner Course identifies MICC’s top NCOs, civilians
April 1, 2022 — In order to bolster the contracting proficiency of its NCOs and civilians across its echelons, the Mission and Installation Contracting Command is hosting the 51C Master Gunner Course for nine Soldiers and civilians to compete against each other over 10 days April 4-15 at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Texas... MORE

Master Gunner Course identifies command’s top NCOs, civilians