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JBSA honors Vietnam Veterans at March 29 ceremony
March 31, 2022 — Joint Base San Antonio leaders honored the service and sacrifice of Vietnam War veterans and their families during a National Vietnam War Veterans Day ceremony at the JBSA-Fort Sam Houston Exchange March 29... MORE

Vietnam War Veterans Commemorative ceremony

JBSA observes National Vietnam War Veterans Day
March 17, 2022 — Posters commemorating National Vietnam War Veterans Day will be on display Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland and JBSA-Randolph libraries, as well as the Joint Personnel Processing Center at 2400 Jessup Road, Suite 4026, at JBSA-Fort Sam Houston... MORE

DLIELC mobile training team support to Southeast Asia moves forward
May 26, 2021 — The Defense Language Institute English Language Center re-engaged its support of the Indo-Pacific strategy in early April 2021 by deploying Mobile Training Teams to the Vietnam Ministry of National Defense Center for Student Management and Advanced Officer Training (Unit 871) in Hanoi, and the Royal Thai Military Academies and Language Institutes in Bangkok, Thailand... MORE

DLIELC instructor Phil Reed shown in scenic photo in Hanoi, Vietnam.

Vietnam Veterans honored at Base Exchange
March 30, 2018 — The Base Exchange honored Vietnam-era veterans with commemorative lapel pins March 29 at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland. The pins were created in recognition of the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam... MORE

Veterans gather to commemorate 50th anniversary of Vietnam War
March 28, 2018 — Their hair is grayer and their gait is not as spry as it used to be, but there was no slowing down the pride Vietnam War veterans showed during the 50th Anniversary of the Commemoration of the Vietnam War at the Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery March 27... MORE

A Vietnam veteran pays his respects during the posting of the colors by the Fort Sam Houston Memorial Services Detachment at the beginning of the ceremony for the 50th Anniversary of the Commemoration of the Vietnam War at the Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery March 27.

Tet Offensive veterans changed the way security forces operates
February 2, 2018 — Members of the Vietnam Security Police Association, along with close family, gathered outside the Security Forces Museum at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland on a breezy day for a ceremony to honor and remember the service members who fought and died on the 50th anniversary of the 1968 Tet Offensive, Jan. 31, 2018... MORE

Surviving veterans part of the Tet Offensive (Jan. 31, 1968) and their loved ones gathered for a commemoration ceremony and presentation of the Security Forces Battle Cross to the Security Forces Museum at Joint Base San Antonio- Lackland, Texas Jan. 31, 2018. Guest speaker retired Col. Bernie DeNisio (Security Police), Silver Star recipient spoke on the events of that operation and how it changed the course of history.

Vietnam War Era medics receive hero’s welcome at Fort Sam Houston
September 23, 2015 — Vietnam War veteran medics visiting Fort Sam Houston Sept. 12 received a hero’s welcome from Soldier medics, who lined each side of the entrance to MacArthur Parade Pavilion waving U.S. flags and applauding as they entered the pavilion... MORE

Vietnam War veteran medics, who served with Company C, 23rd Medical Battalion, Americal Division, and their spouses visiting Fort Sam Houston Sept. 12, received a hero’s welcome from Soldier medics who lined each side of the entrance to MacArthur Parade Pavilion waving U.S. flags and applauding as the veterans entered the pavilion.

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