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USAISR collaboration to optimize combat casualty care
January 12, 2021 — The U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston continues to be a driving force behind important advances in combat casualty care. Contributing to the Institute’s success has been establishing and maintaining collaborations with governmental and nongovernmental organizations to include industry and academia... MORE

Jose Salinas, Ph.D. (right), chief of Engineering Processes and Product Development at the U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, explains the research his team is conducting to Col. Bruce Syvinski (left), director of Medical Capability Development Integration Directorate at the Futures and Concepts Center at JBSA-Fort Sam Houston.

Power grid protection at forefront of San Antonio, JBSA electromagnetic defense initiatives
January 12, 2021 — In March 2019, members of the San Antonio-Electromagnetic Defense, SA-EMD, and Joint Base San Antonio-Electromagnetic Defense Initiative, JBSA-EDI, mapped out a basic strategy to ensure military operations in San Antonio will continue in a post-electromagnetic pulse, or post-EMP, environment. Their first line of effort is infrastructure resiliency... MORE

CPS Energy’s Vice President of Grid Transformation & Engineering, Richard Medina, front, and Chief Security, Safety & Gas Solutions Officer Fred Bonewell evaluate security measures at an area substation.

AFSOC's historic first Pilot Training Next team takes flight
January 12, 2021 — For the first time in Air Force Special Operations Command history, two new graduates from the Air Education and Training Command’s Pilot Training Next, or PTN, training served as aircraft commander and co-pilot on a mission sortie... MORE

Updates to SHARP expedited transfer policy to reinforce 'people first' efforts
January 11, 2021 — The Army plans to roll out new training in support of the expedited transfer policy that provides streamlined and necessary support to Soldiers and adult dependents who are victims of sexual assault... MORE

Sexual Harassment/Assault Response and Prevention program

Air Force Security Force leaders add craftsman course for National Guard, Reserve members to its training roster
January 11, 2021 — The Air Force security forces career recently created its first Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve specific 7-level course... MORE

Staff Sgt. Tina Ryder, an Air National Guard Combat Arms instructor from the 149th Security Forces Squadron, prepares for weapons qualification training at a firing range on Joint Base San Antonio’s Medina Annex May 27, 2020.

‘My biggest dream’: LEAP prepares Airmen for dream jobs
January 11, 2021 — Hundreds of Airmen across Joint Base San Antonio are currently enrolled in the Language Enabled Airman Program... MORE

Air Force Capt. Daniel Bergstresser smiles for a picture during a walk through the Meiji Shrine park in Tokyo, Japan, 2018.

BAMC to transfer new pediatric patients needing inpatient care to preserve COVID efforts
January 11, 2021 — With the ongoing threat of the pandemic and to preserve resources and staffing, Brooke Army Medical Center will transfer new pediatric patients needing inpatient care to local children’s hospitals at this time... MORE

59th Medical Wing Pediatric Critical Care Air Transport Team

BAMC first baby a breath of fresh air for 2021
January 11, 2021 — After a long and arduous 2020, marked by one of the worst pandemics in history, Brooke Army Medical Center welcomed some good news with the birth of Stella Luna Nolasco at 3:26 a.m. Jan. 1... MORE

Stella Luna was the first baby born at BAMC at 3:26 a.m. Jan. 1, 2021, weighing 8 pounds, and 2 ounces.

ARNORTH to adjust military COVID-19 response operation in four states, Navajo Nation
January 11, 2021 — At the request of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, approximately 150 military medical personnel from the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Army began deploying to expand support to California, and approximately 40 U.S. Army Reserve medical personnel deployed to support Arizona as part of a Department of Defense COVID-19 support operation... MORE

Reserve, active duty units brings damaged T-38 back into service
January 8, 2021 — On Dec. 28, 2018, a U.S. Air Force T-38A Talon assigned to Langley Air Force Base, Virginia, was involved in a landing mishap at nearby Newport News International Airport. Now, nearly early two years since the aircraft mishap, aircraft 63-8229 has been fully restored, passing its post-overhaul Functional Check Flight and returned to fully mission capable status Dec. 4, 2020... MORE

U. S. Air Force Lt. Col. Andrew Williams, 415th Flight Test Flight commander, inspects a T-38 before its test flight at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph Dec. 1, 2020.

