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Dorm of the Quarter winner revealed
July 27, 2016 — Chief Master Sgt. Troy Palmer (left), 12th Flying Training Wing command chief, coins Airman Alisa Gebert, Air Force Personnel Center, on being the Dorm of the Quarter award recipient July 15 at Joint... MORE

Chief Master Sgt. Troy Palmer (left), 12th Flying Training Wing command chief, coins Airman Alisa Gebert, Air Force Personnel Center, on being the Dorm of the Quarter award recipient July 15 at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph. The First Sergeants Council's mission is to support and assist Air Force members through all facets of their career, both professional and personal.

Miner takes command of 502nd SFLSG
July 27, 2016 — Col. Thomas Miner Jr. took command of the 502nd Security Forces and Logistics Support Group during a ceremony July 21 in front of the Taj Mahal, building 100, at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph.Among... MORE

Brig. Gen. Bob LaBrutta (left), 502nd Air Base Wing and Joint Base San Antonio commander, passes the guidon to Col. Thomas Miner, incoming 502nd Security Forces and Logistics Support Group commander,
July 21 at JBSA-Randolph.

59th Medical Wing treating AF’s elite human weapons system
July 25, 2016 — Comprehensive, synergistic medical care from the 59th Medical Wing is helping produce the Air Force’s elite, battle-ready combat warriors here at the new Battlefield Airmen Training Group... MORE

Capt. Jennifer Aspinwall, Occupational Therapy element leader with the 59th Medical Wing, assesses a tactical air control party student at the battle clinic on Medina Annex, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas June 30, 2016. Aspinwall has worked with battlefield Airmen since 2014.

Mystery Escape room tests logic, builds camaraderie
July 22, 2016 — As an antique clock ticks away in the center of a mirrored room at the Arnold Hall Community Center at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, a group of 369th Training Group Airmen frenetically attempt to... MORE

Build-A-Backpack drive provides backpacks for schoolchildren
July 20, 2016 — On Monday, the Joint Base San Antonio School Liaison Office kicks off its sixth annual Build-a-Backpack Program to provide backpacks and school supplies to children of active-duty members and to... MORE

The Joint Base San Antonio School Liaison Office kicks off its sixth annual Build-a-Backpack Program July 25, 2016. The program provides backpacks filled with school supplies to children of active-duty members and local students.

BASH program decreases bird strikes, makes air space safer for pilots
July 20, 2016 — Sporting a neon yellow safety vest with a 12th Flying Training Wing Safety patch Velcro-ed to the front, Maj. Jason Powell, 12th FTW chief of flight safety, bends down to pick up a white-winged dove... MORE

Maj. Jason Powell, 12th Flying Training Wing chief of flight safety, aims an air pellet rifle at a white-winged dove July 13, 2016 on Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph. The air pellet rifle is similar to a BB gun, but it uses tank-compressed air and non-lead pellets instead of pumped air and BBs.

JBSA-Randolph soccer camp blends fun, games with instruction
July 20, 2016 — Boys and girls sporting colorful hairdos and mismatched socks typified “Wacky Wednesday” July 13 at one of Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph Youth Programs’ most popular summer specialty camps.But far... MORE

Jamie Best (left), soccer coach, runs camp participants through a series of exercises during a soccer camp July 13, 2016 at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph. Three young coaches from England and Ireland brought their expertise and communication skills to Challenger Sports’ British Soccer Camp, which attracted more than 30 boys and girls ranging in age from 6 to 14 to Ebbets Field, one of the youth baseball diamonds on 5th Street East.

To flush or not to flush
July 20, 2016 — Just because you flush human waste down the toilet doesn’t mean the San Antonio Water System sewers are waste disposal units.Sewers are designed to take away wastewater from sinks and baths, as well... MORE

Grease in sewer pipes causes sewer maintenance problems for the 502nd Civil Engineer Squadron and the San Antonio Water System. Never pour grease down the sink drain.

Safe vacation travel depends on planning, greater awareness
July 20, 2016 — Summertime is vacation and travel time for many families and individuals, but those enjoyable trips by car or by plane can turn unpleasant or even deadly.Statistics from the Air Force Safety Center... MORE

2nd Lt. Avery Larkin, 502nd public affairs officer secures her belongings July 13, 2016 on Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph. Ensuring a safe vacation starts at the beginning, when valuables should be placed in secure locations and kept out of sight for the duration of the trip.

12th FTW commander meets civic leaders
July 20, 2016 — Col. Joel Carey, 12th Flying Training Wing commander, speaks during the monthly 12th FTW Military Affairs Committee luncheon held July 13 at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph. The committee members... MORE

Operation JET brings deployment experience home for kids
July 19, 2016 — Joint Base San Antonio youths have to opportunity to get a taste of what their deployed parents go through 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Aug. 11 during Operation Junior Expeditionary Team. Registration for the... MORE

Tech. Sgt. Matthew Phillips, 502nd Security Forces Squadron military working dog handler, speaks with school students during Operation Flags May 18 at Randolph Elementary School. Phillips spoke about what a working dog is trained to do during home and deployed operations.

