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Flight nurse devoted to helping others overcomes adversity
September 21, 2023 — On Aug. 30, 2023, family, friends, and colleagues gathered to commemorate the retirement of Lt. Col. (ret.) Dana Duerr. Prior to becoming a patient with the Airman Medical Transition Unit, she served as the Senior Program Manager of the Nurse Corps Education and Training Program at the Air Force Medical Readiness Agency... MORE

Lt. Col. (ret.) Dana Duerr, who recently served as Senior Program Manager of the Nurse Corps Education and Training at Air Force Medical Readiness Agency, and her daughter, Mikaela, share an expression of love during Duerr’s retirement ceremony in the Gateway Club at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, Aug. 30, 2023. When Mikaela was growing up, she used to help her mother prepare mannequins that were used to train medics. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Melody Bordeaux)

SEAC visits AFPC, notes team ‘making life better, not harder’
February 14, 2022 — SEAC Ramón Colón-López, Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, returned to his Air Force roots with a recent visit to the Air Force’s Personnel Center at Joint Base San... MORE

Civilian and military Air Force leaders greet senior military member arriving for visit.

JBSA Wounded Warriors gear up for Warrior Games
May 31, 2018 — Wounded Warriors from around the Air Force are preparing for the 2018 Department of Defense Warrior Games featuring competitors from four different countries and four U.S. military branches June 1-9 at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo... MORE

Overcoming the fire: One defender’s story of survival and healing
January 13, 2017 — JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas – Poking, prodding, patching and splinting – the doctors were doing everything they could to assess and treat Staff Sgt. Bryan Nelson. Just days earlier, Nelson... MORE

Staff Sgt. Bryan Nelson, 802nd Security Forces Squadron training NCO, fires an air pistol during the week-long Air Force Wounded Warrior (AFW2) Warrior CARE event at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph Jan. 11, 2017. Shooting, an adaptive and rehabilitative sport, is designed to introduce wounded warriors to adaptive sports which aid in their recovery and promotes mental and physical wellness and teamwork. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Lauren Parsons/Released)

CARE event helps smooth Wounded Warriors’ road to recovery
January 28, 2016 — After participating in an Air Force Wounded Warrior eventtwo months ago at Joint Base Andrews, Md., medically retired Master Sgt. AmyDotson felt more at ease last week at Joint Base San... MORE

Wounded Warriors play wheelchair basketball Jan. 22, 2016, during the South Central Regional Warrior Caregiver, Adaptive and Rehabilitative Sports, Recovering Airmen Mentorship Program, and Employment and Career Services Event. Warriors engage in adaptive and rehabilitative sports, discover ways to achieve employment and career readiness goals, and receive training on how to become mentors.