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BAMC leaders visit U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research
October 7, 2020 — Brig. Gen. Shan Bagby, Brooke Army Medical Center commanding general and BAMC Command Sgt. Maj. Thurman Reynolds visited the U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston Oct. 2... MORE

Maj. Laura Riddle (center), chief of veterinary support branch at the U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research, describes how research spaces were transformed into an intensive care unit to support a possible overflow of COVID-positive patients at Brooke Army Medical Center to Brig. Gen. Shan K. Bagby, BAMC commanding general, and BAMC Command Sgt. Maj. Thurman Reynolds.

MEDCoE holds National Disability Employment Awareness Month event
October 6, 2020 — October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month, or NDEAM. The U.S. Army Medical Center of Excellence hosts the National Disability Employment Awareness Month virtual observance at 11 a.m. Oct. 27. The theme is “Don't Set Limits on Unlimited Potential!”... MORE

This observance will be live streamed on the MEDCoE Facebook page at @medicalCoE at 11:30 a.m. This event is sponsored by the 232nd Medical Battalion. Guest speaker is retired Capt. John Arroyo.

ARSOUTH commander meets with Colombian army commander
October 6, 2020 — Maj. Gen. Daniel Walrath, U.S. Army South commander, meets with Gen. Eduardo E. Zapateiro, National Army of Colombia commander, Oct. 5 in Bogota, Colombia... MORE

Maj. Gen. Daniel Walrath, U.S. Army South commander, meets with Gen. Eduardo E. Zapateiro, National Army of Colombia commander, on Oct. 5 in Bogota, Colombia.

ARSOUTH shares lessons learned with Salvadoran Army
October 6, 2020 — A Center for Army Lessons Learned, or CALL, program development seminar was conducted by U.S. Army South with the Salvadoran Army and El Salvador’s Joint Center of Doctrine and Military Education virtually Sept. 23-24... MORE

U.S. Army South personnel conduct a subject matter expert exchange with the Salvadoran Army virtually to share information on the Center for Army Lessons Learned Sept. 23.

Former CSAF retires in San Antonio
October 6, 2020 — Retired Gen. David L. Goldfein, the 21st Chief of Staff of the U.S. Air Force, goes over paperwork with Tech. Sgt. Steven Daniels from the 502nd Comptroller Squadron Sept. 30. A command pilot with more than 4,200 flight hours, Goldfein served 37 years in the Air Force and is retiring to the San Antonio area... MORE

Retired Gen. David L. Goldfein, the 21st Chief of Staff of the U.S. Air Force, goes over paperwork with Tech. Sgt. Steven Daniels from the 502nd Comptroller Squadron Sept. 30. A command pilot with more than 4,200 flight hours, Goldfein served 37 years in the Air Force and is retiring to the San Antonio area.

MEDCoE’s new Ready and Resilience Council finds support throughout JBSA
October 6, 2020 — The U.S. Army Medical Center of Excellence, or MEDCoE, conducted it's inaugural Ready and Resilience Council, or R2C, meeting Sept. 21 at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston... MORE

Maj. Gen. Dennis LeMaster, commanding general of the U.S. Army Medical Center of Excellence, addresses the audience at the MEDCoE Ready and Resilient Council meeting, where various Joint Base San Antonio installation programs and mission partners shared how they can help play a role in combating the unit corrosives.

JBSA cancels trainee Thanksgiving programs
October 6, 2020 — The U.S. Army Medical Center of Excellence Thanksgiving event, as well as the 37th Training Wing’s “Operation Home Cooking” and “Operation Family Feast,” similar programs for Airmen in Basic Military Training and Technical Training, respectively, have been cancelled... MORE

433rd FSS welcomes new commander
October 5, 2020 — The Airmen of the 433rd Force Support Squadron are under new leadership, as Maj. Thanya Martinez assumed command of the squadron in a traditional change of command ceremony Oct. 3... MORE

Col. Wayne M. Williams, 433rd Mission Support Group commander, presents the 433rd Force Support Squadron guidon to Maj. Thanya A. Martinez, during a change of command ceremony Oct. 4, 2020 at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas.

Mother follows son enlisting in Navy
October 5, 2020 — A mother of two from Kerrville is following her son into the Navy, fulfilling her longtime dream of serving in the military. The mother-and-son Sailors were both recruited by Navy Recruiting District-San Antonio... MORE

Bobbi Saenz (second from left) stands next to her son Diego Saenz (third from left) at his high school graduation in Kerrville in 2018. Family members joining them are Raul Vasquez (left) Bobbi Saenz’s son, and Jay Vasquez (right). Both Bobbi and Diego Saenz are currently serving in the Navy.

October is Domestic Violence Prevention Month: ‘United to End Abuse’
October 5, 2020 — National Domestic Violence Awareness Month has been recognized every October for the last 31 years as a time when people and communities across the United States honor those who have lost their lives to domestic violence... MORE

National Domestic Violence Awareness Month has been recognized every October for the last 31 years as a time when people and communities across the United States honor those who have lost their lives to domestic violence.

