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Team METC highlights military medic training at AMT annual meeting
August 5, 2025 — Three instructors with the Medical Education and Training Campus, located at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Texas, presented a continuing education session at the American Medical Technologists Annual Meeting in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on July 23. ... MORE

METC, partners get realistic dementia experience
August 5, 2025 — Thirty volunteers assigned to the Medical Education and Training Campus, Defense Medical Readiness Training Institute, Navy Medicine Training Support Command, 32d Medical Brigade, and the U.S. Army Medical Center of Excellence recently had the opportunity to personally experience the daily challenges that cognitively impaired people face by participating in an innovative, immersive dementia simulation presented by a team from the Veterans Health Administration... MORE

Navy Tactical Combat Casualty Care program director recognized with civilian awards
August 4, 2025 — Cmdr. Thomas Sather, Director for the Naval Medical Forces Development Command’s Tactical Combat Casualty Care program, has been recognized with two prestigious awards for his pivotal role in revolutionizing life support and medical training for both military and civilian personnel... MORE

Cmdr. Thomas Sather, director of the Naval Medical Forces Development Command’s Tactical Combat Casualty Care program, displays his recent civilian awards at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Texas, Aug. 1, 2025. Sather was presented the American Red Cross Chairpersons’ Award for his significant contributions to the Red Cross Scientific Advisory Council, and recognized the Aerospace Medical Association with the Aerospace Physiology Society’s Fred A. Hitchcock Award for his outstanding performance as a senior aerospace physiologist. (U.S. Navy photo by Malcolm McClendon)

'Community Connection' events strengthen community bonds, build connections
August 4, 2025 — One of the ways the Air Force encourages Airmen and families to maintain social fitness is through participation in events like "Community Connection" and local town halls... MORE

USAISR partnering on imaging technology for improving hemorrhage triage
July 31, 2025 — Uncontrolled blood loss from traumatic injury is the leading cause of preventable death on the battlefield, which makes prompt and accurate triage essential for maximizing warfighter survival. A new technology that builds on pioneering research conducted at the U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston may soon enable care givers to assess patient risk more quickly and accurately using data collected from ordinary digital cameras, thereby improving the survivability of combat casualties and increasing the combat power and effectiveness of field units... MORE

Local Defense Health Network Central clinics among 'best of the best'
July 31, 2025 — Patients have ranked 16 Defense Health Network Central clinics, providers and support staff as the "best of the best" in the Military Health System for patient experience and customer care, according to a recent Joint Outpatient Experience Survey, or JOES, quarterly report. Two local locations are among those noted... MORE

Patients rank DHN Central clinics ‘best of the best’

For USAISR Burn Flight Team, training and education are part of the mission
July 30, 2025 — Since its founding in 1951, the U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research Burn Flight Team has conducted aeromedical evacuations for thousands of burn patients around the world. Renowned for its ability to deploy a fully equipped team of critical care specialists with just a few hours’ notice, the BFT relies on a rigorous training and education regimen to maintain its proficiency and readiness... MORE

It’s a new day: Pilot survives fiery crash, flies again
July 30, 2025 — On April 29, 2024, retired Army Master Sgt. Chris Hiatt was coming in for a routine landing at the Castroville Airport when something went terribly wrong... MORE

Naval Medical Forces Development Command welcomes director for administration
July 29, 2025 — The Naval Medical Forces Development Command welcomed Lt. Cdr. Angel Camacho to the team as the new director for administration on July 16, 2025... MORE

The Naval Medical Forces Development Command welcomes Lt. Cdr. Angel P. Camacho to the team as the new director for administration, at their headquarters based at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Texas, July 16, 2025. (U.S. Navy graphic by Malcolm McClendon).

U.S. Army Installation Management Command hosts relinquishment of command ceremony
July 29, 2025 — Lt. Gen. Omar J. Jones IV relinquished command of U.S. Army Installation Management Command during a ceremony July 23 at the Fort Sam Houston Theater. Maj. Gen. James M. Smith, the IMCOM deputy commanding general, will serve as the acting commanding general until Jones’ replacement is announced... MORE

Geospatial collaboration strengthens security cooperation in Western Hemisphere
July 28, 2025 — Soldiers from U.S. Army South conducted a geospatial subject matter expert exchange with members of the Colombian and Peruvian armies from July 22-24 as part of an agreed-to action with the Colombian army... MORE

Bring your smile and your camera! JBSA sets up self-help portrait stations
July 24, 2025 — Starting July 24, the 502d Air Base Wing Public Affairs office — which serves Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, JBSA-Lackland and JBSA-Randolph — will offer a new self-help portrait station featuring an American flag backdrop... MORE

Army retires legacy equipment in new push for accountability and modernization
July 22, 2025 — In a sweeping modernization effort, the Army issued new guidance on the removal and disposal of legacy Organizational Clothing and Individual Equipment, or OCIE items deemed to have no economic value, as outlined in previous guidance. Soldiers across all components will see legacy OCIE automatically cleared from their records and given clear procedures for responsibility disposing of outdated gear... MORE

Army scales down Military Working Equid program for warfighting priorities
July 21, 2025 — Starting in July 2025, the Army will sunset ownership, operation and materiel support of MWE programs at Fort Irwin, California; Fort Huachuca, Arizona; Fort Riley, Kansas; Fort Sill, Oklahoma; and Fort Hood, Texas. However, MWE programs will continue with The Old Guard caisson units at the Military District of Washington and Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Texas... MORE

U.S. Army Medical Center of Excellence welcomes new commander
July 16, 2025 — The U.S. Army Medical Center of Excellence held a change of command ceremony on July 11, 2025, during which Brig. Gen. Clinton K. Murray relinquished command to Maj. Gen. Anthony L. McQueen at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston... MORE

‘Arts in the Force’ program targets Airman resilience and community engagement
July 15, 2025 — The Air Force Services Center is helping Airmen, Guardians and their families to build resiliency and morale by tapping into their creative sides through the Arts in the Force program... MORE

April North poses with her customized shoes during Operation Sole at JBSA-Fort Sam Houston, Texas, June 14.

Army updates facial hair policy to reinforce grooming standards
July 8, 2025 — The U.S. Army is updating its facial hair grooming policy in an Army Directive that resulted from a force-wide review of military standards. The update reinforces the Army’s long-standing policy that all Soldiers must be clean-shaven when in uniform or civilian clothes while on duty, with temporary exemptions for medical reasons and permanent exemptions for religious accommodations... MORE

NREIP/SEAP Program management visits NAMRU San Antonio
July 3, 2025 — Program management of the Office of Naval Research’s Naval Research Enterprise Internship Program and Science and Engineering Apprenticeship Program visited with leadership and student interns assigned to Naval Medical Research Unit San Antonio at the Battlefield Health and Trauma Research Institute... MORE

3D printing demo spotlights applications for dental care in the field
July 3, 2025 — To learn more about the possibilities of 3D digital dentistry, U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research Commander Col. Elisa O’Hern, Command Sgt. Maj. Christopher Haeusler, and representatives from the USAISR’s Combat Casualty Care Research Teams attended a field demonstration of 3D printing capabilities hosted by the U.S. Air Force and Army in collaboration with Formlabs, the world’s largest supplier of professional 3D printing machines. ... MORE

Army South supports disaster response workshop
July 1, 2025 — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Readiness Support Center recently hosted a multi-lateral workshop supported by the U.S. Army South. It included Army Engineer delegations from Peru and Columbia, June 10-12, 2025, in Mobile, Alabama... MORE

Readiness Support Center hosts disaster response workshop