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14th Military Intelligence Battalion returns from year in Afghanistan
October 26, 2012 — The 14th Military Intelligence Battalion returned to Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston in the early morning hours of Oct. 21 after a one-year deployment to Afghanistan in support of Operation... MORE

Family members greet Soldiers with hugs and kisses after the 14th Military Intelligence Battalion was dismissed. The Soldiers will have some reintegration training during their first week home, then have 30 days of leave before resuming their military duties.
Photo by Gregory Ripps

JBSA resource fair a success for military families with special needs
October 19, 2012 — The Joint Base San Antonio Exceptional Family Member Program joined forces with Morgan's Wonderland to hold the third annual Resource Fair and Child Find Event Oct. 13, with more than 275 family... MORE

Local singer Sierra Cecil awed the audience Oct. 13 at the Joint Base San Antonio Exceptional Family Members Program Resource Fair with her strong voice and newly acquired guitar skills, thanks to a specially fitted prosthetic. (Photo by Cheryl Harrison, JBSA-Fort Sam Houston Warfighter and Family Readiness Marketing)

Vice JCS chairman visits, honors wounded warriors in San Antonio
October 19, 2012 — The nation's second highest ranking military officer honored two wounded warriors during a Purple Heart ceremony at the Warrior and Family Support Center here Oct. 12.During his visit, Navy Adm. James... MORE

Navy Adm. James A. Winnefeld Jr. (center), vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, pins the Purple Heart medal on Army Spc. Jason Smith during a ceremony at the Warrior and Family Support Center Oct. 12. Smith was injured July 25 while supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. (Photo by Robert Shields, Brooke Army Medical Center Public Affairs)

Unique headquarters company inactivates after decade of service
October 19, 2012 — From a small patio near the post's horse stables, leaders, comrades and loved ones said a fond farewell to a headquarters company that had overseen the base's Military Honors and Caisson platoons for... MORE

Capt. James Blevins, company commander of Headquarters and Headquarters Company, Army Support Activity, and 1st Sgt. Anthony Walls, case the company guidon during an inactivation ceremony held Oct. 2 as Frank Blakely, ASA manager, looks on. The Military Honors Platoon, which provides military funeral honors in the south Texas region and ceremonial support to JBSA-Fort Sam Houston and the greater San Antonio military community, is now part of Army North’s Headquarters Support Company, Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion. (Photo by Staff Sgt. Corey Baltos, U.S. Army North Public Affairs)

New U.S. Army South commanding general works on strengthening partnerships in Honduras
October 19, 2012 — On his first trip to the Central American region since taking command, Maj. Gen. Frederick S. Rudesheim, U.S. Army South commanding general, traveled to Tegucigalpa, Honduras, from Oct. 3 to 5.While... MORE

Maj. Gen. Frederick S. Rudesheim (right), U.S. Army South commanding general, visits with Brig. Gen. Freddy Santiago Diaz Zelaya, the Honduran army commander, at the Honduran army headquarters in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Oct. 4. (Photo by Robert R. Ramon, U.S. Army South Public Affairs)

National Breast Cancer Awareness Month focuses attention on second leading cancer killer of women
October 15, 2012 — October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month across the nation. Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed non-skin cancer in women and one out of every eight women will develop breast cancer... MORE

A Brooke Army Medical team treats Honduran patients
October 15, 2012 — A Brooke Army Medical Center team of orthopedic specialists treated close to 75 patients during an annual medical readiness training exercise in Honduras Sept. 9 through 23.The team spent two weeks at... MORE

Members of a Brooke Army Medical Center team of orthopedic specialists perform an
ultrasound on a patient during an annual medical readiness training exercise in Honduras in September. The team spent two weeks at the Hospital Escuela in Tegucigalpa treating a variety of challenging cases alongside Honduran health care professionals.
Photo by Capt. Andrew A. Lyons III

Domestic Violence Awareness Month: ‘Bruised, But Not Broken’
October 15, 2012 — Domestic Violence Awareness Month evolved from the first Day of Unity observed in October 1981 by the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence. The intent was to connect advocates for battered... MORE

Visiting Mexican army doctors save man in San Antonio restaurant
October 15, 2012 — Five visiting doctors from Mexico's National Defense Army became local heroes Sept. 19 after helping save a local San Antonian during dinner at a San Antonio restaurant.The visiting doctors were... MORE

Mexican army Maj. Carina Castro (center), an anesthesiologist with the Mexican army’s medical officers corps, leads her fellow medical officers through a procedure while observing training Sept. 19 at Joint Base San Antonio-Camp Bullis.
Photo by Maj. Jim Marckwardt

MICC ensures smooth transfer of logistics contract management
October 15, 2012 — Mission and Installation Contracting Command officials were ready for the Oct. 1 transfer of administrative control for directorate of logistics contract requirements from the Army's Installation... MORE

METC team wins 2012 Emergency Medical Technician Rodeo
October 15, 2012 — Air Force and Navy instructors with the Medical Education and Training Campus were overall winners in the 2012 Emergency Medical Technician Rodeo held Sept. 22 at Cannon Air Force Base, N.M. Five EMT... MORE

The emergency medical team from Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam
Houston rescues a dummy as part of the water extraction challenge
during the Emergency Medical Technician Rodeo at Cannon Air Force
Base, N.M., Sept. 21. The EMT Rodeo is a competition in which teams from across the United States and Germany test their skills in various events that simulate real-life scenarios.
Photo by Airman 1st Class Xavier Lockley

