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502nd ABW Safety Office reminds holiday travelers to plan and prepare
November 23, 2016 — With the winter holiday season being one of the busiest long-distance travel periods of the year, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation, the 502nd Air Base Wing Safety Office is reminding...

Holiday in Blue concerts to be held Dec. 10-11 at Laurie Auditorium
November 23, 2016 — The sounds of the holiday's will fill the air with two “Holiday in Blue” concert performances by the U.S. Air Force Band of the West at 3 p.m. Dec. 10 and 11 at Laurie Auditorium, Trinity University,...

Drinking and driving this holiday season: a high price to pay
November 23, 2016 — The holidays are a time when friends and family gather together and express gratitude for all they have. It’s a time of food, fun and togetherness. In an instant, however, one bad decision can take...

Physician assistant students now get hands-on experience at BAMC
November 22, 2016 — Brooke Army Medical Center recently partnered with the Army Medical Department Center and School at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston to become a Phase 2 site for the Interservice Physician Assistant Program, or IPAP...

Mass casualty exercise tests hospital’s ability to respond to multiple patients, injuries
November 22, 2016 — Brooke Army Medical Center, or BAMC, at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston conducted a mass casualty exercise Nov. 9 to test the staff’s ability to handle multiple trauma patients with a variety of physical injuries and emotional distress...

Successful load operation benchmark for 502nd LRS
November 21, 2016 — Whenever worldwide crises require a rapid, humanitarian response from the U.S. Air Force, the 502nd Logistics Readiness Squadron at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland is ready to answer the call. The...

902nd Security Forces Squadron gobbles up AFSFC in Turkey Bowl
November 21, 2016 — The 902nd Security Forces Squadron captured the Turkey Bowl championship with a 48-7 rout of the Air Force Security Forces Center Nov. 12 at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland Warhawk Field. The...

JBSA-Fort Sam Houston Sailor competes for Navy Medicine Sailor of the Year
November 21, 2016 — The Navy Medicine Education, Training and Logistics Command at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston announced the selection of its 2016 Sailor of the Year Nov. 17...

Former Navy Blue Angels crew chief brings knowledge, excellence to 435th FTS mission
November 21, 2016 — JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas -- To some, the loud sound of a jet firing up is a nuisance, but to Chris Bahe, it signals “the sound of freedom.”“I’m used to the noise,” Bahe, 12th Flying...

Former undercover detective to speak about resiliency
November 21, 2016 — Post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, expert and motivational speaker, Bob Delaney is scheduled to speak to Soldiers assigned to Joint Base San Antonio at the Fort Sam Houston Theater Dec. 2...

410th Contracting Support Brigade cases its colors in preparation for deployment
November 21, 2016 — Leaders from the 410th Contracting Support Brigade, or CSB, cased their organizational colors during a ceremony Nov. 16 at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston in preparation for the brigade’s deployment to Qatar and Afghanistan...

JBSA M&FRCs offer support groups for single parents
November 18, 2016 — Single parents on active duty can experience feelings of isolation as they deal with the stressors that affect them and their families.However, Joint Base San Antonio Military & Family Readiness...

JBSA ushers in holiday season with tree-lighting ceremonies
November 18, 2016 — Active-duty members and their families, retirees and Department of Defense civilians will be able to get into the Christmas spirit next week with tree-lighting ceremonies and activities to be held at...

Deadlines near for timely delivery of holiday packages
November 18, 2016 — The holiday rush at U.S. Postal Service locations is near at hand, so it’s advisable for the families of active-duty members who are serving abroad to mail cards, letters and packages to their loved...

Training ISR warriors faster, smarter through mobile apps
November 17, 2016 — Of the 12,000 intelligence professionals assigned to 25th Air Force, 70 percent have less than five years of military service. Most of those Airmen are millennials; multi-taskers who thrive on high-tech, mobile and innovative training methods. The educators of the 25th Air Force, Air Force Cryptologic Office (AFCO), in partnership with Air Education and Training Command, have discovered these newest intelligence warfighters require 24-hour-a-day access to fast-paced, highly-agile training solutions...

Airman reflects on cancer battle, gives back with ‘passion project’
November 17, 2016 — At 28 years old, Staff Sgt. Nathan Combs never imagined he would be in a hospital room at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland’s Wilford Hall receiving chemotherapy. But in December 2005, that’s exactly...

SecDef ensures future military readiness during JBSA visit
November 17, 2016 — JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas -- Secretary of Defense Ash Carter traveled to Joint Base San Antonio, Texas, Nov. 16 during a trip focused on ensuring the readiness of the U.S. military and...

NAMRU-San Antonio research provides platform for next generation antimicrobial wound dressing
November 15, 2016 — The Naval Medical Research Unit San Antonio, or NAMRU-SA, recently published data in the Journal of Nanomaterials demonstrating an electrospun chitosan/polyethylene oxide, or CS/PEO, scaffold is a promising candidate for wound dressing applications due to excellent antibacterial characteristics and biocompatibility. ...

U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research names new director of research
November 15, 2016 — “This institute has a reputation of conducting world-class combat casualty care research and I certainly want to continue that,” said Anthony E. Pusateri, Ph.D., the new director of research at the U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research, or USAISR, at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston...

U.S. Army North Soldiers train for natural disaster response in Oregon
November 15, 2016 — More than 60 individuals from various state, federal and government organizations worked together at the Oregon National Guard unit in Clackamas, Ore., from Oct. 30 to Nov. 4 on how to respond to natural disasters...