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New Air Force 'Better Foods. Better Bodies.' healthy-eating campaign pilots at three bases
March 21, 2013
The Office of the Air Force Surgeon General and Air Force Medical Operations Agency (AFMOA) Health Promotion office launched a pilot campaign recently focused on motivating Airmen and their families to eat healthier. The campaign – which adopted the tagline “Better Foods. Better Bodies.” – aims to raise awareness of healthy food options, increase knowledge of good nutritional choices and motivate Airmen and their families to eat better, both on and off base. (Graphic by Steve Thompson)
JBSA Community honors its best
March 15, 2013
JBSA Annual Award Winners
Intel training gets off to fast start at JBSA-Camp Bullis
March 15, 2013
Army South builds partner nation capacity
March 15, 2013
Burn Flight Team sets record with Singapore mission
March 15, 2013
Sequestration pinch includes tuition assistance suspension
March 15, 2013
AFAF fundraising begins March 25 at JBSA locations
March 14, 2013
Vandenberg is set to begin its 2011 Air Force Assistance Fund campaign, which will run from March 7 through April 15.
JBSA civil engineer squadrons pursuing common environmental structure
March 7, 2013
JBSA commemorates Foulois' first military flight at Fort Sam Houston
March 7, 2013
Lt. Gen. Douglas H. Owens (center), Air Education and Training command vice commander, retired Col. Dan Meyers (right), Order of Daedalians, Stinsons Flight captain, and retired Lt. Col. Dan Clark, Jack Dibrell Alamo Chapter; place the wreath during a ceremony commemorating the first military flight. The ceremony was held at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston parade grounds March 1. Flown by Lt. Benjamin Foulois March 2, 1910, the flight took place over the parade grounds at JBSA-Fort Sam Houston. Lieutenant Foulois' orders were to "teach himself to fly" in the only military aeroplane in existence at that time. His first flight lasted seven and one-half minutes and he flew the Wright "B" Flyer to 100 feet before landing. (U.S. Air Force photo by Rich McFadden)
U.S. senator honors Purple Heart recipient
March 1, 2013
ARSOUTH deploys watercraft to support exercises, missions
March 1, 2013
Crewmembers prepare to fight a simulated fire onboard the LCU 2001”Runnymede.” If a fire were to break out, half of the fire team would immediately start spraying down the area of fire while the other half dons fireproof suits. On half the team is dressed, they switch off positions so they can get dressed while still maintaining constant control of the fire. The crew is expected to take no more than two minutes to be fully dressed in fire protection gear.
Army Emergency Relief campaign runs March 1 to April 30
February 22, 2013
JBSA patients given choice for refill prescription pickup
February 21, 2013
U.S. Air Force Capt. David Lang, 359th Medical Operations Squadron officer in charge of clinic pharmacy, searches for a prescription in the Exchange pharmacy Feb. 12, 2013, at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph. (U.S. Air Force photo by Joshua Rodriguez/ Released)
ECMO medical team achieves cutting-edge patient transfer
February 20, 2013
Members of the 59th Medical Wing Aeromedical Staging Facility transfer a patient being treated with an extracorporeal membrane oxygenation system into a C-17 Globemaster III, Jan. 16 at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. ECMO is a heart-lung bypass system that circulates blood through an external artificial lung and sends it back into the patient’s bloodstream. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Kevin Iinuma)
Soldier, family resilience programs offer many options
February 20, 2013
Nurse case managers, first sergeants and commanders from across the Army receive Performance and Resilience Enhancement Program training Feb. 7 and 8 at the Hilton San Antonio Airport hotel. (Photo by Lori Newman, JBSA-Fort Sam Houston Public Affairs)
Akeroyd Blood Donor Center has big year
February 20, 2013
Soldiers, Sailors and Airmen become “blood brothers and sisters” during their platelet donation at the Akeroyd Blood Donor Center. (Photo by Mark Salcedo, Akeroyd Blood Donor Center)
Military leaders from throughout the Americas visit U.S. Army North
February 8, 2013
Army commanders from Nicaragua, Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador and security leaders from Panama arrive at U.S. Army North Jan. 30 as part of the Central American Regional Leaders’ Conference, hosted by U.S. Army South, in a cooperative effort to establish closer ties between militaries and to improve coordination on common issues. (Photo by Sgt. Maj. Eric Lobsinger, U.S. Army North Public Affairs)
ARSOUTH, partner nations discuss solutions to regional threats
February 8, 2013
Maj. Gen. Frederick S. Rudesheim (head of table), the commanding general of U.S. Army South, leads a discussion during the first day of the 2013 Central American Regional Leaders’ Conference at the Army South headquarters on Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston Jan. 29. (Photo by Eric R. Lucero, U.S. Army South Public Affairs)
502nd Comptroller Squadron takes top Air Force awards
February 7, 2013
SCRA: What military members need to know
February 1, 2013