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Soaring Valor flight brings World War II veterans, high school students together for New Orleans trip
October 19, 2018 — They came from different services. They had different experiences serving their nation during World War II. They fought in different countries. But the 40 WWII veterans gathered at the San Antonio International Airport Oct. 17 had one thing in common: Patriotism … Honor ... Pride. ... MORE

A World War II veteran holds his hand over his heart during the Pledge of Allegiance at the conclusion of a sendoff ceremony at the San Antonio International Airport Oct. 17 which saw 40 WWII veterans take off for a trip to New Orleans to visit the National World War II Museum. The Soaring Valor program, sponsored by the Gary Sinise Foundation, helped send the veterans and 40 high school Student companions from Dallas, to the museum.

Feedback Fridays
October 19, 2018 — 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. 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.

Fisher House hosts Appreciation Day luncheon
October 18, 2018 — When a member of a military family becomes ill, many of life’s everyday challenges get put on the back burner while treatment is sought... MORE

EMT Instructor course builds Air Force firefighters capabilities
October 18, 2018 — Air Force firefighters from several military installations across the United States will be certified as Emergency Medical Technician Instructors through an emergency management services course at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland Oct. 15-19... MORE

Lincoln Military Housing opens Bark Park for four-legged friends
October 18, 2018 — Lincoln Military Housing at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston now offers a place where four-legged friends can run and play. The Bark Park, located behind building 407, opened Oct. 2 during a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the park... MORE

Lincoln Military Housing at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston now offers a place where four-legged friends can run and play. The Bark Park, located behind building 407, opened Oct. 2 during a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the park.

October reminds us the importance of good oral health
October 18, 2018 — October is National Dental Hygiene Month, an effort to celebrate the work dental hygienists do and help raise awareness of the importance of good oral health... MORE

October is National Dental Hygiene Month and serves as a great opportunity to emphasize the importance of good oral hygiene.

USAISR pilot program provides training on burn care to deploying servicemembers
October 18, 2018 — A pilot program at the U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research Burn Center at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston is providing hands-on clinical training to deploying service members on the care and treatment of one of the most complex patient populations in the military – those with burn and traumatic injuries... MORE

Maj. Allison Ferro, U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research Burn Center chief of clinical education (left) and Patricia Colston, USAISR Burn Center nurse educator (right) prepare a patient mannequin used for training in the Clinical Pre-Deployment Training Pilot Program. The pilot program gives groups and teams of medical service members who are preparing for deployment the opportunity to train at the USAISR Burn Center, which is the sole facility within the Department of Defense that cares and treats burn patients who are active-duty and injured in combat, military dependents and non-military civilian emergencies.

Protect yourself, guard against mosquitos
October 18, 2018 — Due to the recent heavy rains, the amount of mosquitos has increased at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston and JBSA-Camp Bullis. Brooke Army Medical Center Environmental Health Services members are conducting mosquito surveillance and request people don’t tamper with mosquito traps... MORE

Due to the recent heavy rains, the amount of mosquitos has increased at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston and JBSA-Camp Bullis. Brooke Army Medical Center Environmental Health Services members are conducting mosquito surveillance and request people don’t tamper with mosquito traps.

MHS Nurse Advice Line is only a call or click away
October 17, 2018 — The free, 24/7 advice line helps ensure the health and well-being of beneficiaries while reducing unnecessary emergency room and urgent care visits that can strain resources and cause longer wait times for all patients... MORE

s of April 1, the MHS Nurse Advice Line expanded to include additional health care support services. The advice line is available by phone, web chat or video chat to beneficiaries who are anywhere in the world with a military treatment facility – including Guam, Puerto Rico, Cuba, South Korea, and Japan.

346th Test Squadron moves to new home
October 17, 2018 — The 346th Test Squadron conducted a ribbon-cutting ceremony at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland Oct. 15. The ceremony was hosted to welcome the Unified Capabilities Assessment Program team to its new home. The team provides Department of Defense Information Network, or DODIN, Approved Products List, or APL, testing of communications equipment before the equipment can be connected to the DODIN. UCAP is the only Air Force lab that provides DODIN APL testing and results are accepted Department of Defense-wide... MORE

Col. Melissa Cunningham, 67th Cyberspace Wing commander, addresses attendees during a ribbon cutting ceremony at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland Oct. 15. The ceremony was hosted to welcome the 346th Test Squadron, Unified Capabilities Assessment Program team to its new home. The UCAP team provides Department of Defense Information Network Approved Products List testing of communications equipment before the equipment can be connected to the DODIN. UCAP is the only Air Force lab that provides DODIN APL testing and results are accepted DOD-wide.

VIPER Clinic stands ready to keep security forces students fresh for the fight
October 17, 2018 — At the 343rd Training Squadron, the road to becoming a Defender in the U.S. Air Force is not for the faint of heart. Twelve-plus-hour training days, unpredictable weather, intense physical conditioning and a demanding academic curriculum are waiting for Airmen who wish to earn their place in U.S. Air Force Security Forces... MORE

Jacquelyn Hale, a 343rd Training Squadron athletic trainer, walks a 343rd TRS trainee through physical training exercises

Gateway Bulverde Clinic pharmacy: Medicine for North Central San Antonio patients
October 17, 2018 — The Gateway Bulverde Clinic pharmacy celebrated six months of operation at its new location in the far North Central area of San Antonio on the second floor of Baptist Emergency Hospital Oct. 17. The new pharmacy is a boon for patients in the area... MORE

Tech. Sgt. Skyler N. Kieran, Gateway Bulverde Clinic pharmacy NCOIC, performs a routine inspection on the medications at the pharmacy. The pharmacy is located in the far North Central area of San Antonio on the second floor of the Baptist Emergency Hospital building and is open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.

