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433rd Airlift Wing recognizes 2020 annual award winners
February 3, 2021 — Following a year of unprecedented events, the 433rd Airlift Wing continued a new trend of modified operations by announcing the 2020 wing annual award winners during a recognition ceremony 30 at the wing auditorium at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland Jan. 30... MORE

Col. Terry W. McClain, 433rd Airlift Wing commander, speaks at the wing’s annual award winner recognition ceremony Jan. 30, 2021 at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. The ceremony was livestreamed using multiple platforms to allow a remote audience facilitating social distancing. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Brittany K. Wich)

JBSA flips switch on for new Smartflower solar energy devices
February 3, 2021 — Joint Base San Antonio flipped the switch on for two new flower-shaped solar power devices Feb. 1, furthering the joint base's efforts in energy conservation and eco-friendly initiatives... MORE

Members of the 502nd Civil Engineer Squadron and CPS Energy demonstrated the new SmartFlower solar energy device at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston Feb. 1.

COVID-19 convalescent plasma; how to save a life today
February 2, 2021 — The Department of Defense Blood Donation Centers are looking for volunteers to donate COVID-19 convalescent plasma. ... MORE

433rd ASTS trains in receiving incoming patients aboard Black Hawks
January 28, 2021 — The 433rd Aeromedical Staging Squadron, 433rd Airlift Wing, participated in an exercise to train in receiving incoming patients at the Joint Base San Antonio-Chapman Training Annex Jan. 9... MORE

Reserve Citizen Airmen from the 433rd Aeromedical Staging Squadron transport a simulated injured patient from a UH-60 Black Hawk to a Humvee for training Jan 9, 2021 at Joint Base San Antonio-Chapman Training Annex. The training helped provide experience to medics in receiving and transporting combat injured individuals. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Mike Lahrman)

San Antonio Military Health System starts next phase of COVID vaccine rollout
January 27, 2021 — The San Antonio Military Health System is starting the next phase of the Department of Defense’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout -- expanding the scope of who is eligible to get vaccinated against the virus... MORE

Air Force Senior Airman Kasey Ginn, medical technician, administers the COVID-19 vaccine to Army Capt. Christine Kasprisin, physical therapist, at Brooke Army Medical Center, Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston Jan. 26.

Gold Star survivor becomes Bronze Star recipient
January 27, 2021 — Losing a loved one forever changes someone’s life. For some, it shatters them. For others, it pushes them to better themselves. Master Sgt. Brandon “Hock” Hockenbarger, 959th Medical Operations Squadron Internal Medicine flight chief, is the latter... MORE

DHA director visits JBSA vaccination sites, discusses medical market certification
January 25, 2021 — Joint Base San Antonio’s role in Operation Warp Speed, the whole-of-nation response to COVID-19, and ongoing vaccination efforts were the highlight of a visit by U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Ronald Place, director of the Defense Health Agency, last week... MORE

Army Lt. Gen. Ronald Place, Director, Defense Health Agency, talks with Army Lt. Col. Elizabeth Markelz, Chief of Infectious Disease, and Army Lt. Col. Robert Walter, Chief of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, at Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, Jan. 20, 2021. Place said there is no location in DoD that has seen more COVID-positive cases or COVID-positive workload than the medical facilities at JBSA, lauding the relationship between the military health system here and their involvement in the community.

Career Enlisted Aviator Center of Excellence wins AFA award
January 22, 2021 — The Career Enlisted Aviator Center of Excellence, 344th Training Squadron, has been named the recipient of the 2021 Air Force Association Aerospace Award in the David C. Schilling category at the Air Education and Training Command level... MORE

The conversion of a static VC-135E aircraft into an active training device is one of the achievements the Career Enlisted Aviator Center of Excellence has been recognized for as the recipient of the 2021 Air Force Association Aerospace Award in the David C. Schilling category at the Air Education and Training Command level.

737th TRG named AETC’s 2021 Verne Orr Award winner
January 21, 2021 — The 737th Training Group has been selected as Air Education and Training Command’s 2021 Verne Orr Award recipient. The award, established by the Air Force Association in honor of former Secretary of the Air Force Verne Orr, recognizes an Air Force unit that makes the most effective use of its human resources... MORE

The 737th Training Group was recently selected as Air Education and Training Command's 2021 Verne Orr Award recipient.

The Air Force Medical Service in the Persian Gulf War and the need for critical care
January 20, 2021 — January 2021 marks the 30th anniversary of Desert Storm, it also marks a turning point in Air Force Medical Service’s Critical Care Transport Teams. “We were not serving the Army as well as we could have in the Air Force,” explained Lt. Gen. (Dr.) Paul K. Carlton, a former Air Force Surgeon General who had been working on the concept of CCATT since the 1980s... MORE

Medical personnel use litters to transport Cpl. Richard Ramirez, 1st Marine Division, and other wounded to a C-141B Starlifter aircraft. The patients are being medically evacuated from Al-Jubayl Air Base to Germany for treatment of wounds received during Operation Desert Storm.

