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JBSA pools open, attendance limited due to coronavirus
June 26, 2020 — Swim season opened at Joint Base San Antonio June 24, but the later-than-usual start was not the only change at the installations’ pools this summer... MORE

Lifeguard Brandon Mercado looks out over an empty pool at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph on June 25, the second day the JBSA pools were open for the summer.

Boy Scout Troop 23 lends helping hands across JBSA-Fort Sam Houston
June 26, 2020 — For three days over the June 20 weekend, Boy Scouts from Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston’s Troop 23 replaced the ramp at the Marine Corps Wounded Warrior Detachment near Brooke Army Medical Center as part of a member’s Eagle Scout project... MORE

Boy Scouts from Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston’s Troop 23 helped to complete an Eagle Scout project, which involved the construction of two U.S. flag collection boxes.

Air Force’s inaugural ECHO Flight Airmen share their experiences
June 26, 2020 — Ten Airmen were part of the Defense Language Institute English Language Center’s first-ever ECHO Flight beta test, a replica of the U.S. Army ECHO Company program which has been carried out by DLIELC since 1975. ECHO flight’s mission was to provide English-language training and cultural immersion to enable anyone who would like to serve in the Air Force to do so effectively... MORE

U.S. Air Force basic training trainee Alexie Delgado Berrios goes through the Leadership Reaction Course

All Army personnel, veterans asked to be recruiters next week
June 26, 2020 — The Army’s top recruiting officer has requested every person affiliated with the Army, including veterans, to be an active recruiter next week, as part of a three-day virtual hiring event that aims to put 10,000 more recruits in boots. The Army National Hiring Days, which kick off June 30, is an all-Army outreach effort to tap into recruiting pools across the country using virtual engagements... MORE

Total force basic trainees part of Air Force Reserve history
June 26, 2020 — Several hundred Total Force Air Force enlisted basic military trainees assigned to the 433rd Training Squadron, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, are making history as the first class to enter training in the fully operational, all-Reserve military training squadron. The 433rd TRS, one of seven squadrons assigned to the 340th Flying Training Group at JBSA-Randolph, is the only all-Reserve military training instructor squadron in the Air Force... MORE

Feedback Fridays
June 26, 2020 — 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

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.

JBSA to transition to HPCON Charlie
June 26, 2020 — To better posture Joint Base San Antonio and help reduce community spread of COVID-19, the JBSA commander is increasing the Health Protection Condition to Charlie, or HPCON C effective June 26... MORE

To better posture Joint Base San Antonio and help reduce community spread of COVID-19, the JBSA commander is increasing the Health Protection Condition to Charlie, or HPCON C effective June 26.

23rd Intelligence Squadron conducts first-ever virtual PAI training
June 26, 2020 — Reserve Citizen Airmen from the 23rd Intelligence Squadron at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland organized and executed a first-ever, unit-wide Publicly Available Information, or PAI, training session June 6... MORE

Airmen from the 23rd Intelligence Squadron organized and executed a first-ever, unit-wide Publicly Available Information (PAI) training session June 6, 2020. The goal of the training was to educate 23 IS Airmen with PAI best practices and highlight the capabilities that PAI brings to intelligence operations.

Million Piece Mission jigsaw features National Museum of the U.S. Air Force
June 25, 2020 — Air Force Recruiting Service joined the trend of virtual jigsaw puzzles with the launch of an online challenge of piecing together a 1.03 gigapixel image from the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force... MORE

JBSA-Randolph's Martin Hall conference room to be renamed in honor of first female USAF pilots; watch live June 29
June 25, 2020 — Air Education and Training Command officials will rename the Martin Hall conference room during a virtual ceremony here June 29, 2020 at 10 a.m. CST... MORE

Air Education and Training Command officials will rename the Martin Hall conference room during a virtual ceremony here June 29, 2020 at 9 a.m. CST.

JBSA-Lackland’s Southeast Asia Airpark relocated
June 25, 2020 — The Southeast Asia Airpark at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland has been relocated to the area north of the Parade Ground Airpark to accommodate the construction of two new Airman Training Complexes and a drainage area for rainwater runoff... MORE

MEDCoE provides help to New York, New Jersey medical facilities in response to COVID-19
June 25, 2020 — During the first few months of the coronavirus pandemic, the U.S. Army Medical Center of Excellence at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston provided resources, expertise and assistance to medical facilities in New York and New Jersey overwhelmed by COVID-19 cases... MORE

U.S. Army South welcomes new command sergeant major
June 25, 2020 — U.S. Army South bid farewell to Command Sgt. Maj. William Rinehart and welcomed Command Sgt. Maj. Trevor Walker during a change of responsibility ceremony at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston June 23... MORE

12th TRS Airman delivers first public speech
June 24, 2020 — Master Sgt. Demetrius Owens, 12th Training Squadron superintendent, volunteered to guest speak at the Class of 2020 Military Service Academy Appointment and Military Enlistee graduation ceremony June 11, 2020 at Schertz Veterans Memorial Plaza... MORE

The 2020 graduates have all decided to serve the country by joining the military.

AF combat arms units to get new Air Force handgun
June 24, 2020 — Combat Arms units across the Air Force are getting new and improved 9mm caliber handguns to replace the M9 pistols that have been in service since 1985. ... MORE

Tech. Sgt. Brady Craddock, non-commissioned officer in charge of the Air Force Gunsmith Shop, explains the benefits of the M18 modular handgun system. The Air Force Security Forces Center, in partnership with the Air Force Small Arms Program Office, has begun fielding the new M18 to Security Forces units.(U.S. Air Force photo by Vicki Stein/Released)

SAUSHEC continues tradition of excellence
June 24, 2020 — The 2020 San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium, or SAUSHEC, graduation ceremony was originally scheduled for June 5; however, with the COVID-19 pandemic, the graduation and awards ceremonies were postponed and changed to reflect the safety protocols now in place... MORE

Air Force Surgeon General authorizes 5-year shaving waivers
June 24, 2020 — In a memorandum dated June 18, 2020, Lt. Gen. Dorothy Hogg, Air Force Surgeon General authorized five-year shaving waivers for Air and Space professionals diagnosed with Pseudofolliculitis Barbae, effective immediately. Driven by feedback from the field, the change is intended to provide more time for skin to heal and prevent a recurrence... MORE

Historic Fort Sam Houston Theatre marks 85th anniversary
June 24, 2020 — The U.S. Army’s oldest theatre, the Fort Sam Houston Theatre on Stanley Road at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, marks its 85th anniversary June 30... MORE

The Fort Sam Houston Theatre, the U.S. Army’s oldest theatre, is located on Stanley Road at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston. The historical building marked its 85th anniversary June 30.

479th Flying Training Group welcomes new commander
June 23, 2020 — The 479th Flying Training Group turned the next chapter as Col. Charles McElvaine relinquished command to Col. William O’Brien IV. The ceremony was presided over by Col. Mark Robinson, 12th Flying Training Wing commander, at Naval Air Station Pensacola’s National Naval Aviation Museum... MORE

Unprecedented collaboration demonstrated at Army housing summit
June 23, 2020 — Lt. Gen. Douglas Gabram, IMCOM commanding general, hosted a three-day housing summit between Army senior leaders, RCI partner company executives, and garrison commanders alongside the leader of their local privatized housing provider at IMCOM headquarters at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston June 15-17... MORE

Mark Chamberlain, residential maintenance technician, Balfour Beatty Communities, repairs a gutter June 9 at a home in the Cherokee Village neighborhood at Fort Carson, Colorado.