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Single parents support group helps Airmen connect
October 19, 2015 — Sitting at a wooden table at the Military and Family Readiness Center located behind the Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center here Tech. Sgt. Annalisa Hernandez, 25th Air Force chaplain’s... MORE

JBSA hosts first Air Force Enlisted Character Development series
October 19, 2015 — The first course of the 5-part Enlisted Character Development series was held at Arnold Hall here Oct. 7, 2015.The series is the first in the Air Force and is open to enlisted members of all branches... MORE

National Night Out takes a bite out of crime
October 19, 2015 — The 802nd Security Forces Squadron hosted National Night Out here Oct. 6, 2015.Brig. Gen. Trent Edwards, 37th Training Wing commander, and Lt. Col. Robert Ford, 802nd SFS commander, started the event... MORE

Brig. Gen. Trent Edwards, 37th Training Wing commander, provides opening remarks to start National Night Out Oct. 6, 2015, at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. The annual event is sponsored by the National Association of Town Watch, which is a non-profit crime prevention organization. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Krystal Wright/Released)

IAAFA welcomes first female instructor pilot
October 19, 2015 — Maj. Maria Altagracia Tejada, the first female flight instructor pilot in the history of Inter-American Air Forces Academy and the Dominican Republic, from which she hails, has been welcomed to... MORE

Innovation: Never stop improving
October 19, 2015 — “Another article on innovation?” you say.I don’t have to tell you that there are more challenges across the Air Force than any time that I can recall: manning reductions, reduced budgets,... MORE

Halloween events set for Oct. 29 at JBSA-Randolph
October 19, 2015 — Halloween will come early this yearto the Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph community. BecauseJoint Base San Antonio will present the 2015 Air Show and Open House Oct.31-Nov. 1 at... MORE

Randolph High School students enter online cybersecurity competition
October 15, 2015 — Students at Randolph High School will be putting theircomputer skills to the test against schools from across the U.S. and Canada inan online cybersecurity competition that begins in November.The team... MORE

Members of the Randolph Independent School District, CyberPatriot team, discuss upcoming competition tactics during their weekly meeting Sept. 28, 2015 at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph High School. In each of the three competition round, the team is given a virtual machine that contains several vulnerabilities and the team with the most fixes passes onto the next round, with hopes of making it to the National Championships in Washington, D.C. CyberPatiot's goal is to excite students about Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) while giving them hands on exposure to the foundations of cyber security.

12th Flying Training Wing continues JBSA-Randolph’s educational legacy
October 15, 2015 — Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph’s reputation as one of theAir Force’s flying training hubs was rooted in the service’s Army past, morethan 80 years ago, when Randolph Field was dedicated and became... MORE

Col Matt Isler, 12th Flying Training Wing commander instructs the Senior Leader Perspective Course to student instructors Jan. 22, at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph. The course teaches the value of decision making and how it effects the AF mission.(U.S. Air Force photo by Joel Martinez/Released)

39th FTS instructor pilots impact generations
October 15, 2015 — Snuggled in the outskirts of San Antonio lies Joint Base SanAntonio-Randolph, which houses a unique squadron with a very serious mission –to train those who will train future Air Force pilots.The 39th... MORE

Air Force releases Future Operating Concept
October 15, 2015 — The Air Force officially released the Air Force FutureOperating Concept Sept. 15, which is the latest in a series of strategicdocuments designed to guide the organizing, training, and equipping of... MORE

U.S. Army South's Colombian staff talks offer opportunities to build lasting relationships
October 15, 2015 — A delegation of U.S. Army South colonels and lieutenant colonels representing 10 directorates within the organization traveled to Bogota, Colombia, Sept. 21 to engage in the seventh-annual staff talks steering committee... MORE

Maj. Bradley Velotta (center), regional affairs directorate translates for Col. Joseph Smith (left), Headquarters Department of the Army Intelligence (G-2), questions from Col. Carlos Augusto Barbossa (right), Colombian Army Director of Organization Plans and International Relations.

