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Double play: 802nd FSS wins consecutive JBSA titles
August 23, 2012 — Coach Art Trevino may have been right all along about his 802nd Force Support Squadron team.After claiming all year they were the team to beat in Joint Base San Antonio intramural softball, FSS backed... MORE

Valley Hi visitor center, gate closures at JBSA-Lackland
August 23, 2012 — The Valley Hi Visitor Control Center is closed through Oct. 15 for parking lot reconstruction.Road lanes on Truemper Street, from the Valley Hi Gate to Carswell Avenue, will be closed intermittently... MORE

Army South visits strengthen partner nation capacities with Colombia, Chile
August 23, 2012 — U.S. Army South's commanding general traveled to Colombia and Chile from July 31 to Aug. 9, as part of Army South's effort to strengthen partner nation capacity through engagement and personal... MORE

Maj. Gen. Simeon G. Trombitas, the U.S. Army South commanding general, presents a Chilean marine with a commander’s coin Aug. 8 in Fort Aguayo, Chile. (Photo by Eric R. Lucero, U.S. Army South Public Affairs)

Road to recovery leads through WFSC's Freedom Park
August 23, 2012 — For wounded warriors and their families, there is a new destination for exercise and meditation; and it doesn't require travel outside the confines of Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam... MORE

Sgt. 1st Class Fran O’Bannon (right) and her friend, Staff Sgt. Lori Henderson, both wounded warriors, stop to watch the butterflies Aug. 9 on the way to the new Freedom Park at the Warrior and Family Support Center on Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston. O’Bannon, who was serving as a recruiter in Omaha, Neb., when she was injured in a vehicle accident, said the new park helped her to clear her head. (Photo by Staff Sgt. Keith Anderson, U.S. Army North Public Affairs)

Wounded warriors participate in Warrior Transition Battalion Adapted Sports Day
August 23, 2012 — More than 500 wounded service members participated in the Warrior Transition Battalion's Adapted Sports Day at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston Aug. 15. The non-competitive adapted sports event... MORE

More than 500 wounded service members participated in a Warrior Transition Battalion Adapted Sports Day at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston Aug. 15. The non-competitive adapted sports events included wheelchair basketball, sitting volleyball, track and field, swimming, archery, air rifle and cycling. (Photo by Marsha Huffman, Brooke Army Medical Center Public Affairs)

Thrift Shop opening: grand day for treasure hunters and the budget minded
August 23, 2012 — The Fort Sam Houston Thrift Shop opened its doors in grand fashion Aug. 18 with a large group of bargain hunters waiting outside the entry."Thank you to all of our amazing volunteers who worked long... MORE

(From left) Kelly Oliver, Fort Sam Houston Thrift Shop co-chairperson; Brig. Gen Theresa Carter, Commander, 502nd Air Base Wing and Joint Base San Antonio; JBSA and 502 ABW Command Chief Master Sgt. Jose LugoSantiago; Col. John Lamoureux, 502 Mission Support Group commander and Stephanie Crotty, thrift shop chairperson, gathered to cut the ribbon for the Fort Sam Houston Thrift Shop during the opening ceremony Aug. 18. More than 75 customers were also on hand and eager to shop. (Photo By Cheryl Harrison, 502nd Force Support Squadron Marketing)

No ordinary bicycle ride: Cycling team promotes goodwill on the road
August 23, 2012 — Members of the Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland Air Force Cycling Team aren't your ordinary cyclists riding along their merry way.Over the past few months, the cyclists, part of a larger U.S. Air Force... MORE

Cyclists from Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland and JBSA-Randolph participated in a Memorial Day weekend ride to Kerrville to visit with veteran’s from the Kerrville Veterans Hospital in May. (Courtesy photo/David Larabee)

Air Force's new nurse residency program: focus on patient-centered care
August 23, 2012 — Compassion and focus for the patient are some of the many takeaways for 12 graduates of the first class of nurses to complete the Air Force's new nurse residency program at the San Antonio Military... MORE

The first class of 12 Air Force nursing residents participate in a graduation ceremony Aug. 20 at the San Antonio Military Medical Center. (Photo by Lori Newman, JBSA-Fort Sam Houston Public Affairs)

Walters Street Access Control Point progressing, traffic flowing
August 23, 2012 — The detour is gone, the barricades have been removed and traffic is flowing through the new Walters Street Access Control Point at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston. "The process of this... MORE

The Walters Street Gate on Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston is one part of a state-of-the-art access control point with a visitor control center capable of processing contractor, vendor and visitor access. (Photo by Lori Newman, JBSA-Fort Sam Houston Public Affairs)

