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Club members to get card options beginning Jan. 1
December 15, 2006 — Current and future members of the Gateway Club will be given a choice of a MasterCard credit card or an Air Force Services card with a maximum $500 credit limit in a six-month test program starting... MORE

SF return safe after six-month deployment
December 15, 2006 — Eighteen Airmen reunited with family and friends Dec. 10, when a team of 12th Security Forces members returned from a six month deployment to Eskan Village, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, in support of... MORE

Staff Sgt. Michael Garrett, 12th Flying Training Wing Security Forces, greets his wife, Lauri, upon returning from a six-month deployment to Eskan Village, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. (Photo by Staff Sgt. Beth Del Vecchio)

Chief Master Sgt of the Air Force visits Randolph
December 15, 2006 — Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force Rodney McKinley spoke to a packed theater audience here Dec. 7 about his vision for enlisted Airmen and the Air Force. Chief McKinley, selected to be the 15th Chief... MORE

Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force Rodney McKinley has lunch with the Randolph Honor Guard during his visit to Randolph Air Force Base Dec.7. (Photo by Steve White)

Randolph Mission Partner: 340th Flying Training Group
December 15, 2006 — The 340th Flying Training Group, headquartered here, administers and executes the Reserve associate pilot program throughout the Air Education and Training Command. The group is a unit of the 10th Air... MORE

Maj. Rusty Wallace, 340th Flying Training Group, goes through a pre-flight checklist at the cockpit of a T-38 on the Randolph flight line. (Photo by Steve White)

Purple Heart awarded to veteran after 55 years
December 14, 2006 — A ceremony was held in the Taj Mahal for Daniel Trautman Nov. 21 to present him with a Purple Heart for his service during the Korean War. Mr. Trautman was wounded, 55 years ago, when enemy forces... MORE

Randolph Airman receives honors at talent competition
December 14, 2006 — Sixty-two active duty Airmen - singers, dancers, musicians and technicians - converged on Lackland Air Force Base, Nov. 5 -13, for the annual Worldwide Talent Contest. By the end of the grueling week,... MORE

2007 Randolph Ambassadors named
December 14, 2006 — The 12th Flying Training Wing announced the 2007 Randolph Air Force Base Ambassadors Nov 30. The winners, selected by a panel of six judges, are 2nd Lt. Jennifer Ferrer from the Air Force Occupational... MORE

2nd Lt. Jennifer Ferrer, Air Force Occupational Measurement Squadron

Security Forces hosts crime prevention seminar at library
December 14, 2006 — The 12th Security Forces Squadron police services section and training section have combined to offer the Randolph community seminars in crime prevention. The seminars will be held the second... MORE

Twelve students graduate from ALS
December 14, 2006 — Twelve senior airmen graduated from Gaylor Airman Leadership School Wednesday during a ceremony at the enlisted club. The Airmen successfully completed 24 academic duty-days consisting of 192 hours of... MORE

Drug screening program yields negative results, Positive step for Team Randolph
December 14, 2006 — Although Randolph received no positive results recently during their early morning random drug screening, otherwise referred to as Operation Early Bird, the results are a positive step toward the... MORE

AETC Med Group 2006 awards announced
December 14, 2006 — The Air Education and Training Command Medical Service Awards for 2006 were announced Friday. The 12th Medical Group's Health and Wellness Center won the Best Small Base Award for Health Promotions... MORE

Ready for lift off
December 14, 2006 — It is like lifting the weight of two refrigerators. For Jason Deeb, a Randolph Fitness Center employee, squatting 556 pounds took some work, but will not be the most he will lift. As far as he is... MORE

Jason Deeb prepares to dead lift 405 pounds at the Randolph Air Force Base fitness center recently. (Photo by Dave Terry)

Team Randolph encouraged to make responsible choices
December 14, 2006 — According to statistics, 80 percent of college students, ages 18-24, try alcohol before age 21; 43 percent are considered binge drinkers or have five or more drinks in one sitting at least once in two... MORE

Randolph NCO selected as senior enlisted aide of year
December 12, 2006 — The Air Education and Training commander's aide here was selected as the top senior enlisted aide during a ceremony Oct. 12 at Bolling Air Force Base, D.C. Master Sgt. Roy Bowser is the winner of the... MORE

Master Sgt. Roy Bowser, enlisted aide for Gen. William R. Looney III, commander of Air Education and Training Command, prepares a salad for an official function. Sergeant Bowser was selected as the 2006 Enlisted Aide of the Year Award for the Senior-Aide Category Oct. 12. (U.S. Air Force photo by Melissa Peterson)

Two IDs required to get CAC, other IDs
December 8, 2006 — Effective immediately, all personnel being issued common access cards and other identification cards, including for dependents, retirees and Reservists, must present two forms of identification... MORE

Lackland lights up with holiday spirit
December 8, 2006 — A flip of an oversized switch illuminated more than 20,000 lights on the new 35-foot-tall base Christmas tree during the lighting ceremony Nov. 29. "The lights and decorations call our attention to... MORE

Children gather around to help Brig. Gen. Darrell Jones, then the 37th Training Wing commander, throw the switch that powers the Christmas Tree lights.

Fire up Yule logs, candles - not house
December 7, 2006 — Someone once said, "The trouble with fire is people." Clearly this saying implies people are the cause of most fires - an implication that is true. Each year the Air Force loses thousands of dollars... MORE

Former trainee's surgery successful
December 7, 2006 — Bryan Hines, who collapsed and nearly died Oct. 27 at Lackland, is recuperating at his San Antonio home following successful surgery to reposition a heart artery and vein, his mother said Monday. Mr... MORE

Local familes feed Airmen
December 7, 2006 — Temporary freedom for some Lackland basic trainees and technical school students was made possible Thanksgiving Day by local families who "adopted" them for a few hours, welcoming the Airmen into... MORE

Base celebrates Wingman Day with unit activities
December 1, 2006 — Today is Wingman Day and Team Randolph has a chance to build on the relationships Airmen share. The base will be closing normal operations and participating in unit and group activities. "We are all... MORE