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Live fire training helps JBSA firefighters hone skills
October 25, 2016 — Fires roared on the east side of Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph three nights last week, providing a realistic scenario for an important training exercise that is repeated at least twice a... MORE

Firefighters from Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph Fire Emergency Services extinguish an aircraft engine fire Oct. 17, 2016 at the Camp Talon fire training grounds on JBSA-Randolph. Although aircraft fires are rare at JBSA locations, engaging in ARFF – aircraft rescue and firefighting – training gives firefighters the ability to successfully contain and extinguish blazes should they occur on or off base.

JBSA-Lackland Team SmartHawk competes to counter drones
October 25, 2016 — A blip appears on a radar screen rapidly approaching a U.S. Air Force installation. It’s too small to be a manned aircraft and too slow to be a missile. Local security forces identify it as a drone... MORE

#girlstrong initiative educates girls on human trafficking
October 25, 2016 — The Joint Base San Antonio-Youth Center kicked off the #girlstrong initiative with a 10-hour lock-in attended by nearly 70 young girls Friday. The #girlstrong initiative, sponsored by the Boys and... MORE

Yield right of way to pedestrians in crosswalks
October 25, 2016 — Across Joint Base San Antonio locations during newcomer’s local conditions briefs, newly arrived military and civilian members are instructed that the right of way for pedestrians must be yielded by motorists before entering crosswalks... MORE

Soldiers help fifth graders learn how to render honors, fold U.S. flag
October 25, 2016 — Soldiers from the Fort Sam Houston Honors Platoon met with a group of fifth-graders at M.H. Specht Elementary School in San Antonio Oct. 18 to teach them the proper way to fold, raise and lower the “Star-Spangled Banner.”... MORE

A fifth grader at Specht Elementary School in San Antonio is coached by Staff Sgt. Darren O. Thomas (left) and Staff Sgt. Brandon Hood (right) from the Fort Sam Houston Honors Platoon Oct. 18 on how to properly fold the U.S. flag, as well as how to render proper honors when raising and lowering the flag. The students are volunteers with the task of putting up the flag in the mornings and taking it down at the end of each school day.

Mission and Installation Contracting Command employees selected for leadership training
October 25, 2016 — Two members of the Mission and Installation Contracting Command, or MICC, headquarters at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, were selected by the Alamo Federal Executive Board to participate in its nine-month leadership program... MORE

Jennifer Hastedt was selected by the Alamo Federal Executive Board to participate in its nine-month leadership program which began this month. Hastedt is contract specialist with the Mission and Installation Contracting Command at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston.

Medical services and rugby: an organized chaos
October 25, 2016 — The San Antonio Rugby Football Club, or SARFC, and the British Army Medical Services team played a match on a freshly cut pitch, or field, at the Wheatley Sports Complex Oct. 15. It is not uncommon for the temperature to reach 90 degrees in San Antonio, but on this fall afternoon, it may have been a little hot for the visiting competitors... MORE

The San Antonio Rugby Football Club (right), a 45-year-old organization formed by doctors from Brooke Army Medical Center in 1971, are locked in a “scrum” during their match against the British Army Medical Services Rugby Team at the Wheatley Sports complex in San Antonio Oct. 15. The visiting British broke open a close match in the second half and won, 45-10.

Energy conservation: choose from the Energy Star approved listings
October 25, 2016 — We hear a lot about “Energy Star” these days, but what does it really mean? It’s one of the Joint Base San Antonio energy policy requirements when choosing new or replacing old equipment and appliances, after all... MORE

Crimes and punishment at Joint Base San Antonio
October 25, 2016 — During September 2016, Joint Base San Antonio commanders administered 18 non-judicial punishment actions under Article 15 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice. The punishments imposed reflect the commander’s determination of an appropriate punishment after considering the circumstances of the offense and the offender’s record. ... MORE

CELEBRATE AMERICA’S MILITARY IN NOVEMBER
October 25, 2016 — Since 1970, the San Antonio Chamber of Commerce has organized Celebrate America’s Military, or CAM, an annual tribute to the military. The two-week celebration during the month of November features events presented with community partners, making it the largest event of its kind nationwide... MORE

Army Medicine and U.S. Border Patrol partner for training, veterinary care and cost savings
October 25, 2016 — The U.S. Army Animal Care Specialist, 68T, advanced individual training course at the U.S. Army Medical Department Center & School at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston is one of the most demanding within Army medicine. 68Ts are responsible for the prevention and control of diseases transmitted from animal to man, as well as the comprehensive care for government-owned animals... MORE

Maj. Patrick Grimm, Deputy Chief of Animal Health Branch, performs a gastropexy on a Customs and Border Patrol working dog while assisted by Pvt. Jade Baxter, a student attending Army Animal Care Specialist, 68T, advanced individual training.

