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CYBER HYGIENE | Sixteenth Air Force cyber warriors teach cyber security awareness
August 2, 2023 — Five Sixteenth Air Force Cyber Airmen spoke to middle and high-school students from local schools about the basics of cybersecurity during the CyberPatriot Summer Camp, July 17-28, at Tech Port Arena in San Antonio, Texas... MORE

DAF, Clemson conducting research for Undergraduate Space Training educational partnership
October 24, 2022 — A team from Second Air Force, as well as the U.S. Space Force and the Air Force Personnel Center, has been working with Clemson University under a mutually beneficial educational partnership agreement since July 2020 as part of an effort to assist the United States Space Force with the deliberate development, education and training of space professionals... MORE

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Civil Air Patrol celebrates 80th anniversary
December 2, 2021 — Civil Air Patrol members throughout the United States and in overseas squadrons are celebrating the organization’s commitment to community service today — a commitment that began Dec. 1, 1941, and has continued for 80 years... MORE

DAWN-ED advanced degree program accepting applications for 2022 academic year
March 31, 2021 — Active duty Department of the Air Force officers interested in the Developing the Airmen We Need-Education advanced degree program have until June 25, 2021, to apply for the 2022 academic year... MORE

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STARBASE Kelly hosts STEM summer academy
June 18, 2020 — STARBASE Kelly held a STEM summer academy at Joint base San Antonio-Lackland June 8-12... MORE

Violet Schwerdtfeger and Malia Norman, STARBASE Kelly summer camp students, attempt to catch a descending rocket as Valerie Acosta, STARBASE Kelly, summer camp instructor, directs them towards the rocket’s descent June 12, 2020 at the Lackland Youth Center, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas.

Faster, smarter: virtual hiring fair recruits STEM talent
April 29, 2020 — In conjunction with the Air Force Personnel Center, the Air Force Materiel Command held a virtual hiring fair April 23, to fill open science, technology, engineering and mathematics positions across the command... MORE

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Alamo Wing, 502nd OSS support Youth Aerospace Expo
November 26, 2019 — Local youths were celebrated as future aviators and STEM innovators at the Youth Aerospace Expo at the Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland Kelly Field Annex Nov. 16... MORE

The Adame family considers gliding with the San Antonio Soaring Society Inc. during the Youth Aerospace Expo at Kelly Field, Texas, Nov. 16, 2019.

Navy Medicine commands host San Antonio educators for STEM tour
July 25, 2019 — The Navy Medicine Training Support Center cohosted Bexar County educators for a tour of the Medical Education and Training Campus at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston July 15... MORE

Seaman Emille Sichz and Seaman Apprentice Ciaran Braswell, students in the Surgical Technician program at the Medical Education and Training Campus at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston perform a mock surgery during a tour. The tour provided San Antonio educators and counselors with a general overview of the Navy in an effort to raise awareness of Navy career opportunities through a tour of the medical training campus.

STEM students visit 433rd Airlift Wing
July 16, 2019 — Fourteen students with the San Antonio Chapter of Tuskegee Airmen Inc.’s Youth Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics-Aviation Program visited the 433rd Airlift Wing at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland July 12... MORE

Tech. Sgt. Jason Henry, 356th Airlift Squadron flight engineer, talks to students with the San Antonio Chapter of Tuskegee Airmen Inc.’s Youth Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Aviation Program about the C-5M Super Galaxy’s flight deck at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland July 12.

Joint Base San Antonio libraries more than shelves of books
May 2, 2019 — Children who visit the Joint Base San Antoniolibraries are learning more than how to read. The library of decades ago has evolved into a special place where service members, veterans and families can do more than check out a book... MORE

JBSA-Lackland library features special theme events including Legos; Craft: Science, Technology, Engineering and Math [STEM] on Thursday nights. The events provide educational hands-on experiences to those with base access.

Mobile exhibit at San Antonio Spurs game highlights Army technology, aims to boost recruiting
March 27, 2019 — The Army Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, or STEM, mobile exhibit was on site March 20 at the AT&T Center in San Antonio for the Spurs' Military Appreciation Night... MORE

Sgt. 1st Class Richard Sullins, STEM mobile exhibit operator with Mission Support Battalion, explains the technological advancements for the future Soldier during a video presentation inside the STEM mobile exhibit.

JBSA, Lackland ISD promotes STEM programs
February 28, 2019 — Col. Robert W. Trayers Jr., Air Force Recruiting Service vice commander, and Lt. Col. Steven Lamb, 502nd Installation Support Group vice commander, viewed two of Lackland Independent School District’s award-winning science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) programs Feb. 13, 2019, at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas... MORE

Jordan Peterson, son of Maj. Frederick Peterson, Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center installation engineer program manager, explains the Bots in Blues’s activities and success at competitions to two colonels visiting Virginia Allred Stacey Junior/Senior High School Feb. 13, 2019, at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas.