Information Warfare Airmen rise up to break COVID kill chain
January 18, 2021 — More than 300 enlisted personnel, officers, civilians and contractors from the Sixteenth Air Force (Air Forces Cyber) received the COVID-19 vaccine administered at Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical... MORE

JBSA Religious Affairs Airmen to answer questions during live recruiting chat
January 18, 2021 — In an effort to ensure potential Air Force recruits have all the information they need to make decisions about their future military career, Air Force Recruiting Service offers live social media career chats each month when anyone can ask questions about a specific enlisted Air Force specialty. On Jan. 27, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland Religious Affairs Airmen will be in the hot seat for questions regarding their careers... MORE

Senior Airman Tamera Fowler (left) and Senior Airman Lillian Griffith (right), Religious Affairs Airmen at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, stand at the main entrance to the Gateway Chapel. The Airmen will answer questions from potential Air and Space Force enlistees during an Air Force Recruiting Service social media chat session Jan. 27, 2021.

First five Master Military Training Leaders selected in 37th TRW
January 15, 2021 — The aiguillette that hangs from a Master Military Training Leader’s left shoulder is distinctive. The mixed colors of royal and navy blue signify the superior performance, ethics and leadership that are hallmarks of reaching that achievement, awarded to only the top 10 percent of the MTL corps... MORE

Five noncommissioned officers now have the distinction of being the first Military Training Leaders in the 37th Training Wing to wear the aiguillette of the Master MTL.

960th Cyberspace Wing accelerates change during leadership summit
January 13, 2021 — Leaders within the 960th Cyberspace Wing gathered in-person and virtually at the Joint Base San Antonio-Chapman Training Annex Nov. 16-19, 2020, to meet and discuss the future of Air Force Reserve Command’s only cyberspace wing... MORE

960th Cyberspace Wing members speak with Lt. Gen. Timothy Haugh, 16th Air Force (Air Forces Cyber) commander, Nov. 19, 2020, during the leadership summit at Joint Base San Antonio-Chapman Training Annex, Texas. (U.S. Air Force photo by Samantha Mathison)

AFIMSC announces 2021 Innovation Rodeo finalists
January 13, 2021 — The AFIMSC leadership team and Ventures Innovation Office staff picked eight finalists out of more than 370 submissions to compete for a share of $1 million in funding and resources to pursue their ideas... MORE

All 2020 AFIMSC Innovation Rodeo teams pose for a group photo with AFIMSC Commander Maj. Gen. Tom Wilcox and AFIMSC Command Chief Master Sgt. Edwin Ludvigsen Feb. 7, 2020.

Air Force Security Force leaders add craftsman course for National Guard, Reserve members to its training roster
January 11, 2021 — The Air Force security forces career recently created its first Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve specific 7-level course... MORE

Staff Sgt. Tina Ryder, an Air National Guard Combat Arms instructor from the 149th Security Forces Squadron, prepares for weapons qualification training at a firing range on Joint Base San Antonio’s Medina Annex May 27, 2020.

‘My biggest dream’: LEAP prepares Airmen for dream jobs
January 11, 2021 — Hundreds of Airmen across Joint Base San Antonio are currently enrolled in the Language Enabled Airman Program... MORE

Air Force Capt. Daniel Bergstresser smiles for a picture during a walk through the Meiji Shrine park in Tokyo, Japan, 2018.

688th Cyberspace Wing Chaplain Corps organizes virtual resiliency course
January 6, 2021 — Members of Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland recently participated in virtual training to achieve financial stability. Organized by the 688th Cyberspace Wing Chaplain Corps, U.S. Air Force Capt. Amy O’Connell and U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jasmine Jones made the class available during fall 2020. ... MORE

Screenshot of 20 members from the financial management course.

Air Force tests Wing Feedback App at JBSA
January 5, 2021 — The Air Force is testing a new mobile app at Joint Base San Antonio that aims to give Airmen a convenient way to provide feedback or raise concerns about their experiences on the installation... MORE

JBSA transitions to HPCON Charlie
December 31, 2020 — To better posture Joint Base San Antonio and help reduce community spread of COVID-19, JBSA increased the Health Protection Condition to CHARLIE, or HPCON C, effective Jan. 4... MORE

In response to the increased number of positive COVID-19 cases on local military installations and cases of community transmission in the local area, the 502nd Air Base Wing and Joint Base San Antonio commander increased the Health Protection Condition to Charlie, or HPCON C, effective Jan. 4, 2021.