JBSA-Randolph supports local Feds Feed Families program
August 22, 2012 — Feds Feed Families, a national effort urging federal employees to donate nonperishable food to food banks, began operating in San Antonio in 2011. Thirty local federal agencies collected 30,429 pounds... MORE

Maj. Gen. Alfred Stewart (second from left) , Air Force Personnel Center commander, joins Jacob Love, AFPC entitlements branch, Chief Master Sgt. Rubin Gonzales, AFPC command chief and Todd Fore, AFPC executive director, at a Feds Feeds Families food bank donation barrel during a collection event held at AFPC on Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas Aug. 15. (U.S. Air Force photo by Rich McFadden)

Members now qualify for short sale assistance
August 22, 2012 — One of the hardships military members face when they have orders for a permanent change of station is selling their home.That burden becomes even greater when their home is worth less than the balance... MORE

12th OG excels during no-notice inspection
August 22, 2012 — The men and women of the 12th Operations Group received 21 flight evaluations during a no-notice inspection by a team of Air Education and Training Command inspectors from August 13-16.The inspection... MORE

Mosquito fogging this week on JBSA-Fort Sam Houston
August 21, 2012 — Targeted hand-held mosquito fogging is scheduled for Thursday morning, Aug. 23 and Friday morning, Aug. 24 between midnight and 3 a.m. at JBSA-Fort Sam Houston.Thirteen additional mosquito sample... MORE

Four San Antonio Recruiting Battalion Soldiers recognized for separate lifesaving efforts
August 16, 2012 — Four Soldiers from the San Antonio Recruiting Battalion were recognized for performed lifesaving efforts in their local communities during a ceremony at the Dodd Chapel on Joint Base San Antonio-Fort... MORE

San Antonio Recruiting Battalion commander Lt. Col. David A. Grant looks on as Maj. Gen. David L. Mann, U.S. Army Recruiting Command commanding general, presents the Army Commendation Medal to Sgt. 1st Class David A. Mendoza for a lifesaving action. (U.S. Army Photo by Lisa Masters)

San Antonio Military Medical Center recognizes youth volunteers
August 16, 2012 — A group of teens were recognized and honored for their volunteer services this summer at San Antonio Military Medical Center Aug. 6.The ceremony, hosted by Brooke Army Medical Center volunteer... MORE

Volunteers Ryan Teich and Haley Richards label IV bags in the post-anesthesia care unit at the San Antonio Military Medical Center. The volunteer program brought 66 high school teens with more than 35 assigned supervisors throughout the medical center. (U.S. Army Photo by Kelly Schaefer, BAMC Public Affairs)

BAMC volunteers fill vital role in health care mission
August 16, 2012 — Brooke Army Medical Center's health care mission is growing by leaps and bounds, and as it grows, so does the hospital's need for volunteers. BAMC supervisors create positions and duties so that... MORE

Volunteer information desk greeter Ed O'Boyle helps a vistor to San Antonio Military Medical Center navigate the hospital. Greeters are often the first person a patient, family member, vistor or vendor meets. (Photo by Mike Dulevitz, Brooke Army Medical Center Volunteer Services)

ARSOUTH, Colombian army, partner nations, kick off PANAMAX 2012
August 15, 2012 — Members of U.S. Army South, along with armed and security forces from 17 nations, officially kicked off the annual U.S. Southern Command-sponsored Fuerzas Aliadas PANAMAX exercise taking place... MORE

Sailors from Special Boat Team 22 and service members from Chile, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Panama and Peru participate in a hot extraction training exercise as part of PANAMAX 2011. PANAMAX focuses on the defense of the Panama Canal with participants from 17 countries and involving more than 3,500 personnel throughout the U.S. Southern Command.

DoD to improve voluntary education safeguards
August 15, 2012 — The Defense Department is nearing completion of an agreement with post-secondary schools to ensure service members have the best possible experience in continuing their education, a senior Pentagon... MORE

New mural depicts San Antonio's rich military history
August 15, 2012 — A newly designed mural depicting the history of the military in San Antonio adorns the upstairs hallway in the 502nd Air Base Wing headquarters on Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston."We wanted to... MORE

Peter Law, 502nd Air Base Wing historian, admires the new mural depicting San Antonio’s rich military history at the 502nd ABW headquarters on Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston. (U.S. Army photo by Lori Newman)

Airmen learn to run strategically with online instruction
August 15, 2012 — Beginning Sept. 1, Air Force medical officials will take new strides to get Airmen running safely.The Air Force Telehealth Office will conduct a six-month study to investigate the outcome and... MORE

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