JBSA-Lackland drops preseason game to Fort Sam
October 12, 2012 — The Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland men's varsity basketball team fell to JBSA-Fort Sam Houston, 92-80, in a preseason game Oct. 3 at the Chaparral Fitness Center at JBSA-Lackland.Five Lackland... MORE

Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland Warhawks forward Ty Moore takes it to the hoop during the team’s 92-80 preseason loss to JBSA-Fort Sam Houston Oct. 3 at the JBSA-Lackland Chaparral Fitness Center. (U.S. Air Force photo/Robbin Cresswell)

Navy Medicine training headquarters opens at JBSA-Fort Sam Houston
October 4, 2012 — The Navy Medicine Education and Training Command officially opened the doors of its new San Antonio location during a Sept. 28 ribbon-cutting ceremony at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston.NMETC,... MORE

JBSA-FSH Fire Department urges residents to have two ways out
October 4, 2012 — If you woke up to a fire in your home, how much time do you think you would have to get to safety? According to the National Fire Protection Association, one-third of Americans households thought they... MORE

Warrior Transition Battalion Soldiers continue with 68W combat medic training
October 4, 2012 — Wounded warriors assigned to the Brooke Army Medical Center Warrior Transition Battalion trained to renew their Nationally Registered Emergency Medical Technician license at Fort Sam Houston Sept... MORE

Combat medic wounded warriors Sgt. Vicente Ayala and Cpl. Aaron Jacinto perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation on a simulated baby mannequin during the basic life support segment of the 68W combat medic training at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston Sept. 11.
Photo by Marsha Huffman

Survivor Outreach Services opens to the community
October 4, 2012 — Post leaders cut the ribbon for the newly remodeled Survivor Outreach Services Sep. 29 to officially open the facility and to honor Gold Star Mothers and Families.More than 100 survivors, family,... MORE

Command Sgt. Maj. Alvin Chaplin Sr., Headquarters, Headquarters Battalion, U.S. Army North, helps Gold Star Mothers Esther Campbell Gates out of the Fort Sam Houston Theater following the Survivor Outreach Service Ribbon Cutting ceremony Sept. 29. Gates’ son, Spc. 4 Keith Campbell, was killed in action in Vietnam in February of 1967. The post library is dedicated in his name.
Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Christopher DeHart

Gold Star Mothers, families attend facility opening
October 4, 2012 — Post leaders cut the ribbon for the newly remodeled Survivor Outreach Services Sept. 29 to officially open the facility and to honor Gold Star Mothers and families.More than 100 survivors, family,... MORE

Mary Laureana Aguirre Garza, Gold Star Mother of Army Cpl. Nathaniel Aguirre, shares
her story with a reporter about her son and her ordeal following his death in combat in
Oct. 22, 2006. Garza was present for the Survivor Outreach Services ribbon cutting
ceremony Sept. 29 at the Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston Theater. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Christopher DeHart)

Public Health Command NCO Receives Order of Military Medical Merit
September 27, 2012 — MORE

During a ceremony at the Army Medical Department museum Spt. 14, retired Maj. Gen. Patrick Sculley, president of the museum foundation’s board of directors, presented Order of Military Medical Merit medallion to Master Sgt. Daniel Watford, who was recognized for managing health and well-being operations in Afghanistan. Watford, currently serves as the for Public Health Command Region South chief operations NCO, was recognized for his contributions in training NCOs to lead by example and preparing Soldiers for medical operations and ensuring their preparedness to go to war. The Order of Military Medical Merit is a unique organization founded in 1982 by retired Maj. Gen Bill Lefler, former commanding general of the Army Health Services Command – which is now the U.S. Army Medical Command – to recognize distinguished service by military and civilian members of the Army Medical Department. Watford is accompanied by his wife, Erica. Photo by Phil Reidinger

HONORING NATIONAL POW/MIA RECOGNITION DAY
September 27, 2012 — MORE

Dr. Thomas McNish, a former Vietnam prisoner of war for 6 1/2 years, speaks to U.S. Army South Soldiers and civilians during a ceremony in front of the Army South headquarters Sept. 21. The National POW/MIA Recognition Day ceremony recognized and honored those who have been imprisoned and those missing while defending the nation. The ceremony concluded with the raising of the POW/MIA flag on the flagpole in front of the ARSOUTH headquarters. Photo by St. Tamika A. Exom

METC Honors Fallen Navy Corpsmen
September 27, 2012 — MORE

Two fallen Navy corpsmen were honored during a memorial ceremony at the Medical Education and Training Campus Sept. 20. Hospital Corpsman First Class Darrel Enos and Hospital Corpsman Third Class Clayton Beauchamp were remembered by a gathering of METC and Navy senior leadership, staff and students of the Basic Medical Technician Corpsman Training Program, METC’s combined Navy corpsman and Air Force medical technician schoolhouse, and members of the American Association of Navy Corpsmen. Beauchamp’s brother, Hospital Corpsman Second Class Christopher Beauchamp, attended the ceremony from the Naval Branch Health Clinic, Fort Worth, Texas, and delivered remarks about his brother during the ceremony. PHOTO BY LISA BRAUN