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Getting a taste
March 22, 2007 — MORE

Ginobili, a giant Tegu lizard, gets a flickering taste of Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, while traveling on the SeaWorld and Busch Gardens Animal Adventures Tour Vehicle. The 38-foot tour vehicle, with its various reptiles and birds, was on base March 15 to give Team Lackland a chance to meet and interact with the animals. The Animal Adventures Tour Vehicle will visit more than 20 of the nation's largest cities during the tour year. (USAF photo by Robbin Cresswell)

MTIs deploy to train Iraqis
March 22, 2007 — A group of hand-picked military training instructors from the 331st Training Squadron at Lackland AFB is en route to Camp Taji, Iraq, to begin training Iraqi Air Force recruits, also known as jundis... MORE

Staff Sgt. Alejandro Huerta shares a tender moment with his girlfriend, Carmen DeLeon Acosta, at the 331st Training Squadron Wolf Pack during a goodbye gathering for military training leaders. He and five other Team Lackland MTIs are on their way to Iraq where they will be training jundis for the next 179 days. (USAF photo by Alan Boedeker)

ADR program gets Air Force recognition
March 22, 2007 — The 37th Training Wing was honored at the Pentagon March 23 for winning the 2006 General Counsel Alternative Dispute Resolution Award for Workplace Disputes among large organizations. The winners,... MORE

Irish pride for all
March 21, 2007 — MORE

Commander of the 59th Medical Wing, Brig. Gen. David Young III, and his wife, Martha, escort Miss Bexar County 2007, Alexandra Peais, in the Youngs' 1985 Cadillac during the parade March 17. The theme of the 39th annual St. Patrick's Day Parade was "The Green Honors the Blue." The parade had a blend of participants from civic, social, business, educational, patriotic and military organizations. (USAF photo by Alan Boedeker)

Sheltering donations
March 21, 2007 — MORE

Making a difference in someone else's life, Staff Sgt. Monique Cahill, left, and Master Sgt. Bianca Pulley leave items in one of seven collection boxes on base. The Women's History Month Committee will continue collecting donations for the Battered Women and Children's Shelter of Bexar County through March 30. Requested donations include baby items, women's toiletries, laundry products and cleaning supplies. Collection boxes are located at the Lackland Child Development Center, the commissary, Wilford Hall Medical Center, 37th Training Wing, 37th Mission Support Group, 37th Training Group and the 737th Training Group. Donations are scheduled to be delivered to the shelter March 31. The shelter provides emergency shelter or transitional housing, education and effective parenting training, and early intervention with children. More information about the shelter is available at www.fvps.org. Sergeant Cahill is assigned to the 59th Training Squadron. Sergeant Pulley is with the 59th Medical Training Group. (USAF photo by Robbin Cresswell)

End nears for Randolph's T-37 instructor pilot mission
March 19, 2007 — Like the saying goes, "All good things must come to an end." This time the "good thing" includes Randolph's most historic active aircraft and the valuable mission it has served here for 42 years. By... MORE

Capt. Lacy Gunnoe, 559th Flying Training Squadron T-37 instructor pilot student, runs the interior inspection checklist before a training mission. (U.S. Air Force photo by Melissa Peterson)

Randolph child development program named best in Air Force
March 19, 2007 — The Randolph Child Development Program took home top honors recently as it was named Air Force Services Child Development Program of the Year. With two facilities and a staff of 65, the program cares... MORE

Kelly Stokes, Randolph Child Development Program assistant, supervises as Kaitlyn Rodriguez (left) and Michael Chase explore the texture board at the child development center annex March 14. (U.S. Air Force photo by Melissa Peterson)

Thirty-seven Randolph officers selected for promotion
March 19, 2007 — Thirty-seven Randolph lieutenant colonels, majors and captains were selected for promotion as part of the 2006C Line of the Air Force, LAF-Judge Advocate and Chaplain central selection board. Randolph... MORE

Base celebrates 34th Annual Freedom Flyer Reunion
March 19, 2007 — Randolph Air Force Base personnel are invited to help celebrate the 34th Annual Freedom Flyer Reunion here March 30. The event is hosted annually by the 560th Flying Training Squadron to recognize the... MORE

