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How the new Special Warfare Branch at AFRS is making a difference
August 17, 2022 — One year into being, the Special Warfare Branch at Air Force Recruiting Service is yielding results by trying new approaches to win talent for an elite set of careers... MORE

Lt. Col. Joseph Lopez and Tech. Sgt. Kevin Dunham, two of seven members of AFRS’s Recruiting Operations Special Warfare branch pose for a photo outside AFRS’s headquarters at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph Aug. 4, 2022.

Air Force 'Celebrating Traditions' with annual photo contest
August 17, 2022 — Photographers of all ages and experience, only two weeks remain to submit photos for this year's Department of the Air Force Photo Contest. The theme for this year’s contest, which runs through Aug. 31, is “Celebrating Traditions.”... MORE

2023 Air Force Learning Professionals’ Consortium call for topics now open
August 17, 2022 — The call for topics for the 2023 Learning Professionals’ Consortium has been released by Air Education and Training Command’s Learning Professionals Branch... MORE

Call for Topics Now Open - LPC-23 The Learning Professionals' Consortium 22-23 March 2023 Imagine - Create - Innovate

AFCEC bolsters DAF energy assurance with merger
August 17, 2022 — The Air Force Civil Engineer Center recently merged two energy organizations under one directorate, forming a single, cohesive team focused on achieving Department of the Air Force energy objectives. ... MORE

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JBSA-Lackland, JBSA-Randolph pharmacies implement changes to improve service
August 17, 2022 — The Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland and Randolph Pharmacy teams are changing some of their processes to improve service to beneficiaries... MORE

Lackland, Randolph Pharmacies change processes

Air Force selects 9,706 in staff sergeant promotion cycle; list posts Aug. 25
August 17, 2022 — A total of 9,706 senior airmen have been selected for promotion in staff sergeant in the 22E5 promotion cycle. The list is available on the Enlisted Promotions page of Air Force Personnel Center public website, myPers and the Air Force Portal... MORE

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Walk-in clinic aids service members with musculoskeletal injuries
August 16, 2022 — The Brooke Army Medical Center Musculoskeletal Integrated Practice Unit, located in the Capt. Jennifer M. Moreno Clinic (second floor), offers walk-in services to active duty, permanent party service members with acute injuries Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 10 a.m... MORE

Air Force Cycling Team completes ride across Iowa representing Air Force, Space Force
August 16, 2022 — The Air Force Cycling Team completed a 500-mile trek across Iowa on road bicycles July 30, 2022, traveling as part of the Register’s Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa, or RAGBRAI, ending in Lansing, Iowa... MORE

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Getting to know the new Air Force Civil Engineer Center commander
August 16, 2022 — Brig. Gen. William Kale took command of the Air Force Civil Engineer Center, headquartered in San Antonio, during a change of command ceremony Aug. 8 officiated by the Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center commander... MORE

Five MTIs earn their Blue Rope
August 16, 2022 — The third quarter Basic Military Training Blue Rope Competition results are in and five Airmen met the challenge and surpassed the requirements, earning the right to wear the blue rope on their campaign hat... MORE

AFIMSC welcomes new commander
August 16, 2022 — Maj. Gen. John J. Allen Jr. said he is fortunate to be taking command of the Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center July 12 at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland... MORE

Maj. Gen. John J. Allen Jr. is the commander, Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas.

37th TRSS Faculty Development Flight launches Technical Writer online course
August 16, 2022 — The 37th Training Support Squadron is launching a new Community College of the Air Force-accredited online Technical Writer course this month, giving students the opportunity to take the eight-day course virtually rather than in-residence, allowing them to be on temporary duty in-place... MORE

DOD releases first department-wide social media policy 
August 16, 2022 — The Defense Department released a policy that spells out how DOD military and civilian personnel should use official social media accounts to best advance the mission of the U.S. military and further instill trust in the credibility of the DOD.  ... MORE

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Nutrition Care Specialists learn skills, find opportunities
August 15, 2022 — The U.S. Army Medical Center of Excellence trains Soldiers that have recently graduated from Basic Combat Training in the next step in their initial military education in a variety of medical specialties. One such specialty is not as widely known as that of the Combat Medic, yet is equally as important in maintaining a strong fighting force. Proper nutrition is critical to the U.S. Army in developing and maintaining a strong fighting force. It is the job of 68M Nutrition Care Specialist to provide healthy and nutritious diets for Soldiers and medical patients... MORE

SA Chamber of Commerce members visit Army South, PANAMAX 2022 exercise
August 15, 2022 — Several members of the San Antonio Chamber of Commerce received a firsthand look at the inner workings of a U.S. Army South-hosted multinational command post exercise at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston Aug. 10... MORE

PANAMAX 2022 command post exercise concludes
August 15, 2022 — From Aug. 1-12, 2022, more than 1,500 U.S. military personnel, along with nearly 500 security personnel from 19 nations, participated in the multinational command post exercise PANAMAX 2022, hosted at various locations in the United States by U.S. Southern Command... MORE

Exercise PANAMAX 22 kicks off across the US

CCAF electronic transcripts now available for ordering
August 15, 2022 — The Community College of the Air Force is now offering electronic transcripts delivery through Parchment, a digital credentialing service agency. This is the first time CCAF has been able to offer this in its 50-year history. CCAF students can now request and receive their transcripts electronically... MORE

Members of the CCAF Student Services staff take a break for the camera while processing transcripts in the new electronic system. Members include (front to back): MSgt Ellainne Bay—Flight Chief; A1C Megan Dillingham, A1C Paul Phillips, and A1C Tywayne Reynolds. Not pictured is A1C Nathaniel Hernandez

Instructor uses three-question student feedback to improve military police investigation course
August 15, 2022 — Tech. Sgt. David Infante, who teaches the interview and interrogation portion of the Military Police Investigation course at the U.S. Army Military Police School in Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, improved the eight-week course by doing what Air Force instructors do best – putting their students first... MORE

Digital badging proof of concept tests successfully in myLearning
August 15, 2022 — A successful digital badging capability proof of concept residing inside of myLearning was completed in early August as part of the learning services ecosystem’s Phase III rollout, Air Education and Training Command officials at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph announced Aug. 13... MORE

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New medical profile system to enhance communication, readiness
August 15, 2022 — A new medical profile system aimed at improving communication and overall readiness has been developed by the Air Force Research Laboratory in collaboration with the Air Force Medical Readiness Agency and the Defense Health Agency and is scheduled to roll out to military treatment facilities later this summer... MORE