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Feedback Fridays
August 9, 2019 — Feedback Fridays is a weekly forum that aims to connect the 502d Air Base Wing with members of the Joint Base San Antonio community. Questions are collected during commander’s calls, town hall meetings and throughout the week. If you have a question or concern, please send an email to RandolphPublicAffairs@us.af.mil using the subject line “Feedback Fridays.” Questions will be further researched and published as information becomes available. ... MORE

BMT murals: inspiring the next generation
August 8, 2019 — Trainees with the 321st Training Squadron volunteered to paint a series of murals through the unit. The project started July 4, 2017, with the American flag painted across the hallway of several classrooms. It took about 2 ½ months and about 12 gallons of paint. ... MORE

Lackland EFMP, Lighthouse for the Blind assist the Alamo Wing with back-to-school supplies
August 8, 2019 — The Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland Exceptional Family Member Program and the San Antonio Lighthouse for the Blind & Vision Impaired teamed together at JBSA-Lackland Aug. 4 to provide no-cost backpacks and back-to-school supplies to Reserve Citizen Airmen with the 433rd Airlift Wing.... MORE

Cyber security: identifying and mitigating threats
August 8, 2019 — Thanks to ongoing training and genuine engagement with cyber security subject matter, most of us are well prepared to identify and mitigate most cyber security threats at work. In particular, phishing emails originating from either a real threat vector or as part of a vulnerability exercise remains the most common threat we are likely to encounter in the workplace.... MORE

Vaccines: A public health success story
August 8, 2019 — Throughout U.S. history, people have benefited from improvements in the field of public health. The availability of clean water, the development of sewage systems, and other effective interventions worked to cut the rate of disease in entire segments of the population at relatively low cost. Vaccination is an intervention that has proved effective in terms of cost and effort in protecting the population from disease. ... MORE

Cigarettes are the leading cause of home fire fatalities
August 7, 2019 — According to the National Fire Prevention Association, cigarettes are the leading cause of home fire fatalities in the United States. From hot ashes dumped into the garbage to a cigarette falling on to a couch cushion, carelessly discarded smoking materials kills 700 to 900 people, smokers and nonsmokers alike, per year. ... MORE

BASH Program promotes aviator, community safety at JBSA-Randolph
August 7, 2019 — In an ongoing effort to reduce airfield obstructions at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, the Bird/Wildlife Aircraft Strike Hazard team has an approved plan for the pruning and removal of selected trees at JBSA-Randolph. Trees that impose a significant risk to aviators, and the families they fly over, will be modified to improve aviator and community safety. ... MORE

Task Force-51 Soldiers from U.S. Army North support Ohio exercise
August 7, 2019 — Task Force-51 Soldiers from U.S. Army North’s rapidly deployable headquarters deployed from Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland in support of Vigilant Guard-Ohio disaster and emergency response exercise Aug 3-4.... MORE

Military service, American Indian heritage span generations for AETC civilian
August 7, 2019 — Military tradition and American Indian heritage go hand-in-hand for Edward Blauvelt, during both his military and community service. Blauvelt’s family line has U.S. military members going back eight generations. Both of his parents grew up as military children, as did Blauvelt before enlisting in the Air Force at age 17. Today he’s the manpower operations program manager for the Air Force Security Assistance Training Squadron, part of Headquarters Air Education and Training Command. ... MORE

Two days could mean a lifetime to a Wingman
August 6, 2019 — Airmen can find the courage to help from Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training, or ASIST, a suicide intervention skills training offered every month at Joint Base San Antonio. ASIST helps participants become more willing, ready and able to intervene with someone at risk of suicide.... MORE

Starbase Kelly summer camp students visit Southwest Research Institute
August 6, 2019 — Students participating in the Starbase Kelly summer program at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland toured the Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio July 31. They received instruction and demonstrations in how the institute’s scientists use science, technology, engineering and mathematics.... MORE

Love of America inspires calling to Army chaplaincy
August 6, 2019 — “It was 14 years of really dedicated work to prepare, and so that’s why I’m really passionate about the chaplaincy,” stated Chaplain (Lt. Col.) Cloyd L. Colby, chaplain for the 502nd Force Support Group and Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston.... MORE

Ollie Crawford: AF advocate laid to rest at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery
August 5, 2019 — Oliver “Ollie” Crawford, pilot, advocate for the U.S. Air Force and one of the charter members of the Air Force Association, was laid to rest with full military honors at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery Aug. 5.... MORE

New DOD program leaves sexual predators nowhere to hide
August 5, 2019 — A new Department of Defense program called Catch a Serial Offender, or "CATCH," aims to make it more difficult for perpetrators of sexual assault to evade identification and capture by law enforcement. ... MORE

Ollie Crawford: AF advocate laid to rest at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery (Video)
August 5, 2019 — Oliver "Ollie" Crawford, lifelong pilot and advocate for the U.S. Air Force was laid to rest with full military honors at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, August 5th. Crawford died July 21st in San Antonio, Texas, two days after turning 94 years old.... MORE

340th Flying Training Group volunteers help make a Million Summer Meals for Kids
August 5, 2019 — Volunteers from the 340th Flying Training Group joined the San Antonio Food Bank’s effort to wipe out hunger when they participated in the Million Summer Meals for Kids campaign in July.... MORE

JBSA leaders discuss mold remediation in dorms, way forward
August 2, 2019 — As part of the 502nd Air Base Wing’s effort to address the mold situation in barracks, ships and dorms, JBSA leaders continue to ask residents to up-channel their concerns for resolution. Brig. Gen. Laura L. Lenderman, 502nd Air Base Wing and Joint Base San Antonio commander, stressed the command is committed to transparency and regaining the trust of residents. “Trust and transparency are my ultimate goal and I need to rebuild the trust and ensure we have transparency so we can eradicate this issue,” she said.... MORE

Webb gets first-hand look at BMT, international training during 37th Training Wing immersion
August 2, 2019 — The 37th Training Wing Warhawks hosted Lt. Gen. Brad Webb, commander of Air Education and Training Command, and Chief Master Sgt. Julie Gudgel, AETC command chief, for a two-day immersion at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland Aug. 1-2.... MORE

149th Medical Group Gunfighters 'All In' for Nevada exercise
August 2, 2019 — The 149th Medical Group Gunfighters from the 149th Fighter Wing at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland learned some new skills during Exercise "All In" at Coast Guard Station Lake Tahoe, Nevada, July 18.... MORE

Fort Sam Houston ISD offers free, reduced-price meals for qualified families
August 2, 2019 — The Fort Sam Houston Independent School District recently announced its policy for providing free and reduced-price meals for children served under current income eligibility guidelines. Each school/site or the central office has a copy of the policy, which may be reviewed by anyone on request.... MORE