All-Army women’s basketball team takes Armed Forces Women’s Basketball Title
July 15, 2016 — When U.S. Army Spc. Vanessa Lamison hurriedly hurled a 3-point shot with less than 10 seconds to go, she prayed that it would go in.If the shot went through, Lamison and the All-Army Women’s... MORE

The All-Army Women’s Basketball Team vaults on U.S. Army Spc. Vanessa Lamison after her 3-pointer clinched a 67-65 victory over the All-Navy Women’s Basketball Team for the Army’s second consecutive Armed Forces Women’s Basketball Championship July 7, 2016, at the Chaparral Fitness Center.

Warrior medics enhance response capabilities during mass casualty exercise
July 15, 2016 — The 59th Medical Wing’s disaster response capabilities were put to the test during a mass casualty exercise July 13 at Camp Bramble at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas... MORE

Warrior medics from 59th Medical Wing treat a patient suffering from simulated injuries during a July 13, 2016 disaster response training exercise at Camp Bramble on Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. The exercise, which simulated an aircraft crash, was designed to test the medics’ response skills in the event of a similar real-world incident. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Jerilyn Quintanilla)

U.S. Army North trains personnel recovery teams
July 15, 2016 — U.S. Army North conducted training and rehearsals forreintegration of isolated personnel at a variety of locations on Fort SamHouston and in San Antonio June 27-30.Personnel recovery stems from the... MORE

NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING TO DISCUSS BUDGET
July 15, 2016 — The Fort Sam Houston Independent School District will hold apublic meeting at 10 a.m. July 28 in the Professional Development Center,located at 1908 Winans Road at Fort Sam Houston to discuss the... MORE

Local Navy recruiters assist Girls in Engineering, Math and Sciences at UIW
July 15, 2016 — Recruiters with Navy Recruiting District San Antonio at FortSam Houston partnered with the University of the Incarnate Word to judge aSeaPerch underwater robotics competition at the Ann Barshop... MORE

Navy recruiters, Machinist’s Mate 2nd Class Deron Davis of Navy Recruiting Station (NRS) Hollywood Park and Aviation Boatswain’s Mate 2nd Class Benjamin Brown of NRS De Zavala observe middle school girls assemble an underwater remotely operated vehicle (ROV) during a SeaPerch Competition held at the Ann Barshop Natatorium on the campus of the University of the Incarnate Word as a part of the miniGEMS (Girls in Engineering, Math and Sciences) program. SeaPerch is an innovative underwater robotics program that equips teachers and students with the resources they need to build an underwater ROV in an in-school or out-of-school setting. Davis, a native of Nacogdoches, Texas, is a graduate of Chireno High School in Chireno, Texas, and Brown, a native of Albany, Ga., graduated from Westover High School. (U.S. Navy Photo by Burrell Parmer, Navy Recruiting District San Antonio Public Affairs/Released)

Army South holds reintegration rehearsal of concept drill
July 15, 2016 — Army South brought representatives together from multipleagencies in San Antonio to practice roles participants would play duringreintegration of Department of Defense members during a rehearsal of... MORE

Lt. Col. Carol McClelland, U.S. Army South public affairs deputy director, provides media training to family assistance teams during the reintegration rehearsal of concept drill at Fort Sam Houston June 28.

Army Medical Service Corps celebrates 99 years of service
July 15, 2016 — The U.S. Army Medical Department Center and School, orAMEDDC&S, Medical Service Corps, or MSC, celebrated 99 years of servicewith a cake cutting ceremony June 30 at the U.S. Army Medical Department... MORE

(From left) Retired Col. Greg Griffin, 2nd Lt. Hannah Martinez, and Lt. Col. Marion Jefferson cut the ceremonial cake at June 30 at the U.S. Army Medical Department Museum at Fort Sam Houston., celebrating 99 years of the Medial Service Corps.

Randolph Family Housing schedules community garage sale
July 14, 2016 — Residents of Randolph Family Housing – especially those who are preparing for a permanent change of station – will have an opportunity to sell some of their household goods during the next community... MORE

Residents of Randolph Family Housing – especially
those who are preparing for a permanent change of station – will have an opportunity to sell some of their household goods during the next community garage sale set for 8 a.m. July 23.

A hot vehicle is no place for children or pets
July 14, 2016 — Being inside a parked vehicle on a hot day where the temperature can reach more than 100 degrees can become a dangerous situation for children and pets left unattended by their parents and owners... MORE

Being inside a parked vehicle on a hot day where the temperature can reach more than 100 degrees can become a dangerous situation for children and pets left unattended by their parents and owners. Awareness of the dangers of leaving children and pets unattended in a hot vehicle and efforts in preventing such instances from occurring are the focus of the Air Force Summer Safety Campaign.