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Fisher House: 'Home Away From Home' when medical needs arise
May 13, 2022 — For 32 years, more than 430,000 U.S. service members, veterans and their families have made a Fisher House their home away from home during lengthy hospital stays and short-term outpatient care — all free of charge. ... MORE

BAMC Fisher House matriarch retires after 29 years
December 16, 2021 — After 29 years, Brooke Army Medical Center’s Fisher House manager retired at the end of 2021. Inge Godfrey has spent nearly three decades as the matriarch of the four Fisher Houses on the BAMC campus, providing thousands of families a place to call home while their loved ones heal... MORE

JBSA-Lackland Fisher House recovering from setbacks
May 5, 2021 — For 30 years, the Fisher House’s across the country has been a home away from home for military families whose service member is receiving care at a military treatment facility. Currently, the Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland Fisher House is recuperating after the double whammy of COVID-19 and February’s winter storms. ... MORE

BAMC Fisher House hosts its first ever gender reveal party
February 13, 2020 — Brooke Army Medical Center’s Fisher House at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston hosted its first gender reveal party Jan. 31 for a Sailor and his wife... MORE

BAMC honors Fisher House founder
September 30, 2019 — Brooke Army Medical Center staff, patients and beneficiaries took to the field just outside two of BAMC’s Fisher Houses at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston to hold a Founder’s Day Celebration Sept. 20 to honor Zachary Fisher, who initiated the Fisher House program in 1990... MORE

Fisher House hosts Appreciation Day luncheon
October 18, 2018 — When a member of a military family becomes ill, many of life’s everyday challenges get put on the back burner while treatment is sought... MORE

Veterans not forgotten during the holidays
January 4, 2018 — (Editor’s note: Last names were omitted for security reasons) For some, the holidays are a time of giving and an opportunity to express one’s gratitude. For one Airman, he expressed his gratitude by... MORE

BAMC Auxiliary provides needed items to support BAMC’s mission
May 25, 2016 — The Brooke Army Medical Center Auxiliary held its annualwelfare recognition ceremony May 13 in the San Antonio Military Medical Centerauditorium.“The welfare committee is responsible for issuing... MORE

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