Air Force Recruiting’s Det. 1 celebrates two years of mentoring youth, addressing rated diversity
October 5, 2020 — The mission of Air Force Recruiting Service’s Detachment 1 is to inform, influence and inspire our nation’s youth and their influencers. Its goal is to get in front of every demographic group in America and show them someone in a flight suit who looks like them that they can look up to... MORE

Det. 1 is celebrating two years of addressing rated diversity in the Air Force. Since its inception in October 2018, Det. 1 has conducted 165 events with over 355,000 attendees, directly mentoring more than 39,000 youth.

Air Force Recruiting makes goal for FY20
October 5, 2020 — Despite challenges due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Air Force Recruiting Service had a successful fiscal 2020 making adjusted recruitment goals and achieving new milestones for the year... MORE

Lt. Col. Annie Driscoll, AFRS Det. 1 commander, rings the ceremonial bell in honor of AFRS making recruiting goal for fiscal 2020.

Centralized Cargo Operations unique team with critical mission
October 2, 2020 — One of the precautions taken by Joint Base San Antonio at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic was adding a second Basic Military Training location at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, to help better ensure physical distancing between recruits. Accomplishing this task required many other logistical modifications, and one group of people had a key role to play in achieving this... MORE

David Howard, a 502nd Centralized Cargo Operations, or CCO, maintainer at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, reviews a shipment work order Oct. 5. After the release of a shipment, the CCO tracks packages so the recipient knows when it will arrive.

JBSA’s annual Volunteer Awards Ceremony Oct. 28
October 2, 2020 — Joint Base San Antonio will recognize the efforts of individuals and groups who have helped and given their time to the local community at the ninth annual Volunteer Awards Ceremony Oct. 28 at the JBSA-Fort Sam Houston Military & Family Readiness Center... MORE

Volunteers at the annual Joint Base San Antonio Volunteer of the Year Awards Ceremony at the JBSA-Fort Sam Houston Military & Family Readiness Center in 2018.

502nd CPTS closes FY20, reopens customer service desks
October 2, 2020 — Members of the 502nd Comptroller Squadron “Dragons” worked late into the night Sept. 30 to ensure the 502nd Air Base Wing’s $578 million fiscal year 2020 budget was executed responsibly before the midnight deadline... MORE

Brig. Gen. Caroline Miller, 502d Air Base Wing and Joint Base San Antonio commander, right, visited the Dragons on Sept. 30 to congratulate the budget analysis team and to unfurl the unit banner—symbolically celebrating the 502nd Comptroller Squadron consolidation efforts at JBSA-Lackland and the reopening of customer lobbies at all JBSA locations.

Electronic Flight Bag program continues its evolution at JBSA-Randolph
October 2, 2020 — The 12th Operations Group’s Electronic Flight Bag, or EFB, program, managed by the 12th Training Squadron EFB Office, supplements paper publications used by pilots with iPad touchscreen tablet computers... MORE

Charlie Turner, 12th Training Squadron electronic flight bag hardware manager, loads EFB devices into a charging station as he prepares for a software update Oct. 1, 2020, at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph.

IMCOM drives change for the Army
October 2, 2020 — Gen. Edward Daly, commanding general of Army Materiel Command, visited Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston Sept. 25 to collaborate with and provide guidance to the leadership of U.S. Army Installation Management Command... MORE

Lt. Gen. Douglas M. Gabram (right), commanding general, U.S. Army Installation Management Command, speaks with Gen. Edward Daly (left), commanding general, Army Materiel Command, Sept. 25 in the IMCOM Operations Center at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston. Daly came to IMCOM to collaborate with and provide guidance to the command’s leadership.

MICC overcomes COVID-19 challenges to meet mission partner contract needs
October 2, 2020 — Following the largest federal workplace telework transition in history, members of the Mission and Installation Contracting Command continued executing contract actions through the final hours of the fiscal 2020 in the Army’s fight against COVID-19 while also meeting installation readiness requirements throughout the country... MORE

Jim Keetch leads a virtual advanced planning briefing to industry from his office earlier this summer at Dugway Proving Ground, Utah. Challenges posed by COVID-19 and subsequent transition to a remote work environment did not deter Mission and Installation Contracting Command personnel from meeting critical installation readiness contract needs. Keetch is director of contracting for MICC-Dugway Proving Ground.

National Disability Employment Awareness Month: Increasing access, opportunity
October 2, 2020 — This October marks not only the 75th observance of National Disability Employment Awareness Month, but also the 30th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act... MORE

This October marks not only the 75th observance of National Disability Employment Awareness Month, but also the 30th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act.

149th Operations Group’s Yankee Range operators clear strafe pits
October 2, 2020 — These members of 149th Operations Group’s Detachment 1 must clear the surface and remove projectiles from the strafe pit as part of their recurring maintenance... MORE