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AFAS expands financial support, launches streamlined application to better serve Airmen, Guardians
June 9, 2025 — The Air Force Aid Society announced a series of bold changes aimed at better supporting the evolving needs of Airmen, Guardians, and their families... MORE

JBSA’s Heart Link ‘Arrive & Thrive’ program connects and equips new military spouses
June 3, 2025 — The JBSA Military and Family Readiness Center (M&FRC) hosted a Heart Link presents “Arrive & Thrive” Spouses Expo orientation for new military spouses at the Freedom Chapel, May 15, 2025. ... MORE

Heart Link Program Connects and informs New Military Spouses at JBSA

Information shared, questions answered at retired military town hall
August 27, 2024 — A town hall for retired service members in the Alamo Region was held Aug. 24, 2024, at the Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston Military and Family Readiness Center... MORE

Operation Hooah gives military children deployment experience
June 13, 2024 — Children from across Joint Base San Antonio got a taste of what their military parents experience when they deploy during Operation Hooah June 12, 2024, at JBSA-Fort Sam Houston... MORE

Children high five adults holding welcome home signs

Military & Family Readiness Centers: Taking care of Airmen, Guardians and families
September 19, 2022 — On Air and Space Force installations around the world, Military & Family Readiness Centers (M&FRCs) are standing by to care for the Department of the Air Force’s most valuable resource: its people... MORE

JBSA-MILITARY & FAMILY READINESS CENTERS

A pilot’s pilot: Honoring Capt. Mark “Tyler” Voss and his Gold Star family
October 21, 2020 — On Friday, May 3, 2013, Capt. Mark “Tyler” Voss perished in a plane crash near Chon-Aryk, Kyrgyzstan, while on his sixth deployment, making his family a Gold Star Family who will be honored, along with many other families, annually on the last Sunday of September... MORE

Capt. Mark “Tyler” Voss perished in a plane crash near Chon-Aryk, Kyrgyzstan, while on his sixth deployment.

JBSA M&FRCs offer virtual financial services in midst of pandemic
May 29, 2020 — The Joint Base San Antonio Military and Family Readiness Centers are offering virtual financial classes on several topics, including budgeting, credit and debt management, savings and other areas of money management that are taught by a certified financial counselor... MORE

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, Joint Base San Antonio Military & Family Readiness Centers are conducting virtual financial classes for installation members who have questions about or need help with their finances during these uncertain times.

M&FRCs rely on virtual platforms to serve JBSA community
April 16, 2020 — Like many of Joint Base San Antonio’s facilities, the Military and Family Readiness Centers on each installation are closed to the community as a result of shelter-in-place guidelines during the COVID-19 pandemic... MORE

Air Force Tele-Medical Nutrition Therapy

Personal Finance Assistance – free with military ID
March 5, 2020 — On average, a personal finance counselor costs $100-$300 an hour. But for Department of Defense ID card holders at Joint Base San Antonio, a personal financial counselors is, you guessed it … free. ... MORE

Military spouses awarded grants for medical courses
July 16, 2019 — The career of a military spouse can sometimes be transient, but funds were made available at the beginning of 2019 to the Military and Family Readiness Center at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland to assist them... MORE

Senior Airman Clayton Wear and Airman 1st Class Hanah Abercrombie, 30th Space Wing Public Affairs photojournalists ,pose for a photo as money falls down April 3, 2019, at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif.

Hiring fair held at JBSA-Lackland
June 24, 2019 — More than 60 employers were on hand ready to offer applicants from the Joint Base San Antonio community interviews and possibly jobs on the spot at a hiring fair hosted by the Military and Family Readiness Center the Arnold Hall community center at JBSA-Lackland June 19... MORE

Rent or Buy: consider options before taking the plunge
June 14, 2019 — For some, a part of the American dream means owning a home. When making that jump from renter to homeowner, there are some factors to consider, especially for a first-time homebuyer. ... MORE

There are a number of factors to consider when deciding whether to rent or buy a house.

Having a healthy financial relationship with money
May 14, 2019 — From the first paycheck to the last, financial counselors here want to make sure everyone is keeping their financial portfolio healthy for a lifetime. Military members are required to pay debt in a timely manner and be responsible with their money, which counselors at the Military and Family Readiness Center are ready to help. ... MORE

Tom Manganello, Sr., U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Office of Education and Advocacy senior counsel, speaks to a group of Airmen April 23, 2019, at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. Personal financial readiness classes at MFRC are offered throughout the year ranging from home buying, savings accounts, building a budget, establishing credit and reducing debt, car buying and managing student loans.

Heart Link connects military spouses to Air Force culture, resources
April 25, 2019 — Heart Link is a spouse orientation program designed to strengthen military families and enhance mission readiness scheduled from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. May 10 at the Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph Military & Family Readiness Center, 555 F St. West. Funded by the Air Force Aid Society, Heart Link is an orientation for military spouses of less than five years, but it also benefits spouses new to a duty station... MORE

Hear Link is a spouse orientation program designed to strengthen military families and enhance mission readiness will be offered twice this month at Joint Base San Antonio.