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AFIMSC members earn 2024 Air Force Civil Engineer Awards
March 10, 2025 — Five Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center members recently won 2024 Air Force Civil Engineer Awards for their outstanding performance this past year... MORE

2024 USAF CE Awards graphic displaying the trophies for the awards

433rd Training Squadron ‘Raiders’ welcome new leader
March 10, 2025 — Lt. Col. Kurtis Darden assumed command of the 433rd Training Squadron during a ceremony held at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, on Feb. 27, 2025. The ceremony was officiated by 340th Flying Training Group Commander Col. Anthony Straw... MORE

Darden assumes command of 433rd TRS ‘Raiders’

Army launches 2025 Tenant Satisfaction Survey to enhance housing quality
March 6, 2025 — The U.S. Army has announced the start of its annual Tenant Satisfaction Survey to gather crucial feedback from Soldiers and their families about their housing experiences. This survey is part of the Army's ongoing commitment to ensure Soldiers and families are heard and improve living conditions in Army housing. Safe, quality and affordable housing ensures that our warfighters are able to maintain their focus on ensuring Army readiness... MORE

U.S. Army Tenant Satisfaction Survey 2025

Army expands basic training capacity with USARC drill sergeants
March 6, 2025 — The U.S. Army is taking bold steps to meet unprecedented training demands by expanding Basic Combat Training capacity. With 10 additional training units established at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, and Fort Sill, Oklahoma, this initiative will train up to 9,600 additional recruits annually, ensuring the Army meets its ambitious fiscal year 2025 goal of 61,000 new Soldiers... MORE

Space Force's fundamental role: Space Superiority
March 6, 2025 — The Space Force will achieve space superiority through "space control," the service's newest core function, the chief of space operations said during the Air and Space Forces Association Warfare Symposium... MORE

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Unlock your health by understanding your TRICARE explanation of benefits
March 6, 2025 — Your TRICARE explanation of benefits is an essential tool for understanding your health claims. An EOB is a statement from your health plan that details what action TRICARE has taken on your claims. Take a moment to understand your EOB, what it means, and what may be required on your part... MORE

Top Space Force, Air Force enlisted leaders discuss readiness, leadership
March 6, 2025 — Chief Master Sgt. of the Space Force Jon Bentivegna and Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force David Flosi discussed key challenges and strategies to prepare enlisted personnel for future conflicts... MORE

Contracting personnel use AI, Maven Smart System simulation during warfighter exercise
March 5, 2025 — Contracting personnel assigned to the 419th Contracting Support Brigade, a subordinate command under the Mission and Installation Contracting Command, used a simulation of Maven artificial intelligence to support contracting requirements for the XVIII Airborne Corps and the 143rd Expeditionary Sustainment Command during a warfighter exercise Jan. 21 to Feb. 8 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina... MORE

Remember to ‘spring forward’ March 9
March 5, 2025 — It’s that time of year when people need to remember to set their clocks an hour ahead on March 9 as Daylight Saving Time begins... MORE

PHOTOS: New C-5 nose art celebrates connection to the Alamo City
March 5, 2025 — One of the Alamo Wing’s aircraft has a fresh look! Senior Airman Nathen Willms and Senior Airman Skylar Warren, 433rd Maintenance Squadron aircraft structural maintenance technicians, prepped and applied a new logo on a 433rd Airlift Wing C-5M Super Galaxy Feb. 1, 2025, at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas... MORE

Air Force designates two Mission Design Series for collaborative combat aircraft
March 5, 2025 — The U.S. Air Force announced the designation of two Mission Design Series within its Collaborative Combat Aircraft program today: the YFQ-42A (General Atomics) and the YFQ-44A (Anduril)... MORE

Air Force aims to instill warrior ethos, increase lethality
March 5, 2025 — The Air Force is aligning with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's priorities, says Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David W. Allvin, while saving taxpayer dollars and redirecting them into combat readiness... MORE

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Annual Basura Bash cleanup kicks off March 8
March 5, 2025 — The annual Basura Bash cleanup at Salado Creek at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, originally scheduled for Feb. 22, will take place on March 8. ... MORE