No trick: JBSA treats community for Halloween
October 21, 2016 — Halloween-themed events will fill up the Joint Base San Antonio community this month. Parents and children alike can take part in the following events in ritualizing Halloween.JBSA-Lackland• Halloween... MORE

From San Diego to San Antonio: Medics provide consistent care in the air, on the ground
October 20, 2016 — Members of the 59th Medical Wing provided care Oct. 15 to a Navy Sailor who was flown onboard a C-130J Super Hercules from the Navy Medical Center in San Diego to San Antonio for treatment at the San Antonio Military Medical Center on nearby JBSA-Fort Sam Houston... MORE

Senior Airman Arlinda Haliti, a medic with the 559th Medical Group En-Route Patient Staging System team, looks on as the 59th Medical Wing’s Acute Lung Rescue Team preps a patient for transport at Kelly Airfield, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, Oct. 15, 2016. The patient, a Navy Sailor, was flown onboard a C-130J Super Hercules from the Navy Medical Center in San Diego to San Antonio for treatment at the San Antonio Military Medical Center in nearby JBSA-Fort Sam Houston. The Acute Lung Rescue Team medics tended to the patient for the duration of the flight. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Jerilyn Quintanilla)

Local students participate in amateur entomology laboratory at METC
October 19, 2016 — Ten sixth-grade students from River City Believers Academy visited the Preventive Medicine Specialist Program, or PMSP at the Medical Education and Training Campus at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston Sept. 30... MORE

Petty Officer 3rd Class Vanessa Bong (right), Preventive Medicine Specialist Program entomology instructor at the Medical Education and Training Campus at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, shows a Chilean rose tarantula named Rosie to students from the River City Believers Academy. The spider is one of the PMSP entomology lab’s live animal exhibits.

U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research launches ‘Case Records of the
October 19, 2016 — The Joint Trauma System, or JTS, of the U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston “has been the driving force of so much change in military and civilian trauma surgery,” said Lt. Col. (Dr.) Jennifer Gurney, trauma surgeon and Trauma System Development chief at the JTS... MORE

Lt. Col. (Dr.) Jennifer Gurney (left) from the U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston moderates an educational program called “Case Records of the JTS” that was launched at the Military Health System Research Symposium in August. Gurney is a trauma surgeon and Trauma System Development chief at the JTS.

BAMC Troop Command Soldiers help guide students at career fair
October 19, 2016 — Brooke Army Medical Center’s Troop Command’s Company C and Robert G. Cole Middle and High schools held a college and career fair Oct. 7 as part of their Adopt-A-School partnership... MORE

(From left) Staff Sgt. Devon Modrak animal care specialist, Capt. Daniela Roberts, veterinarian, and Sgt. Robyn Rothwell, animal care specialist, speak to a room of Cole High School Students during the school’s career day Oct. 7. The event hosted both civilian and military career professionals who spoke on occupations such biochemistry, nursing, legal, veterinary science and engineering.

Army North leads AUSA panel on homeland security
October 19, 2016 — Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Buchanan, U.S. Army North (Fifth Army) commanding general, led a group of Army and Department of Homeland Security, or DHS, panelists in a discussion on homeland security at the Association of the United States Army, or AUSA, annual meeting in Washington, D.C. Oct. 5... MORE

Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Buchanan (left), U.S. Army North (Fifth Army) commanding general, speaks on the unity of effort in defending and securing the homeland, along with Robert Salesses (right), Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for
Homeland Defense Integration and Defense Support of Civil Authorities, at the Association of the United States Army annual meeting in Washington, D.C., Oct. 5.

Akeroyd Donor Center takes ownership of new blood mobile
October 19, 2016 — In order to improve the blood supply for patients at the San Antonio Military Medical Center and to meet the requirements of the Army Blood Program, the Akeroyd Blood Donor Center at the Brooke Army Medical Center, or BAMC, began working with staff at the Southern Regional Medical Command (now called the Regional Heath Command-Central) transportation section in March 2015 to obtain a new mobile blood unit. ... MORE

In September, the Akeroyd Blood Donor Center received a new blood mobile. The new state-of-the-art mobile will be used by the donor center to reach out to the Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston permanent party population to collect plasma for the freeze-dried plasma program.

JBSA honors National Disability Employment Awareness Month
October 18, 2016 — October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month and is a time to recognize the many and significant contributions workers with disabilities have made. It also serves as an opportunity to... MORE

October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month and is a time to recognize the many and significant contributions workers with disabilities have made. It also serves as an opportunity to reaffirm a commitment to recruit, retain and advance people with disabilities in the workforce.

‘Chargin’ Cheetahs’ honor local student as ‘Pilot for a Day’
October 18, 2016 — It’s uncommon for a 16-year-old high school student to be a distinguished visitor at an Air Force installation, but that’s exactly what happened to Jake Larner when he visited Joint Base San... MORE

Jake Larner (right), “Pilot For a Day,” and Capt. Charles Giles, 99th Flying Training Squadron instructor pilot, watch a T-38 Talon take off Oct. 14 from Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph’s east runway. Jake’s battle with cancer began May 26, when he suffered from intense lower abdominal pains and was taken to the emergency room at the San Antonio Military Medical Center at JBSA-Fort Sam Houston by his mother, Kristie Davidson.