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Planning and programming summit focuses on “shared way forward”
August 4, 2017 — The Air Force Civil Engineer Center's Planning and Integration Directorate hosted a three-day summit to discuss enterprise initiatives, and planning and programming portfolios... MORE

Mark Correll, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Environment, Safety and Infrastructure, Headquarters Air Force, Pentagon, addresses the audience during the 2017 Planning and Programming Summit.

Summer Safety: Never leave a child alone in a car
August 4, 2017 — In the summer, a car interior can heat up to 170 degrees Fahrenheit in less than 30 minutes. It is never a good idea to leave a child alone in a car for any amount of time and it is against the law in Texas and Joint Base San Antonio... MORE

In the summer, a car interior can heat up to 170 degrees in less than 30 minutes. It is never a good idea to leave a child alone in a car for any amount of time; and it is against the law in Texas and Joint Base San Antonio.

Army confirms new under secretary
August 4, 2017 — The U.S. Senate voted unanimously Aug. 1 to confirm former Army Ranger Ryan McCarthy as the next under secretary of the Army. President Donald J. Trump nominated McCarthy in June for the position. He will succeed Karl Schneider, senior official performing the duties of the under secretary of the Army... MORE

Ryan McCarthy testifies July 12, 2017 at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee. He was confirmed as under secretary of the Army Aug. 1, 2017.

Air Force teen leaders offer messages of hope, resiliency
August 4, 2017 — Teen leaders from Air Force installations worldwide gathered July 10-14, 2017 in San Antonio for the Air Force Youth of the Year and Teen Council Summit. Twenty-six Installation Youth of the Year winners and 12 Air Force Teen Council representatives worked together to develop the 2017-2018 Teen Movement Projects that will be implemented across the Air Force... MORE

Jo Anne Dimitriou, AFSVA executive director, addresses the Air Force Youth of the Year winners during the Air Force Youth of the Year ceremony. (U.S. Air Force photo by Steve Warns / Released)

Air Force senior leaders unveil new priorities
August 4, 2017 — In a recent letter to the Total Force, Secretary of the Air Force Heather Wilson, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David L. Goldfein and Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force Kaleth O. Wright released their new priorities and addressed issues Airmen face day to day... MORE

Air Force leaders recently released new Air Force priorities.

Airmen can now manage life insurance online
August 4, 2017 — Airmen no longer need paper forms to manage their Servicemembers’ Group Life Insurance, thanks to the new SGLI Online Enrollment System, or SOES... MORE

Total Force Airmen no longer need paper forms to manage their Servicemembers’ Group Life Insurance, thanks to the new SGLI Online Enrollment System, or SOES. SGLI provides automatic life insurance coverage of $400,000 to service members when they enter the service.

Corpsman to chaplain: one Sailor’s journey
August 3, 2017 — Sailors at the Navy Medicine Education, Training and Logistics Command, or NMETLC, held a small and unique commissioning ceremony Aug. 1 at their headquarters at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston for one of the Navy’s newest chaplain selects. Ensign Charles Wilton was Petty Officer 1st Class Wilton before receiving his commission during the ceremony. He worked in curriculum management for the Academics Directorate at NMETLC but has long known his true passion laid with his faith. ... MORE

Ensign Charles Wilton (left) recites the officer oath given by Lt. David Tarasi during a commissioning ceremony at Navy Medicine Education, Training and Logistics Command, or NMETLC, headquarters at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston Aug. 1. Wilton was a hospital corpsman for 13 years before being selected to serve in the Chaplain Corps and receiving his commission.

Navy surgeon general meets with Hospital Corps school staff, students
August 3, 2017 — During a recent visit to south Texas, the Navy surgeon general met with Hospital Corps School leaders, staff and students from Navy Medicine Training Support Center, or NMTSC, and the Medical Education and Training Campus, or METC, at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston Aug. 2... MORE

Vice Adm. Forrest Faison, Navy surgeon general and chief, U.S. Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, speaks to students in the newly revised HM “A” School course at the Medical Education and Training Campus, or METC, at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston. The “A” School recently went through a major revision and Faison spoke with students to discuss their important role in the future of Navy Medicine.