U.S. Army Medical Department Center and School assists in training Armenian medics
October 15, 2015 — U.S. Army Soldiers made history this summer by bringing the Army’s Health Care Specialist School and Army Basic Instructor Course to the Armenian armed forces. Mobile training teams from U.S. Army Medical Department Center and School at Fort Sam Houston and the U.S. Army Security Assistance Training Management Organization at Fort Bragg, N.C., deployed to Armenia’s capital of Yerevan June 2 through Sept. 2. ... MORE

San Antonio pays tribute in honor flight welcome home
October 15, 2015 — Terminal B at the San Antonio International Airport brimmed with anticipation on a late Saturday night, as more than 100 San Antonians gathered to welcome home 16 returning war veterans Oct. 3... MORE

Retired Army Col. Tom Morris is wheeled through the San Antonio International Airport after a late-night return from an honor flight to Washington, D.C. Oct. 3. Morris is a 105-year-old veteran of World War II who fought at Normandy and the Battle of the Bulge.

New San Antonio Military Medical Center entry Control point, visitor center opens for business Nov.1
October 15, 2015 — With the Nov. 1 opening of the new visitor’s center at the Interstate 35 entrance to Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston by the San Antonio Military Medical Center, 100 percent of access control operations for the installation will have been implemented... MORE

For more information on visitor access procedures, call 221-2570 or visit http://www.jbsa.mil/Home/VisitorInformation.aspx.

Mission and Installation Contracting Command achieves historic small business goals
October 15, 2015 — For the first time the Mission and Installation Contracting Command at Fort Sam Houston has met all five of its small business socioeconomic goals since the command was established in 2009... MORE

Brig. Gen. Jeffrey Gabbert speaks with Mission and Installation Contracting Command small business specialists from throughout the country during a June roundtable workshop at Fort Sam Houston. Gabbert is the MICC commanding general.

MICC caps fiscal 2015 with $5.2 billion in contract awards
October 15, 2015 — More than 36,000 contract actions valued at $5.2 billion were executed by Mission and Installation Contracting Command acquisition members from throughout the country in support of Soldiers and their families during fiscal 2015... MORE

Community Emergency Response Team trains volunteer emergency responders
October 15, 2015 — The Community Emergency Response Team, or CERT, is a program to train volunteer emergency responders that prepares people to help themselves, their families, their neighbors and their co-workers in the event of a disaster... MORE

Chief Warrant Officer 3 Val Gonzalez (left), Community Emergency Response Team trainer, talks about the command tent that would be available to all CERT volunteers in the event of a disaster to Maj. Gen. Jimmie Keenan (center), deputy commanding general (operations), U.S. Army Medical Command and chief of the Army Nurse Corps, and Fil Jimenez (right), technical director for installation support, 502nd Air Base Wing and Joint Base San Antonio and other military leaders who attended the CERT kick-off ceremony at MacArthur Parade Field Sept. 11.

Texas National Guard Soldiers receive Purple Hearts
October 15, 2015 — Four Texas Army National Guard Soldiers recovering at Brooke Army Medical Center received both state and federal Purple Heart medals during ceremonies at the Warrior and Family Support Center’s Purple Heart Garden on Fort Sam Houston... MORE

(Standing, from left) Maj. Gen. William L. Smith, Sgt. Michael Cantu, Spc. James Burkett, Staff Sgt. Guadalupe Chapa and Col. Mark Swofford, join Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and Spc. Jose Romo (seated) pose for a photo after the Texas Purple Heart ceremony Sept. 24 at the Warrior and Family Support Center’s Purple Heart Garden on Fort Sam Houston. Smith is the Army assistant adjutant general and commander of the Texas Army National Guard and Swofford is the Brooke Army Medical Center deputy commander for administration.

AMEDDC&S, HRCoE hosts SHARP training
October 15, 2015 — The U.S. Army Medical Department Center and School, U.S. Army Health Readiness Center of Excellence at Fort Sam Houston recently hosted a two-week Sexual Harassment/Assault Response and Prevention team course for Joint Base San Antonio to certify additional victim advocates and SHARP advisors for AMEDDC&S, HRCoE... MORE

U.S. Army Medical Department Center and School, U.S. Army Health Readiness Center of Excellence, Command Sgt. Maj. Andrew Rhoades speaks to a class attending the Sexual Harassment/Assault Response and Prevention course Sept. 25 in Willis Hall, AMEDDC&S, HRCoE. The training ensures AMEDDC&S HRCoE maintains a sufficient number of victim advocates and SHARP advisors to assist command teams with prevention and awareness, training and responding to reports of sexual harassment and sexual assault.

Defense Health Agency full operational capability: a mile marker, not the finish line
October 8, 2015 — The Defense Health Agency celebrated its achievement of full operational capability Oct. 1, two years after the agency was first established.It’s been an exciting and rewarding time. We have grown as... MORE