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BAMC seeks much-needed blood donations
September 13, 2024 — Brooke Army Medical Center is urging the community to donate blood from Sept. 17-20 as part of Blood Cancer Awareness Month and Pediatric Cancer Awareness Month... MORE

BAMC urgently seeking blood donations
August 29, 2024 — Brooke Army Medical Center officials are urging the Joint Base San Antonio community to donate blood as part of Blood Cancer Awareness Month and Pediatric Cancer Awareness Month in September... MORE

FDA lifts 'Mad Cow' blood donor ban
November 21, 2022 — A decades-old blood "mad cow" donor ban was recently lifted by the Food and Drug Administration, potentially increasing the nation's blood supply by hundreds of thousands of donors each year... MORE

JBSA-Lackland Blood Donor Center urgently needs blood products
September 29, 2022 — The Armed Services Blood Center at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland urgently needs all blood types, platelets and plasma... MORE

The Armed Services Blood Center at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland urgently needs all blood types, platelets and plasma.

Blood donations remain vital for service member care
February 9, 2021 — The Armed Services Blood Program is the military's only blood donor program for service members, their families, retirees, veterans and local communities worldwide, helping those in critical need. Both whole blood and COVID-19 Convalescent Plasma from those who have recovered from COVID-19 remain in high demand. All 21 donor centers adhere to CDC guidelines to reduce the spread of COVID-19... MORE

Jason Hallett underwent physical therapy at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland after recovering from osseointegration, a complicated procedure where a prosthetic limb is surgically anchored and integrated into the patient’s bone.

COVID-19 hinders blood donations during National Blood Donor Month
January 20, 2021 — “The public health guidelines to reduce interaction with others, social distancing, reducing time outside the home … it translates into a decreased donor turnout,” said Army Col. Jason Corley, director of the Army Blood Program, from the U.S. Army Medical Command at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Texas... MORE

Getting people to donate a pint of their potentially life-saving blood has never been easy.

JBSA blood centers in need of donors
May 20, 2020 — The Armed Services Blood Centers at JBSA-Fort Sam Houston and JBSA-Lackland are requesting donors to make up for a local blood shortage, but the request is a recurring one – the need for blood always exists for cancer patients, trauma victims and warfighters... MORE

The Armed Services Blood Program’s blood donor centers at Joint Base San Antonio are in need of blood from the military community.

Blood donors urged to continue giving lifesaving donations
April 3, 2020 — At Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, the Akeroyd Blood Center can be reached at 210-295-4655, while at JBSA-Lackland, the Armed Services Blood Bank Center-San Antonio can be contacted at 210-292-8145... MORE

The need for blood doesn’t take a holiday
November 26, 2019 — Blood donations often decline during the holidays when busy schedules, holiday travel and seasonal illnesses can make it more difficult for donors to make and keep blood donation appointments. But the need for blood doesn't get a break for the holiday season... MORE

Blood donations often decline during the holidays when busy schedules, holiday travel and seasonal illnesses can make it more difficult for donors to make and keep blood donation appointment. But the need for blood doesn't get a break for the holiday season.

The need for blood doesn’t take a holiday
December 4, 2017 — Blood donations often decline during the holidays when busy schedules, holiday travel and seasonal illnesses can make it more difficult for donors to make and keep blood donation appointment. But the need for blood doesn't get a break for the holiday season... MORE

Donors with all blood types are needed during the next few weeks before the start of Holiday Block Leave, or HBL, to help ensure the Brooke Army Medical Center and Audie Murphy VA hospitals have critically needed blood and blood products.