NRD San Antonio Sailor selected for Health Services Collegiate Program
August 3, 2017 — Petty Officer 1st Class Narce Segovia was selected by the Navy's Health Services Collegiate Program, or HSCP, to receive a masters of healthcare administration from Texas State University... MORE

Petty Officer 1st Class Narce Segovia (left) enlisted in the Navy's Health Services Collegiate Program to receive a masters of healthcare administration from Texas State University. After graduation in 2019, Segovia will receive her commission and attend the five-week Officer Development School in Newport, R.I. Administrating the Oath of Enlistment was Cmdr. Karen Muntean (right), commanding officer, Navy Recruiting District San Antonio.

Stage 1 water restrictions implemented across JBSA
August 2, 2017 — Joint Base San Antonio will begin Stage 1 water conservation measures effective immediately. JBSA Stage 1 water conservation measures are triggered when the 10-day average measurement at the test well at SAWS Well Head J-17 reaches amounts between and/or equal to 659 and 650 feet and/or when the Comal Springs 10-day average flow reaches amounts between and/or equal to 224 and 200 cubic feet per second. ... MORE

One reason to conserve water is when water use increases, the treatments may not be able to keep up with demand.
Another reason to conserve water is the treatment requirements are expensive and time-consuming.
Water is considered an inexhaustible resource, but local supplies, whether from lakes and streams or aquifers, are not always renewable. Without proper use, they can be contaminated, lost through changes in climate or use can simply overtake replenishment.

Army Emergency Relief contributions grow at JBSA-Fort Sam Houston
August 2, 2017 — Army Emergency Relief donations went up 19 percent this year... MORE

Lt. Gen. Jeffrey S. Buchanan, senior commander, Fort Sam Houston and Camp Bullis addressed Army Emergency Relief Project Officers Aug. 1 at the historic quadrangle. Buchanan thanked the project officers who make 100% contact with Soldier and civilian during the AER campaign that ran March 1 – May 15. Donations increased 19% this year and Buchanan presented a check in the amount of $149,245.45 to AER Director Lt. Gen. (Ret.) Raymond V. Mason. AER is a private non-profit organization dedicated to providing financial assistance to Active Duty and Retired Soldiers and their Families in interest-free loans and grants.

Navy assists in annual regional SeaPerch summer prep camp
August 2, 2017 — Northeast Lakeview College and the Boys & Girls Clubs of San Antonio, in cooperation with Navy City Outreach Southwest Region and Navy Recruiting District San Antonio, hosted a SeaPerch Underwater Robotics Challenge Scrimmage at the Eastside Branch Boys & Girls Club July 27... MORE

Teams of middle and high school students line up their SeaPerch, underwater remotely-operated vehicles during a scrimmage at the Eastside Branch Boys & Girls Club July 27. The event was held on the final day of the SeaPerch Regional Challenge Prep Camp hosted by Northeast Lakeview College and the Boys & Girls Clubs of San Antonio, in cooperation with Navy City Outreach Southwest Region and Navy Recruiting District (NRD) San Antonio. The scrimmage consisted of the Speed Obstacle and Challenge Courses.

Brazil, U.S. reach agreement at army-to-army staff talks
August 1, 2017 — Army South and Brazilian delegates reached consensus on 43 agreed-to-actions, or ATAs, during army-to-army staff talks in Brasilia, Brazil July 26. The ATAs, which include opportunities to work together and improve readiness through training, exercises and other exchanges, take place in fiscal year 2018... MORE

Lt. Col. Chike Williams (left), U.S. Army Section Chief in Brazil, and a Brazilian teammate look over a formation of Brazilian special operators July 25.

Army North force protection workshop builds future strategies
August 1, 2017 — U.S. Army North (Fifth Army) hosted an anti-terrorism and force protection workshop at the Fort Sam Houston Community Center July 25-28... MORE

Force Protection officers participate in a table top discussion during a force protection and anti-terrorism workshop hosted by U.S. Army North at the Fort Sam Houston Community Center at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston July 25-28. More than 60 force protection personnel from 21 commands, including Air Force, Navy and Marines attended the week-long workshop to discuss changes and improvements. The workshop brought force protection leaders from other installations together to discuss current trends and future strategies on improved methods and changes for security of Army facilities, Soldiers and their families and Department of Defense civilians.