JBSA competes in annual Rambler 120
October 17, 2018 — Despite forecasts of rain and wind, more than 150 members of Joint Base San Antonio came together Oct. 13 to compete in the annual Rambler 120 at the JBSA Recreation Area at Canyon Lake, Texas. The Rambler 120, which began in 2006, is composed of a 6-mile run, 22-mile bike ride and 2-mile raft race as well as a mystery event, which was sorting out marbles by color this year... MORE

Members of Joint Base San Antonio compete in the Rambler 120 Oct. 13, 2018, at JBSA Recreation Area at Canyon Lake, Texas.

'Port Dawgs' team with 'Alamo Dustoff' for nighttime helicopter missions
October 17, 2018 — For the second time in as many months, a joint air-ground team soared across the nighttime skies of San Antonio Oct. 12 in a scene reminiscent of a Hollywood action blockbuster. On the heels of a mirror-image mission that took place Aug. 22, Airmen from the 26th Aerial Port Squadron trained with the “Alamo Dustoff” Soldiers of Company C, 2-149 Aviation Regiment, Texas Army National Guard, and an active duty pathfinder team for the tactical day and nighttime helicopter extraction and insertion of disaster-relief supplies and personnel... MORE

1st Lt. Adam Brewer (left), Tech. Sgt. Steven Rose and Senior Airman Jeremiah Mata, 26th Aerial Port Squadron, aerial transportation technicians, provide a thumbs-up

Army Secretary: Civilians play a huge role in Army's modernization
October 17, 2018 — It's up to civilian employees to sustain the Army's current momentum of modernization and reform, said Secretary of the Army Mark Esper Oct. 10 after he awarded the first of a new set of service pins for civilian personnel... MORE

Mark Esper, Secretary of the Army, attends the annual AUSA Annual Meeting and Exposition in Washington D.C., Oct. 8-10.

AETC Command Surgeon provides thoughts on Air Force Medicine
October 17, 2018 — As Air Force Medicine continues to go through organizational change, the major command surgeons general are hard at work, playing a pivotal role in the Air Force’s ability to stay on the leading edge of Trusted Care healthcare. This month we sat down with Air Education and Training Command’s Surgeon, Col. (Dr.) Gianna R. Zeh, to discuss ongoing improvements, how medical Airmen can succeed, and her personal journey as a leader... MORE

As Air Force Medicine continues to go through organizational change, the MAJCOM Surgeons are hard at work, playing a pivotal role in the Air Force’s ability to stay on the leading edge of Trusted Care healthcare. This month we sat down with Air Education and Training Command’s Surgeon, Col. (Dr.) Gianna R. Zeh, to discuss ongoing improvements, how medical Airmen can succeed, and her personal journey as a leader.

AFPC increases transparency of Developmental Special Duty assignments
October 17, 2018 — The Air Force’s Personnel Center has revised the way it delivers notifications for Airmen selected for Military Training Instructor (8B000) and Military Training Leader (8B100) Developmental Special Duty assignments in an effort to create more commander involvement and increase transparency in the process... MORE

AFPC implements advanced notification for two Developmental Special Duty assignments in order to increase transparency of the DSD assignment process. This change supports Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Goldfein’s “Revitalizing Squadrons” effort, ensuring commanders are aware of assignments given to their Airmen.

‘Bricks in the Loop’ provides cyber Airmen an innovative, low-cost training option
October 17, 2018 — As the cyber realm evolves, effects from cyberattacks are moving from the digital world to the physical one... MORE

The “Bricks in the Loop” cyber-physical training platform at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, helps 90th Cyberspace Operations Squadron members ready the Air Force’s Cyber Protection Teams. The CPTs defend priority Department of Defense networks and systems against malicious cyber-physical acts.

Brooke Army Medical Center tests emergency capabilities during city-wide exercise
October 16, 2018 — The scenario for this exercise was mass shooting involving explosives at Freeman Coliseum in downtown San Antonio. At BAMC, an additional scenario involving a tanker truck containing a chemical agent colliding with a bus carrying patients, was added to test the hospital’s ability to decontaminate patients before treatment... MORE

Steven Burton (right), emergency manager, briefs members of the Emergency Operations Center during the 2018 San Antonio Mass Casualty Exercise and Evaluation at Brooke Army Medical Center Oct. 11. The exercise simulated an active shooter scenario to test the capabilities of hospitals and emergency responders in the San Antonio area.

Veterinary 'One Health Week' offers discounts for pet-related services
October 16, 2018 — Joint Base San Antonio Veterinary Treatment Facilities are participating in the first U.S. Army Veterinary Services One Health Week from Nov. 5-9... MORE

Joint Base San Antonio Veterinary Treatment Facilities are participating in the first U.S. Army Veterinary Services One Health Week from Nov. 5-9. During this time, a $30 wellness discount will be available for clients when their pets receive wellness-related services, such as wellness exams, vaccinations, preventive medications or other items that promote the goals of “One Health.”