Military Aviator Peer Support Program expands with 59th Medical Wing research, leadership
March 5, 2025 — The Military Aviator Peer Support program at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, developed by the 86th Operations Group with support from the 59th Medical Wing, provides Air Force aviators with peer-based, non-medical mental health support to address stressors while maintaining flight readiness... MORE

U.S. Air Force Capt. Johnny Murphy and Capt. Lukas Pulice, 37th Airlift Squadron pilots, discuss mental health resources available to service members and their families of the Kaiserslautern Military Community during Military Aviator Peer Support wingman face-to-face training at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Feb. 19, 2025. Participants of the training were recommended by their peers in the 86th OG to be part of the training because of their reputation of being supportive. The training enhanced their skills in listening to and supporting fellow Airmen needing help with life stressors. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jared Lovett)

689th Network Operations Squadron receives new leadership
March 4, 2025 — Lt. Col. Jason Brosseau assumed command of the 689th Network Operations Squadron from Col. Richard Wallace during an assumption of command ceremony at Air University’s Thomas N. Barnes Center for Enlisted Education at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama on Dec. 6, 2024. The 689th NOS is a geographically separated unit of the 960th Cyberspace Operations Group at Joint Base San Antonio-Chapman Training Annex, Texas... MORE

Col. Richard Wallace, 960th Cyberspace Operations Group commander, hands the 689th Network Operations Squadron guidon to Lt. Col. Jason Brosseau, signifying his assumption of command of the 689th NOS, December 6, 2024, at Maxwell Air Force Base-Gunter Annex, Alabama. The 689th NOS is a geographically separated unit of the 960th COG located at Joint Base San Antonio-Chapman Training Annex, Texas. (Courtesy photo from SrA Pratyush Gupta)

Allvin advocates for ‘more Air Force’ to offer President ‘more options’
March 4, 2025 — While confronting volatile adversaries abroad but with new leadership at home, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Allvin described his strategy for defending the homeland... MORE

San Antonio revives aircraft to ensure operational readiness
March 4, 2025 — A Defense Contract Management Agency team works closely together across different job functions to ensure smooth operations of the largest maintenance repair overhaul facility in the agency... MORE

Photo of F/A-18 Super Hornet on a flight line with two fire trucks on either side spraying water over it in a water salute.

BAMC is prepared as measles outbreak arrives in San Antonio
March 4, 2025 — Brooke Army Medical Center is prepared as the current measles outbreak makes its way across south Texas, inching closer to San Antonio. Measles is a highly contagious disease which causes fever, rash, cough and watery eyes. It can also cause serious complications for some people... MORE

Logistics, sustainment keeps JTF Southern Guard moving, stocked, fueled
March 4, 2025 — Nobody wants an outsider coming in and stirring the pot, adding their two cents, or giving advice. While most sections prefer to keep their turf untouched, there’s one team of subject matter experts that everyone wants all in their operational Kool-Aid: the logisticians of Joint Task Force Southern Guard (JTF-SG) J4... MORE

Director, U.S. Navy Medical Service Corps visits NAMRU San Antonio
March 4, 2025 — Rear Adm. Matthew Case, director, U.S. Navy Medical Service Corps visited with leadership and staff of Naval Medical Research Unit San Antonio on Feb. 25. 2025.The purpose of the visit was to better... MORE

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON - (Feb. 25, 2025) – Rear Adm. Matthew Case, director, U.S. Navy Medical Service Corps, presented director coins to Army Sergeants Carlos Torres and Samantha Salas assigned to Naval Medical Research Unit (NAMRU) San Antonio’s Research Services Directorate during a tour of unit facilities at the Tri-Service Research Laboratory. Case, who additional serves as the director of the Navy Medical Service Corps, visited NAMRU San Antonio to better understand the unit’s mission, capabilities, and impact to Navy Medicine. Torres was Navy Medical Research and Development’s (NMR&D) 2024 Solider of the year and Salas was Solider of the Quarter (3rd Quarter 2024). NAMRU San Antonio is one of eight research laboratories within Navy Medicine Research and Development. Its mission is to conduct gap driven combat casualty care, craniofacial, and directed energy research to improve survival, operational readiness, and safety of Department of Defense personnel engaged in routine and expeditionary operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Cmdr. Nicholas Hamlin, NAMRU San Antonio/Released)