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Dagger Forge III trains troops to become elite Signals Intelligence Lethal Soldiers
April 16, 2021 — Dagger Forge III, conducted April 5-9 at Joint Base San Antonio-Camp Bullis by the 717th Military Intelligence Battalion, part of the 470th Military Intelligence Brigade at JBSA-Fort Sam Houston, trained 40 active duty members, who underwent physical, technical and tactical training to become Signals Intelligence Lethal Soldiers... MORE

Dagger Forge III trained 40 active duty members, who underwent physical, technical and tactical training to become Signals Intelligence Lethal Soldiers, the Army’s force of intelligence gathering troops. This signals intelligence field training event was conducted April 5-9 at Joint Base San Antonio-Camp Bullis by the 717th Military Intelligence Battalion, part of the 470th Military Intelligence Brigade at JBSA-Fort Sam Houston.

‘Good Samaritan’ service member helps save life of woman involved in rollover accident
March 12, 2019 — A Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland service member is being called a Good Samaritan after helping to save the life of a mother who was trapped in her car after it rolled over into a ditch in late January... MORE

Staff Sgt. Tina Spencer (left), 717th Military Intelligence Battalion platoon sergeant at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, and Tre Pena (right), stand beside Tiffany Kieschnick-Rivas in her hospital bed. Kieschnick-Rivas was involved in a vehicle accident Jan. 30 in northwest San Antonio in which her car flipped over on its side in a drainage ditch. Spencer and Pena provided assistance to Kieschnick-Rivas at the accident scene before paramedics arrived, helping to save her life.