Joint Base San Antonio selects 2021 Fiesta Air Force ambassadors
January 8, 2021 — Joint Base San Antonio has selected two Airmen to represent the Air Force in the city’s annual Fiesta celebration. Tech. Sgts. Arturo Gomez Jr. and Lateshia Burgess will serve as Air Force ambassadors for Fiesta 2021, scheduled to take place April 15-25... MORE

Joint Base San Antonio has selected two Airmen to represent the Air Force in the city’s annual Fiesta celebration. Tech. Sgts. Arturo Gomez Jr. and Lateshia Burgess will serve as Air Force ambassadors for Fiesta 2021, scheduled to take place April 15-25.

This Is My Squad: Forging leadership skills through the squad leader development course
January 8, 2021 — “This Is My Squad,” an initiative of Sgt. Maj. of the Army Michael A. Grinston, aims to build more cohesive units across the Army and empower noncommissioned officers with the leadership skills to anticipate issues and address them early on... MORE

MEDCoE takes measures to minimize COVID-19 transmission following Holiday Block Leave
January 8, 2021 — U.S. Army Medical Center of Excellence cadre, leaders and medical personnel screened approximately 3,000 Advanced Individual Training Soldiers returning to Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston from their holiday block leave between Dec. 30 and Jan. 4... MORE

Staff Sgt. Michael White, an instructor with the 187th Medical Battalion, takes Pfc. Amaya Cerutti’s temperature after she returned from Holiday Block Leave.

Weingarten Rights: The right of bargaining unit employees to request union representation
January 8, 2021 — Title 5, U.S.C., Chapter 71 – commonly referred to as the “Federal Service Labor-Management Relations Statute,” or the “Statute” for short – governs the federal sector labor relations program throughout covered government agencies for more than 1.9 million employees... MORE

Feedback Fridays
January 8, 2021 — If you have a question or concern, please send an email to jbsapublicaffairs@gmail.com using the subject line “Feedback Fridays.” Questions will be further researched and published as information becomes available... MORE

If you have a question or concern, please send an email to jbsapublicaffairs@gmail.com using the subject line “Feedback Fridays.” Questions will be further researched and published as information becomes available.

JBSA gates enforcing 100 percent DOD ID check starting Jan. 9
January 7, 2021 — Beginning at midnight Jan. 9, all JBSA gates will be enforcing a 100 percent Department of Defense ID card check for every person in the vehicle ages 17 and older... MORE

In response to the increased number of positive COVID-19 cases on local military installations and cases of community transmission in the local area, the 502nd Air Base Wing and Joint Base San Antonio commander increased the Health Protection Condition to Charlie, or HPCON C, effective Jan. 4, 2021.

BAMC takes on additional trauma patients
January 7, 2021 — Brooke Army Medical Center is expanding its ability to care for critically injured community members to help ease the COVID-19 burden on the local healthcare system... MORE

Members of the 555th Forward Surgical Team rush a simulated trauma patient to surgery during training with the Strategic Trauma Readiness Center of San Antonio, or STaRC, at Brooke Army Medical Center at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, May 28, 2020.

Virtual Tech Expo scheduled for Jan. 21
January 7, 2021 — The 502nd Communications Squadron and Army Network Enterprise Center host the Joint Base San Antonio Virtual Tech Expo starting at 9 a.m. Jan. 21... MORE

Joint Base San Antonio Virtual Tech Expo

688th Cyberspace Wing Chaplain Corps organizes virtual resiliency course
January 6, 2021 — Members of Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland recently participated in virtual training to achieve financial stability. Organized by the 688th Cyberspace Wing Chaplain Corps, U.S. Air Force Capt. Amy O’Connell and U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jasmine Jones made the class available during fall 2020. ... MORE

Screenshot of 20 members from the financial management course.

Army Community Service modernizes online volunteer service tool
January 6, 2021 — Volunteers can take advantage of the Army's new Volunteer Management Information System starting Jan. 11. The volunteer information that was previously found on Army OneSource will soon be available through Army Family Web Portal VMIS... MORE

Modernized VMIS webpage login on the Army Family Web Portal.