Baskin Elementary students attend Starbase Kelly
November 14, 2018 — Eighteen Mildred Baskin Elementary school students visited Starbase Kelly at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland Nov. 5. The Starbase Kelly team taught the students some basic concepts about aircraft and flight before the children toured a C-5M Super Galaxy... MORE

Kathy Martin, Starbase Kelly director, uses soda cans to demonstrate air pressure properties to Mildred Baskin Elementary students at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas Nov. 5, 2018.

Youth volunteers spend summer at BAMC
August 14, 2018 — The Brooke Army Medical Center Youth Volunteer Program kept 100 volunteers busy this summer, resulting in this year being the largest group so far. Each year, BAMC partners with the American Red Cross for this unique program, which spread volunteer opportunities across 18 departments in BAMC including the outlying clinics. ... MORE

Maleigha Boudy, answers phone calls at the front desk in Ante-Partum Aug. 1. Boudy participated in the 2018 Youth Volunteer Program at Brooke Army Medical Center.

Naval Medical Research Unit-San Antonio hosts Alamo STEM educators visit to Navy Research Lab
July 2, 2018 — Scientists at the Naval Medical Research Unit-San Antonio at the San Antonio Military Medical Center campus at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston hosted 10 high school chemistry and health professions educators for a laboratory tour and “meet the scientists” career path discussion June 27... MORE

High school chemistry and health professions educators from the Alamo STEM Workforce Coalition program visited with scientists at Naval Medical Research Unit-San Antonio to learn about research career paths in Navy Medicine for their students.

Naval Oceanographic Office Inspires Next Generation to Pursue STEM Careers at Navy Week San Antonio
February 26, 2018 — Military and civilian personnel from the Naval Oceanographic Office, or NAVOCEANO, visited over 600 students across San Antonio at Navy Week, Feb. 19-23, to discuss their careers in science, technology, engineering and math, or STEM, fields. ... MORE

Civilian personnel assigned to the Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command, or NMOC, headquartered at the John C. Stennis Space Center in Mississippi speak with students of Sam Houston High School during Navy Week San Antonio, Feb. 19-25. The NMOC provides environmental information to help naval and joint forces operate more safely and effectively, and make better decisions faster than the adversary. Every year, America's Navy comes home to approximately 15 cities across the country to show Americans why having a strong Navy is critical to the American way of life.

Sailors talk STEM careers at local chamber expo
November 13, 2017 — Sailors from Navy Recruiting District San Antonio spoke to schoolchildren about STEM-related careers and put on scientific demonstrations during the 8th Annual San Antonio Hispanic Chamber of Commerce CORE4 STEM Expo at the Freeman Expo Hall in San Antonio Nov. 7-8... MORE

Petty Officer 1st Class Ian MacKay, Navy Recruiting District San Antonio nuclear field coordinator for South Texas, explains to middle school students about an experiment with a plastic bottle rocket at the 8th Annual San Antonio Hispanic Chamber of Commerce CORE4 STEM Expo Nov. 8 at the Freeman Expo Hall.

USAISR scientists engage middle school students at STEM club
November 3, 2017 — Stefanie Shiels, Ph.D., a staff scientist at the U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, believes that school students have to be exposed to STEM, or science, technology, engineering and mathematics, at a young age – regardless of the time of day – even if it means at 6 o’clock in the morning... MORE

Dr. Stefanie Shiels, a staff scientist at the at the U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, recreates an elbow joint from PVC pipe, rubber bands, string and balloons Oct. 4 at St. Matthew Catholic School during a community outreach event.

San Antonio Sailors helping change the world through STEM
October 5, 2017 — “Changing the world through STEM” was the theme of the 2017 Hispanic Engineering, Science, and Technology, or HESTEC, Week held on the campus of the University of Texas-Rio Grande Valley Oct. 2-7... MORE

Capt. Thomas Herzig, commanding officer, Naval Medical Research Unit San Antonio, speaks on the importance of science, technology, engineering and mathematics within the Navy during the 2017 Hispanic Engineering, Science and Technology Week’s STEM Literacy Panel held on the campus of the University of Texas-Rio Grande Valley Oct. 2-7. HESTEC is a nationally recognized model for promoting STEM careers to students of all ages.

24th Air Force hosts annual Civil Air Patrol training program
July 1, 2017 — More than 80 Civil Air Patrol cadets and adult members attended the 2017 Cyber Defense Training Academy June 11-17 at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, setting a new participation record for the joint 24th Air Force-Civil Air Patrol program... MORE

1st Lt Victoria Rathbone, 33rd Network Warfare Squadron, provides one-on-one training to a pair of Civil Air Patrol cadets during the 2017 Cyber Defense Training Academy June 11, 2017, at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. More than 100 cadets attended the fourth iteration of the national CAP cyberspace training program.