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Annual BAMC mammogram event helps save lives
May 12, 2021 — Brooke Army Medical Center partnered with University Health System to offer mammograms to BAMC civilian and contract employees May 7... MORE

Breast Cancer Awareness event at Brooke Army Medical Center

Army South strengthens cooperation in Jamaica with humanitarian assistance, disaster relief response
May 11, 2021 — Brig. Gen. Alcides V. Faria, U.S. Army South deputy commanding general for interoperability, represented the U.S. Army and conducted a walk-through of the second field hospital donated to Jamaica by the U.S. through U.S. Southern Command... MORE

U.S. Army Environmental Command hosts nature walk for kindergarteners
May 10, 2021 — In celebration of Earth Day this year, employees from the U.S. Army Environmental Command hosted a kindergarten nature walk to teach 140 kindergarten students from the Fort Sam Houston Elementary School about nature and wildlife at Salado Creek Park May 6... MORE

U.S. Army Environmental Command Nature Walk

502nd ABW members help celebrate veteran’s 100th birthday
May 7, 2021 — Members of the 502d Air Base Wing joined the Alamo Honor Flight in celebrating with the100th birthday of Pearl Harbor Survivor retired Air Force Tech. Sgt. Kenneth Platt at a local restaurant May 5... MORE

Air Force veteran Kenneth Platt during his 100th birthday celebration

Regional Health Command-Central welcomes new commanding general
May 7, 2021 — The Regional Health Command-Central at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston welcomed Brig. Gen. Shan Bagby as their new commanding general and said farewell to Brig. Gen. Wendy L. Harter during a change of command ceremony May 5 at the Army Medical Department Museum amphitheater... MORE

U.S. Army North staff members complete security workforce certification
May 6, 2021 — The triad of the U.S. Army North mission encompasses Homeland Defense, Theater Security Cooperation and Defense Support of Civil Authorities. Recently members of ARNORTH’s G3 completed the Security Cooperation Workforce certificate program to enhance the TSC mission... MORE

BAMC Army nurse singled out for national honor
May 5, 2021 — An Army nurse at Brooke Army Medical Center has received national recognition for her commitment to critically ill patients and their families in the midst of a global health crisis... MORE

USAISR hosts medical science, technology innovation virtual summit
May 5, 2021 — The U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston hosted a virtual Medical Science and Technology Innovation Summit on April 21 for the U.S. Army Futures Command, the University of Texas System, and the U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command... MORE

Virtual Medical Science and Technology Innovation Summit

JBSA-Fort Sam Houston Military Tax Assistance Center extends services to June 15
April 30, 2021 — The Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston Military Tax Assistance Center, or MTAC, will continue to offer free income tax preparation services for military members and retirees until June 15... MORE

ARNORTH hosts virtual annual disaster response exercise
April 30, 2021 — U.S. Army North, U.S. Northern Command’s Joint Force Land Component Command, will host approximately 750 military and civilian personnel from across the country to take part in its annual disaster response training exercise Vibrant Response from April 26 to May 8 through virtual collaborative software... MORE

U.S. Army North conducts the Vibrant Response exercise annually as part its mission to train the nation’s military CBRN response capability.

BAMC bids farewell to commanding general
April 29, 2021 — Brooke Army Medical Center held a relinquishment of command ceremony April 28 to bid farewell to the commanding general... MORE

Brooke Army Medical Center relinquishment of command ceremony April 29.

Wounded Warrior Trials promote friendly competition, recovery for service members
April 28, 2021 — On a recent spring morning at the Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston archery range, U.S. Marine Cpl. Joseph Quintanilla drew his bow, holding tension with a broad back and shoulders more often associated with football than archery... MORE

U.S. Marine Cpl. Joseph Quintanilla shoots his bow as part of the Wounded Warrior archery competition practice and bow fitting.

BAMC celebrates Volunteers of the Year during ceremony
April 28, 2021 — Brooke Army Medical Center celebrated its 275 volunteers during a ceremony held April 21 to name the BAMC Volunteers of the Year. The ceremony was held in conjunction with National Volunteer Week, April 18-24... MORE

Brooke Army Medical Center Commanding General Brig. Gen. Shan Bagby and Command Sgt. Maj. Thurman Reynolds present Kris Blair and therapy dog Huckleberry are certificate of appreciation.