Thirty-eight Randolph master sergeants selected for promotion
March 19, 2007 — Thirty-eight Randolph master sergeants were selected for promotion to senior master sergeant. The announcement, which came out March 14, was the result of the Feb. 5-23 promotion board. Only 1,282... MORE

Team to review base NSPS
March 19, 2007 — As part of a review of the National Security Personnel System, a five-person team will visit Randolph March 20 and meet with supervisors and employees to evaluate implementation of the program. The... MORE

New pharmacy system boasts comfort, service
March 19, 2007 — March 26 marks another milestone in the Randolph Pharmacy's quest to provide stellar customer service, when a new queing system is put to use. The queing process, in which customers are issued a... MORE

36 Lackland master sergeants earn promotion to senior master sergeant
March 15, 2007 — Congratulations to the following 36 master sergeants selected for promotion to the rank of senior master sergeant by the 2007 promotion board: 37th Civil Engineer Squadron Hector Andrade 37th... MORE

13 Lackland majors earn promotion to lieutenant colonel
March 15, 2007 — Congratulations to the following 13 majors selected for promotion to the rank of lieutenant colonel by the 2007 promotion board: 318th Information Operations William Poe Trisha Sexton 67th Network... MORE

28-year-old OSI agent makes history
March 15, 2007 — A 28-year-old Air Force staff sergeant who dreamed of serving his country throughout his adult life has instead become the first Office of Special Investigations agent to be medically retired due to... MORE

Staff Sgt. Todd King, prior to being injured by a suicide bombing in Baghdad on Oct. 14, 2004. Sergeant King became the first Office of Special Investigations Agent medically retired due to combat-related injuries suffered in Operation Iraqi Freedom. (Courtesy photo)

Dog's life
March 15, 2007 — MORE

Doris and Tech. Sgt. Jason Eaton, 341st Training Squadron, strike a pose March 12 for a television crew with the Canadian Broadcasting Co. The Lackland Military Working Dog Program, the largest in the world, will be featured in an hourlong documentary into the world and culture of dogs. The three-person crew, which spent a day and half filming at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, will also travel to England to film a dog training facility there. The documentary will air this fall. (USAF photo by Robbin Cresswell)

Armed Forces Boxing Championship: Army boxers dominate title bouts; Summerville wins for Air Force
March 15, 2007 — It was a big night for the U.S. Army Boxing Team. Eight Army boxers won bouts within their respective weight divisions during the 2007 U.S. Armed Forces Boxing Championship finals March 9 at Bennett... MORE

Rosey Summerville from Shaw AFB, S.C., throws a left jab at Christopher Munar from Fort Carson, Colo., during the U.S. Armed Forces Boxing Championship finals March 9 at Bennett Fitness Center on Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. (USAF photo by Robbin Cresswell)

Intramural volleyball: Lab gives 37th TRG first defeat
March 15, 2007 — The 859th Diagnostics and Therapeutics Squadron (Lab) handed the 37th Training Group their first loss of the season as women's intramural volleyball continued earlier this week. Lab defeated the 37th... MORE

Stephanie Ambler from the 859th Diagnostics and Therapeutics Squadron, left, spikes the ball against Francis Osorio from the 37th Training Group March 13 at the Warhawk Fitness Center on Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. (USAF photo by Alan Boedeker)

Ladies softball: Jeter lifts Warhawks over Randolph
March 15, 2007 — A two-out opposite field single by catcher Rhonda Jeter drove in two runs and gave the Lackland Lady Warhawks Varsity Softball Team a one-run win over their cross-town rivals last week. Lackland... MORE

Catcher Rhonda Jeter from the Lackland Lady Warhawks Varsity Softball Team delivers the winning base hit against the Randolph Lady Ramblers March 8 at the Alva Jo Fischer Memorial Softball Complex. (USAF photo by Alan Boedeker)

Health and horse
March 15, 2007 — MORE

Capt. Julianne Philip competes in an endurance ride with her horse SN Independance on March 10 in Borene. This is Captain Phililp's first 50-mile ride. She finished in 9 hours and 26 minutes and placed 17th out of a field of 36 50-mile riders. Unlike most races where placement is determined by who crosses the finish line first, placement in an endurance ride is based on the horse's physical condition at designated vet check points on the trek. Captain Philip is a nurse manager with the 759th Surgical Operations Squadron at Wilford Hall. (USAF photo by Robbin Cresswell)