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Talent Marketplace assignment system expands to all officer specialty codes
February 1, 2019 — The Air Force will use Talent Marketplace, a key talent management technology, to manage all officer assignments going forward, starting with the Winter 2019/2020 assignment cycle. All officers should log on to myVECTOR to update their profile information by Feb. 8... MORE

Talent Marketplace expands, supports all officer assignments

Three ANG weather members win Air Force-level competition
February 1, 2019 — Three Air National Guard members take first place in the Thor’s Legion Forecast Challenge, an Air Force-level competition held virtually at bases across the country. ... MORE

(Left to right) Airman 1st Class Garrett Starr, Iowa Air National Guard’s 132nd Operations Group, Master Sgt. J. Garrett Palmer, Florida ANG’s 131st Training Flight, and Airman 1st Class Phillip Turney, Texas ANG’s 209th Weather Flight, pose for a picture after winning the Thor’s Legion Forecast Challenge, an Air Force level competition that tests the forecasting capabilities of Airmen across the weather community.

BAMC seeking ‘mystery shoppers’ to help improve patient experience
January 31, 2019 — Retail stores often use secret shoppers to improve customer service. Brooke Army Medical Center at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston is now implementing a similar concept to improve patient experience... MORE

Volunteer Cynthia Barrera hands Sgt. 1st Class Andrew Gittens, Medical Education Training Campus instructor and writer, a Mystery Shopping Patient Experience pamphlet at Brooke Army Medical Center, Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston Jan. 25. The program enlists patients to anonymously evaluate the care they receive at medical appointments.

Army surgeon general addresses Army Medical Department Retired Senior Leader Forum
January 31, 2019 — Lt. Gen. Nadja Y. West, U.S. Army Surgeon General and commanding general, U.S. Army Medical Command, gave opening remarks during the Army Medical Department Retired Senior Leader Forum held at the Training Support Center on Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston Jan. 29. The forum provided a discussion on the vision for the future of Army Medicine's organizational structure... MORE

Lt. Gen. Nadja Y. West, U.S. Army Surgeon General and Commanding General U.S. Army Medical Command, gives opening remarks during the Army Medical Department Retired Senior Leader Forum held at the Training Support Center on Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston January 29. The forum provided a discussion on the vision for the future of Army Medicine's organizational structure.

Army offers more flexibility with new parental leave policy
January 31, 2019 — The Army has doubled the amount of parental leave available to fathers and other secondary caregivers of newborn infants with a policy that also provides more leave flexibility for mothers... MORE

Capt. Harold Rivard, assigned to 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, is reunited with his daughter, Landry, and wife, Sarah, following a homecoming ceremony at the William Bill Reed Special Event Center, Fort Carson, Colo., Nov. 17, 2018.

Adjutant General's Leader Development Program visits 149th Fighter Wing
January 31, 2019 — Participants of The Adjutant General's Leader Development Program visited the 149th Fighter Wing at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland Jan. 30. TAGLDP is intended to fill critical preparation gaps by introducing mid-level leaders to Texas Military Department specific strategic level concepts... MORE

Participants of The Adjutant General's Leader Development Program visited the 149th Fighter Wing at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland Jan. 30. TAGLDP is intended to fill critical preparation gaps by introducing mid-level leaders to Texas Military Department specific strategic level concepts.

JBSA Command Post responds, reacts, resolves
January 30, 2019 — Emergency action controllers in command post determine how the base responds and reacts in emergencies, such as a base fire, and then how to resolve the situation in question... MORE

Basic Military Training puts focus on heritage
January 30, 2019 — Basic Military Training has implemented several heritage-based programs in an effort to better connect Airmen to the Air Force core values... MORE

U.S. Air Force Academy advertises new enlisted academic instructor positions
January 30, 2019 — For the first time in Air Force Academy history, enlisted Airmen will be deliberately hired for faculty teaching positions. The Air Force Personnel Center began announcing Jan. 23 the need for senior noncommissioned officers to fill enlisted academic instructor positions at the school... MORE

For the first time in Air Force Academy history, enlisted Airmen will be deliberately hired for faculty teaching positions. The Air Force Personnel Center began announcing Jan. 23 the need for senior noncommissioned officers to fill enlisted academic instructor positions at the school.

59th MDW commander visits Gateway Bulverde Clinic
January 30, 2019 — Maj. Gen. John DeGoes, 59th Medical Wing commander and Chief Master Sgt. Chuck Frizzell, 59th MDW command chief, recently toured the Gateway Bulverde Clinic Jan. 25 and spoke with the Airmen who keep the growing demand for primary care on the north side of San Antonio running. The facility is located on the second floor of Bulverde’s Baptist Emergency Hospital, and features comprehensive family health care with on-site laboratory and pharmacy services... MORE

Maj. Gen. John J. DeGoes (right), 59th Medical Wing commander, coins Dr. Kenneth McGill (left), family care practitioner, during his visit to the Gateway Bulverde Clinic in San Antonio Jan. 25. DeGoes visited Gateway Bulverde Clinic to recognize the team for outstanding patient care.

Twins continue family tradition of service by joining America’s Navy
January 30, 2019 — Continuing a family tradition of military service, fraternal twin sisters Hanna and Halle Von Plueren of San Antonio, are joining America’s Navy... MORE

(From left) Chief Petty Officer Sambath Ham, Navy Recruiting Station North East; future Sailor Halle Von Plueren; Master Chief Petty Officer Matthew Maduemesi, chief recruiter of Navy Recruiting District San Antonio; future Sailor Hanna Von Plueren; and Petty Officer 2nd Class Francisco Sierra of NRS North East, pose for photos at NRD San Antonio headquarters at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston. Continuing a family tradition of military service, the Von Pluerens of San Antonio, who are fraternal twins, are joining America’s Navy.

