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BAMC first baby a breath of fresh air for 2021
January 11, 2021 — After a long and arduous 2020, marked by one of the worst pandemics in history, Brooke Army Medical Center welcomed some good news with the birth of Stella Luna Nolasco at 3:26 a.m. Jan. 1... MORE

Stella Luna was the first baby born at BAMC at 3:26 a.m. Jan. 1, 2021, weighing 8 pounds, and 2 ounces.

BAMC welcomes first baby of new decade
January 3, 2020 — Brooke Army Medical Center rang in the New Year by welcoming the hospital’s first baby of 2020. The 7-pound, 9-ounce, 19.5-inch-long baby girl was born at 1 a.m. Jan. 1... MORE

Brig. Gen. Wendy Harter, Brooke Army Medical Center commanding general, presents a gift basket from the BAMC Auxiliary to Airman 1st Class Anna Tritley and her husband, Sean, Jan. 3, 2020 to congratulate them on the birth of their daughter, Cora Noel. The 7-pound, 9-ounce, 19.5-inch-long baby girl was BAMC’s first baby of the new year, born at 1 a.m. on Jan. 1, 2020.

Brooke Army Medical Center welcomes first baby of 2019
January 2, 2019 — He was due after the holiday, but decided to come early to the New Year’s party. A few hours after the ball dropped in Times Square in New York City, Callum Charles Hunt made his appearance at 1:50 a.m. on New Year’s Day, marking Brooke Army Medical Center’s first delivery of 2019. ... MORE

Brig. Gen. George N. Appenzeller (second from left), Brooke Army Medical Center commander, along with Sarah Kelly (far left), BAMC auxiliary president, and Master Sgt. Melinda Griffin (far right), enlisted advisor to the deputy chief for patient support, present a gift basket to retired Army Sgt. Christopher and Hillary Hunt after the birth of their son, Callum Charles Hunt, at Brooke Army Medical Center at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston Jan. 2, 2019. Callum, born at 1:50 a.m. on New Year’s Day, was BAMC first baby born in 2019.

Brooke Army Medical Center welcomes first baby of 2018
January 11, 2018 — Violet Pendleton may not have won the distinction of being San Antonio’s first baby of the new year, but she was Brooke Army Medical Center’s first baby of 2018... MORE

(From left) Brooke Army Medical Center commander Brig. Gen. Jeffrey Johnson and Warrior Transition Battalion Command Sgt. Maj. Karen Hinckson deliver a gift basket to Petty Officer 1st Class Dylan Pendleton, his wife, Rachel, and baby, Violet. Violet was BAMC's first baby in the New Year, born Jan. 1, 2018 at 2:27 a.m.