JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas –
Military retirees or service members who are about to retire can find out about programs and benefits they can utilize from medical clinic representatives, veterans’ organizations and agencies and vendors, at Military Retiree Appreciation Day Saturday from 8 a.m. to noon at the Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston Brooke Army Medical Center Medical Mall.
An array of services will be offered at the event, including a health fair and 70 information tables consisting of representatives from medical clinics at JBSA-Fort Sam Houston, vendors and agencies and organizations serving veterans and retirees.
Joe Silva, JBSA-Fort Sam Houston Retirement Service Officer, said military retirees, their family members or surviving spouses will get an opportunity to meet face-to-face with representatives from medical clinics and veterans’ agencies and organizations who can explain the benefits and services they provide to retirees.
“They will have that face-to-face interaction and communication at most every clinic and organization table, which they don’t get on a daily basis,” Silva said.
At the health fair, free flu shots and immunizations and walk-in mammograms will be provided. Anyone who needs to update their immunizations must bring their shot records.
Any retiree or family member who has a prescription for eyeglasses less than a year old can have them ordered at the health fair.
In addition, JBSA retirees can turn in any expired medication, or any medications they no longer use, to the BAMC pharmacy booth.
Representatives from TRICARE Information and Services will be there to inform retirees of their medical benefits.
Organizations and agencies that will have representatives include the JBSA-Randolph Retirees Activities Office, Soldier for Life Transition Assistance Program, the Retired Enlisted Association, Bexar County Veteran Services, Veterans Benefit Administration, San Antonio Veteran Center, JBSA-Fort Sam Houston Casualty and Mortuary Affairs, Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, Texas Veterans Commission, South Texas Veterans Affairs, Military Officers Association of America – Alamo Chapter, JBSA-Fort Sam Houston Exchange Services and the Fort Sam Houston Golf Course.
Marshann Kessenich, a volunteer at the JBSA-Randolph Retirees Activities Office, said she will be informing retirees about the JBSA-Randolph Retirees Activities Office and collecting information from agencies and organizations that help and assist retirees, their family members or surviving spouses at Military Retiree Appreciation Day.
“I will be collecting point of contacts for the retirees office,” she said. “I will go and give out our business cards and get contact information for services retirees will need.”
For information on Military Retiree Appreciation Day, contact the JBSA-Fort Sam Houston Retirement Service Office at 221-9004. The office is open from 7:30-11:30 a.m. and 12:30-4 p.m. Monday-Friday in building 2263, room 200A.