METC student overcomes challenges to fulfill dream of joining the Navy
January 30, 2019 — Through perseverance, patience and determination, Seaman Gideon Osei is fulfilling his dream of serving in the Navy. Overcoming obstacles, challenges and doubts along the way that would have caused others to quit, Osei has persevered and is beginning his service in the Navy as a hospital corpsman after graduating from the Medical Education and Training Campus at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston Jan. 28. ... MORE

Seaman Gideon Osei practices patient care by working on a mannequin in a training room at the Medical Education and Training Campus at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston. Osei, who emigrated to the U.S. from Ghana three years ago, graduated from the METC Hospital Corpsman Basic Program Jan. 28.

Changes at HQ AETC focus on force development efforts
January 29, 2019 — Lt. Gen. Steve Kwast, commander of Air Education and Training Command, announced changes to Headquarters AETC and to 2nd and 19th Numbered Air Force organizations Jan. 28, in order to refocus the headquarters on force development efforts... MORE

Lt. Gen. Steve Kwast, commander of Air Education and Training Command, announced changes to Headquarters AETC and to 2nd and 19th Numbered Air Force organizations today, in order to refocus the headquarters on force development efforts. This reorganization allows the Headquarters AETC staff to focus on broader force-development responsibilities, ensuring policy and strategy are aligned within the command and across the entire Air Force developmental enterprise.

Outstanding program manager represents AETC
January 29, 2019 — Alan Becker is an unassuming man. If you worked down the hall from him, you might see him as a kind, hardworking man but not much more. He has a friendly voice that matches the half-smile that’s always on his face. When he speaks, he uses everyday language even though he is highly intelligent. Talking to him, he might tell you about gardening with his wife, all about his three grandchildren, or about his church’s “Inquiry Class” he has taught for the past 10 years... MORE

Air Force civilian Alan Becker; Planning, Programs, Bases and Units program manager in Air Education and Training Command, interviews in the AETC public affairs office, Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph Jan. 17. Becker was the 2019 AETC winner of the Air Force Association Outstanding Civilian Program Manager of the Year award.

Registration opens for 3rd annual I-WEPTAC
January 29, 2019 — The Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center announces registration for the Third Annual Installation and Mission Support Weapons and Tactics Conference is open. The conference provides the only Air Force innovation forum for the installation and mission support, or I&MS, community. It takes place the end of March and early April in San Antonio with an outbrief April 10 at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland... MORE

Capt. Alex Pagano, a career broadening officer at Hill Air Force Base and mission area working group chair for the 2019 I-WEPTAC, begins working his topic at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland Jan. 23. This year's topics include Command and Control of the Installation as a Weapons System; Leveraging Technology and Innovation for the Installation We Need; Integration of Training & Technology Across Multi-Domain Operations; and Logistics Under Attack. I-WEPTAC focuses on agile combat support core functions and addresses current and future challenges in the I&MS mission sets. The outputs will be actionable recommendations that ensure we continue to deliver agile I&MS capabilities in support of national defense and major command operational plans.

JBSA-Lackland hosts annual Snow Fest celebration
January 29, 2019 — Joint Base San Antonio Community Programs hosted the annual Snow Fest celebration at the JBSA-Lackland Amphitheater on Jan. 25, 2019. Hundreds of military members and their families enjoyed giant snow slides, a snow play area, interactive activities, music and all kinds of food vendors... MORE

Joint Base San Antonio Community Programs hosted the annual Snow Fest celebration at the JBSA-Lackland Amphitheater on Jan. 25, 2019. Hundreds of military members and their families enjoyed giant snow slides, a snow play area, interactive activities, music and all kinds of food vendors.

AMEDDC&S participates at Uzbekistan Preventive Medicine Exchange
January 29, 2019 — The U.S. Army Medical Center & School, Health Readiness Center of Excellence at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston was represented by Lt. Col. Stephen E. Cassle, Food Protection Branch Department of Veterinary Science chief, at the Preventive Medicine Subject Matter Expert Exchange held Dec. 3-7, 2018, at the Central Military Medical Hospital at Tashkent, Uzbekistan... MORE

Lt. Col. Stephen E. Cassle, Food Protection Branch Department of Veterinary Science chief, represented the Army Medical Center & School, Health Readiness Center of Excellence at the Preventive Medicine Subject Matter Expert Exchange at the Central Military Medical Hospital at Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

AB-positive, AB-negative blood donors needed urgently
January 29, 2019 — The Akeroyd Blood Donor Center at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston has an urgent need for AB-positive or AB-negative plasma donors... MORE

Receiving the gift of blood can mean the difference between life-or-death for those in need. In order for them to receive this life-saving substance, others must be willing to donate their blood.

New year, new you: setting realistic goals
January 29, 2019 — Every New Year, thousands of people make personal pacts to improve their lives over the coming year – workout more; catch up with old friends; watch less TV… and of course, make better food choices... MORE

Nutritionists stress people eat healthy, well-balanced meals, include exercise and set realistic goals for weight loss.

Federal tax law changes affect military, spouses
January 28, 2019 — Most service members and their families will see a reduction in their tax bills this year, but there are a number of changes in U.S. federal tax laws that they need to be aware of, said Army Lt. Col. Dave Dulaney, the executive director of the Pentagon’s Armed Forces Tax Council... MORE

Service members will likely see a reduction in their tax bills this year as a number of changes to the tax code come into effect.