AMEDDC&S social work students making a difference at Haven for Hope
July 31, 2017 — Interning at a local non-profit organization that helps and provides services for the homeless has felt like a calling for Army 2nd Lt. Dori Lapenias, a graduate student in the U.S. Army Medical Department Center & School at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston... MORE

Army 2nd Lt. Dori Lapenias, a graduate student in the social work program at the U.S. Army Medical Department Center and School at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, meets with a client at Haven for Hope in San Antonio July 19. Lapenias is one of four AMEDDC&S graduate students in the social work program who interned this summer at Haven for Hope, a 22-acre campus that helps homeless individuals and families with services to help them become independent and find a permanent home.

Plotting the future of educating, training and equipping Navy Medicine
July 31, 2017 — Leaders from across the Navy Medicine education, training and logistics enterprise and from the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, or BUMED in Washington, D.C., wrapped up a 2 ½ day strategic planning offsite in San Antonio July 21... MORE

(From left) Capt. Robert Fry, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery; Rear Adm. Rebecca McCormick-Boyle, Navy Medicine Education, Training and Logistics Command commander; Cmdr. Faria Belmares, NMETLC Academics; Senior Chief Damario Payton, NMETLC Academics; and Cmdr. Thomas Sather, BUMED, pose with a framed photo of BUMED Headquarters presented to Belmares and Payton in recognition of their work supporting Navy Medicine education and training. BUMED leaders joined NMETLC and their subordinate commands in attendance at a strategic planning offsite in San Antonio.

Security forces NCOIC’s grandfather’s story a tale of valor
July 31, 2017 — When Air Force Staff Sgt. Heath Conde was a young boy growing up in Troy, Texas, his grandmother Lydia would talk about his grandfather Felix Conde-Falcon, an Army staff sergeant whose life was taken... MORE

On March 18, 2014, 45 years after his death, Felix Conde-Falcon, a native of Puerto Rico who was raised in Chicago, received the Congressional Medal of Honor, the highest award for valor in action against an enemy force. Richard Conde, traveled with other family members to Washington, D.C., to accept the posthumous award from President Barack Obama.

Schedule back-to-school physicals early
July 31, 2017 — Brooke Army Medical Center is prepared to provide the annual school physicals required to prepare students for the new school year. Special appointment times have been set up during the summer months to accommodate parents with children who need a school physical, sports physical or daycare/pre-school physical. ... MORE

Brooke Army Medical Center staff pediatrician, Dr. Phuong To, performs a back to school physical on Esperanza Alatorre, an upcoming senior at Providence Catholic High School.

Army North gains new deputy commanding general
July 31, 2017 — U.S. Army North (Fifth Army) welcomed Brig. Gen. Richard C. Kim and his family to Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston at a welcoming ceremony held at the historic quadrangle July 27... MORE

U.S. Army North (Fifth Army) welcomed Brig. Gen. Richard C. Kim and his family to Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston at a welcoming ceremony held at the historic quadrangle July 27. Kim assumes responsibility as the deputy commanding general and director of operations for Army North. He most recently served as the deputy director, program analysis and evaluation, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-8, Washington, D.C. The ARNORTH DCG is the eyes and ears for the commanding general and as the director of operations, is responsibility for daily and future operations and exercises. Lt. Gen. Jeffrey S. Buchanan welcomed the Kims to the Fifth Army family and said Kim possess all the qualities to accomplish the Army North mission.

Combating all that creeps, crawls and bites
July 29, 2017 — The 502nd Civil Engineer Squadron Pest Management spent one sunny morning showcasing how they combat insect and animal population on Joint Base San Antonio to the 502nd Air Base Wing and JBSA senior leadership July 20, 2017... MORE

Chief Master Sgt. Kristopher K. Berg, 502nd Air Base Wing and Joint Base San Antonio command chief, sprays pesticides at JBSA-Lackland, Texas, July 20, 2017. Senior leadership from 502nd ABW and JBSA accompanied the 502nd Civil Engineer Squadron Pest Management pest control technicians as they completed work orders and took measures to keep the insect and animal population in check throughout the installation.