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Pertussis cases prompt alert from JBSA-Randolph health officials
May 16, 2013 — Two recent confirmed and treated cases of pertussis at the Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph Medical Clinic have prompted 359th Aerospace-Medicine Squadron Public Health Flight officials to raise... MORE

JBSA security forces unite for National Police Week
May 9, 2013 — Security forces members throughout Joint Base San Antonio are collaborating on the first-ever JBSA-wide National Police Week observance.Activities planned for next week's observance are a memorial run... MORE

Joint Base San Antonio National Police Week events graphic

New algorithm helps gauge when patients are in danger
May 3, 2013 — Researchers at the U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston are improving medical monitors used in clinics and hospitals since the early '70s that assist... MORE

Army Medicine realigns medical readiness divisions
May 3, 2013 — To better support the Army Force Generation cycle and assist the active and Reserve components in improving medical readiness, Lt. Gen. Patricia D. Horoho, commanding general of Army Medical Command,... MORE

Sequester begins, Joint Base San Antonio leadership strives toward best outcome possible
May 3, 2013 — The effects of sequestration are beginning to appear across Joint Base San Antonio but leadership's aim is to minimize consequences to unit readiness and continue to take care of our military members... MORE

470th Military Intelligence Brigade announces Soldier and NCO of Year
May 3, 2013 — The 470th Military Intelligence Brigade announced its Soldier of the Year and Noncommissioned Officer of the Year during a ceremony April 25."This program is for the Soldiers," said 470th MIB Command... MORE

Special operations commander calls wounded warriors, caregivers ‘inspiring’
April 25, 2013 — Brooke Army Medical Center's staff and facilities are "just phenomenal," said the commander of U.S. Special Operations Command during his tour of the San Antonio Military Medical Center April 15.On... MORE

Medical Education and Training Campus awarded national accreditation
April 25, 2013 — The Medical Education and Training Campus was recently granted accreditation status by the Council on Occupational Education.The COE accredits post-secondary occupational institutions that offer... MORE

Army chief of staff, SMA visit San Antonio
April 25, 2013 — The top senior Army military officials and their spouses visited with wounded warriors and staff at Brooke Army Medical Center April 17.Army Chief of Staff Gen. Raymond Odierno and Sgt. Maj. of the... MORE

Sgt. Maj. of the Army Raymond Chandler III (right) talks to Army Spc. Zacharia Gore in the ISR burn unit April 16. Army Chief of Staff Gen. Raymond Odierno, his wife Linda and Gore’s wife, Susan, were also present during the visit.Photo by Robert Shields

ARSOUTH CG tours Guatemala’s border security training facilities
April 19, 2013 — Maj. Gen. Frederick S. Rudesheim, U.S. Army South commanding general, visited Guatemala April 8 through 11 to discuss bilateral security cooperation and the establishment of a new Guatemalan border... MORE

METC pharmacy students administer lifesaving aid
April 19, 2013 — The medical training Hospitalman Emilio Montano and Hospitalman Apprentice Scott Larson received as Navy students in the Medical Education and Training Campus consolidated pharmacy technician program... MORE

Sequestration real, though effects not hitting home yet
April 19, 2013 — Although sequestration hit March 1, government offices remain open, looming furloughs have been delayed, curtailed military tuition assistance was reinstated and the federal government was funded... MORE

Services collaborate on dental residency program to improve patient care
April 19, 2013 — A major milestone in the expansion of oral and maxillofacial surgical dentistry was achieved recently with the signing of a memorandum of agreement between the 59th Medical Wing and the Joint Base San... MORE

JBSA locations observe Prescription Drug Take-Back Day April 27
April 19, 2013 — National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day will be observed locally and nationwide April 27.Sponsored by the Drug Enforcement Administration, the day is specifically set aside to allow an opportunity to... MORE

Air Force, Army restart tuition assistance
April 19, 2013 — The Air Force and Army have officially restarted military tuition assistance, effective April 10.The services restarted the program as a result of the Consolidated and Further Continuing... MORE

Earth Day 2013: Poster contest open to JBSA youth
April 18, 2013 — Earth Day 2013 will be observed at Joint Base San Antonio with a poster contest open to students at all eight JBSA schools in the Fort Sam Houston, Lackland and Randolph independent school... MORE

Navy chiefs bring solemn tradition to San Antonio
April 15, 2013 — Chief petty officers from the Navy Medicine Training Support Center conducted their second annual Navy white hat burial ceremony as part of the celebration of the 120th CPO birthday April 1 at Joint... MORE

(From left) Chief Petty Officers Mario Lyons and Mike Hill fold the ceremonial flag during the white hat burial ceremony April 1. (Photo by Diana Stevens, Navy Medicine Training Support Center Public Affairs)

Leaders sign Sexual Assault Awareness Month proclamation
April 15, 2013 — "I am your sister. I am your mother. I am your friend and I am your shipmate. I am a survivor of sexual assault." With these words, Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Alissa Ropicky told the story of the... MORE

Maj. Gen. Adolph McQueen Jr., deputy commanding general for support, Army North (Fifth Army), signs the Commanders' Proclamation on Sexual Assault Awareness April 3 during the installations Sexual Assault Awareness Month observance at Warfighter and Family Readiness. (Photo by Mike O'Rear, JBSA-Fort Sam Houston Public Affairs)

Gold Star Wives Day honors spouses of fallen service members
April 15, 2013 — More than 20 survivors who had lost their spouses gathered April 5 at the Survivor Outreach Services Hall of Remembrance to mark the second annual Gold Star Wives Day. The survivors, who live in the... MORE

Maj. Gen. Adolph McQueen Jr., deputy commanding general for support, U.S. Army North (Fifth Army), thanks Gold Star Wives Meka Durham (center) and Charmaine McMillen (right) for their sacrifice during the casual lunch April 5 at the Survivor Outreach Services’ Hall of Remembrance. (Photo by Sgt. Lee Ezzell, U.S. Army North Public Affairs)

JBSA-Fort Sam Houston basketball team wins title on JBSA-Lackland territory
April 5, 2013 — The 264th Medical Battalion Company D is a two-sport team that has a desire to win. To satisfy its appetite for winning, the team plays competitive sports incessantly for nine months beginning with... MORE

Ronald Rhea, 264th Medical Battalion, goes up for a dunk.(Photo by Robbin Cresswell)