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Troops to get historic boost in food allowance
December 13, 2022 — Military members are set to get an 11% increase in their monthly basic allowance for subsistence beginning Jan. 1, according to information published by the Defense Department... MORE

Air Force releases 2021 assessment of states’ support of military families
September 8, 2021 — The 2021 assessment of states' support of military families measured ease of licensure portability across state lines and support for pre-kindergarten through 12th grade public education surrounding installations... MORE

Commentary: Parenting during COVID-19
May 7, 2020 — All of the training I have received could never have prepared me for, or empowered me to predict, how my work-life balance would be flipped upside down over the past several weeks. ... MORE

Akira Arzu-Davis, plays a game on a nintendo switch while her father, Airman1st Class Cory J. Davis, a photojournalist assigned to the 628th Air Base Wing Public Affairs Office, teleworks from home at Joint Base Charleston, S.C., April 29, 2020. Families are encouraged to practice physical distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic. One way to practice physical distancing is by staying indoors.

Census 2020: Military members, families need to be counted
March 26, 2020 — The 2020 Census has begun and most military households are responsible for submitting their own 2020 Census form online, by phone, or by mail... MORE

DOD releases overseas stop movement order in response to COVID-19
March 26, 2020 — Building upon previously enacted movement restrictions governing foreign travel, permanent change of station moves, temporary duty and personal leave, this stop movement order will also impact exercises, deployments, redeployments and other global force management activities. Approximately 90,000 service members slated to deploy or redeploy over the next 60 days will likely be impacted by this stop movement order... MORE

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

Assistant secretary of education views Lackland ISD's PurpleUp! Parade
April 30, 2019 — Frank T. Brogan, the Department of Education assistant secretary for elementary and secondary education, attended Lackland Independent School District’s PurpleUp! Parade, held in recognition of the Month of the Military Child at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland April 12... MORE

Students at Lackland Independent School District march in the PurpleUp! Parade April 12, 2019, at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas.

San Antonio dedicates Tribute to Freedom sculpture
March 29, 2019 — The City of San Antonio celebrated the completion of phase one of the Lackland Corridor Gateway Project with the dedication of the Tribute to Freedom sculpture March 27 at the corner of U.S. Highway 90 and Military Drive... MORE

Students from John F. Kennedy High School ROTC participate during the Freedom sculpture grand opening, Mar. 27, 2019, at the corner of U.S. Highway 90 and Military Drive.

Defense Language Institute: Building a bridge with English
March 28, 2019 — The Defense Language Institute English Language Center at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, is focused on providing English training relating directly to military content for students from around the world... MORE

Inter-American Air Force Academy accepts first U.S. student
December 13, 2018 — The Inter-American Air Force Academy has fostered positive international relationships with Latin American countries for quite some time, but their latest alliance is making history right in front of them at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland... MORE

Airman 1st Class Cassandra Aguero, a member of the 802nd Security Forces Squadron at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, became the first student from the United States to enroll in the Ground Defense Leadership course at the Inter-American Air Force Academy.

Resources available to service members dealing with substance use disorders
December 11, 2018 — The Brooke Army Medical Center Department of Behavioral Medicine has launched a new program to make it easier for service members to get help for substance use disorders. The new Addictions Medicine Intensive Outpatient Program is an intense five-week outpatient program offered Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Multi-Disciplinary Behavioral Health Clinic... MORE

A Soldier holds his Substance Use Disorder Clinical Care commencement coin.

Military caregivers can help fix the gaps
November 29, 2018 — Caregivers in the areas of Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Joint Base Lewis McChord, Washington; Joint Base San Antonio, Texas; and Fort Sill, Oklahoma, are being asked to complete an anonymous survey. ... MORE

Military caregivers are being asked to participate in a survey.

94-year-old veteran continues to serve at 59th Medical Wing
November 14, 2018 — Helen Wells, a 94-year-old volunteer librarian assistant at the 59th Medical Wing, recently celebrated 53 years of service... MORE

Helen Wells, a 94-year-old assistant library volunteer for the 59th Medical Wing, poses for a photo in the Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center medical library. Wells has dedicated more than 50 years of service to the United States Air Force. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Kevin Iinuma)

Volunteers drive exemplary patient care at 59th Medical Wing
November 13, 2018 — Every day, more than 170 volunteers serve in a variety of positions throughout the 59th Medical Wing at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland... MORE

Fred Baker and Viola Calaman, 59th Medical Wing volunteers, assist two Airmen at the A desk in Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center on Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. Volunteers throughout 59th MDW range in age from 18 to 94 and gave more than $1 million in free labor in 2017.
(U.S. Air Force photo by Daniel J. Calderón)

Lone Star Gunfighters train future warfighters
November 7, 2018 — The 149th Fighter Wing, known as the Lone Star Gunfighters, is an F-16 training unit that is a part of the Texas Air National Guard and the Texas Military Department. Based out of Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, the cornerstone of the 149th's flying mission is the 182nd Fighter Squadron, whose role is to take pilots, either experienced aircrew or recent graduates from U.S. Air Force Undergraduate Pilot Training, or UPT, and qualify them to fly the F-16... MORE

Maj. Thomas Werner, an instructor pilot assigned to the 149th Fighter Wing, Air National Guard, performs air-to-air drills in an F-16 Fighting Falcon June 25 near Čáslav Air Base in the Czech Republic during Sky Avenger 2018.

59th Airman named Outstanding Airman of the Year
August 28, 2017 — A 59th Medical Wing Airman's personal commitment, hard work and her dedication to her unit's success, was recognized as she was chosen as one of the Air Force's 12 Outstanding Airmen of the Year for 2017... MORE

Senior Airman Nicole Moore, 59th Medical Wing medical technician, was recognized as one of the Air Force 12 Outstanding Airmen of the Year for 2017, July 7th, 2017. An Air Force selection board at the Air Force Personnel Center considered 36 nominees who represented major commands, direct reporting units, field operating agencies and Headquarters Air Force. The board selected the final 12 Airmen based on superior leadership, job performance and personal achievements. (U.S. Air Force image by Senior Airman Stefan Alvarez)

Congratulations to the 2015 JBSA master sergeant selects
July 16, 2015 — The Air Force releasedthe 2015 master sergeant promotion list July 7. There were 23,619 Airmen eligible for promotion in the15E7 cycle. Only 5,301 were selected with a 22.44 percent selection rate... MORE

Tax relief for victims of severe weather related disasters in Texas
July 13, 2015 — Victims of the severe storms, tornadoes, straight-line winds and flooding that took place beginning on May 4, in parts of Texas may qualify for tax relief from the Internal Revenue ServiceFollowing... MORE

Nine words
July 13, 2015 — In 2007, United States Air Force Gen. T. Michael Moseley, former Chief of Staff, first published the Airman’s Creed.Since that time it has become the very heart of the Air Force. Its words are... MORE