METC trains behavioral health students in full range of mental health support
April 27, 2021 — Mental Health Awareness Month brings into focus awareness of and support for mental illness. Military mental health professionals provide a critical role in behavioral health care for service members and beneficiaries. The first provider a patient may see when seeking help is the behavioral health technician, or BHT... MORE

Petty Officer 2nd Class Ebiye Osadare (far right), a Navy instructor for the METC Behavioral Health Technician program, monitors a mock counseling session from behind the glass between BHT students Airman Frederick Hall (left) and Seaman Chery Gonzales-Polanco (right).

BAMC Soldiers observe solemn Bataan Death March remembrance event
April 27, 2021 — Soldiers currently assigned to Brooke Army Medical Center’s Soldier Recovery Unit organized and participated in the Bataan Death March remembrance event at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston April 10... MORE

April 10, 2021, Bataan Death March remembrance event

ARNORTH to oversee military vaccination support to FEMA in Kentucky
April 27, 2021 — At the request of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, approximately 30 Department of Defense military medical and support personnel will deploy to Kentucky to support federal vaccination efforts in partnership with the state... MORE

A Hospital Corpsman vaccinates a community member at the Tulsa Community Vaccination Center.

MEDCoE trainees receive COVID-19 vaccine
April 22, 2021 — Trainees assigned to the U.S. Army Medical Center of Excellence, or MEDCoE, began receiving the COVID-19 vaccine at the Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston vaccine site April 15. As Brooke Army Medical Center, or BAMC, announced that vaccines are now available to all beneficiaries 16 and older, MEDCoE trainees were offered the vaccine as a Tier II priority. ... MORE

Pvt. Michael Giuffrida, a 68K medical laboratory specialist in training at the U.S. Army Medical Center of Excellence, or MEDCoE, is administered the first dose of the Pfizer BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine by Sgt. 1st Class Victoria Romero, MEDCoE 68W Combat Medic cadre augmenting staff, at the Brooke Army Medical Center’s Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston Vaccine site April 15.

MEDCoE Interservice Physician Assistant Program gets facility upgrade
April 21, 2021 — The U.S. Army Medical Center of Excellence, or MEDCoE, Interservice Physician Assistant Program, or IPAP, offices underwent a one-year, three-phase construction project from February 2020 to March 2021... MORE

Col. James Jones (far right), Interservice Physician Assistant Program Associate professor, briefs J.M. Harmon III, deputy to the U.S. Army Medical Center of Excellence commanding general, on the renovations and new furniture to their program area.

METC neurodiagnostic technologist trainees learn about brain disorders, care
April 19, 2021 — Neurodiagnostic Week, which takes place April 18-24, is an annual campaign that serves to bring attention to and acknowledge the efforts of neurodiagnostic professionals around the world. This year, in particular, has been particularly challenging with the Coronavirus pandemic, as neurodiagnostic technologists, or NDT, face additional challenges while remaining committed to providing a high level of patient care. ... MORE

Air Force Senior Airman Jamila Basit, a student in the Neurodiagnostic Technician program at the Medical Education and Training Campus at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, practices the electrode application method required for performance of the electroencephalogram, or EEG, on fellow student Navy Seaman Marcus Falcon.

Dagger Forge III trains troops to become elite Signals Intelligence Lethal Soldiers
April 16, 2021 — Dagger Forge III, conducted April 5-9 at Joint Base San Antonio-Camp Bullis by the 717th Military Intelligence Battalion, part of the 470th Military Intelligence Brigade at JBSA-Fort Sam Houston, trained 40 active duty members, who underwent physical, technical and tactical training to become Signals Intelligence Lethal Soldiers... MORE

Dagger Forge III trained 40 active duty members, who underwent physical, technical and tactical training to become Signals Intelligence Lethal Soldiers, the Army’s force of intelligence gathering troops. This signals intelligence field training event was conducted April 5-9 at Joint Base San Antonio-Camp Bullis by the 717th Military Intelligence Battalion, part of the 470th Military Intelligence Brigade at JBSA-Fort Sam Houston.