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BAMC part of EPICC study into COVID-19 impacts on DOD personnel
February 22, 2021
Petty Officer 3rd Class Michael A. Torrent conducts a pre-screening questionnaire prior to administering the COVID-19 vaccine as part of Operation Warp Speed at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center Jan. 14.

BAMC powers through record-breaking winter storms
February 19, 2021
Brooke Army Medical Center endured a deluge of snowfall at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston Feb. 15 and 18.

BAMC issues weather update for Feb. 19
February 18, 2021
San Antonio Military Health System sets holiday hours.

BAMC provides weather update for patients, staff for Feb. 18
February 18, 2021
San Antonio Military Health System sets holiday hours.

BAMC opens main outpatient pharmacy Feb. 19
February 18, 2021
San Antonio Military Health System sets holiday hours.

BAMC switching to generator power
February 17, 2021
At the request of CPS Energy and as part of Joint Base San Antonio’s city support, BAMC is planning to transition to generator power today, Feb. 17, with an estimated duration of at least 24 hours in order to aid the community’s power conservation efforts.

BAMC issues mission-essential-only order for Feb. 17
February 16, 2021
San Antonio Military Health System sets holiday hours.

BAMC issues important weather update for patients, staff
February 16, 2021
San Antonio Military Health System sets holiday hours.

JBSA-Fort Sam Houston Community Pharmacy relocates to new Exchange
February 2, 2021
Army Spc. John Petersen, pharmacy technician, hands a prescription to a beneficiary at the Community Pharmacy in the Exchange at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Feb. 1. On average, new prescriptions take about 30 minutes to fill. For prescription refills customers generally wait about 2 minutes for pick up.

Gladiator program helps ensure student medics’ readiness
January 26, 2021
Army Staff Sgt. Timothy S. McCoole (left), a Drill Sergeant with the Gladiator program at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, leads a group of Soldier medics in training through morning exercises at the JBSA-Fort Sam Houston aquatic center.

BAMC celebrates Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with virtual presentation
January 20, 2021
BAMC command team present certificate

Mentoring helps builds strong bonds, network of support
January 12, 2021
Army Command Sgt. Maj. Michael Gragg (center), senior enlisted leader at the Defense Health Agency, mentors airmen at Joint Base Langley-Eustis in Hampton, Virginia, Sept. 23, 2020.

BAMC to transfer new pediatric patients needing inpatient care to preserve COVID efforts
January 11, 2021
59th Medical Wing Pediatric Critical Care Air Transport Team

BAMC first baby a breath of fresh air for 2021
January 11, 2021
Stella Luna was the first baby born at BAMC at 3:26 a.m. Jan. 1, 2021, weighing 8 pounds, and 2 ounces.

BAMC takes on additional trauma patients
January 7, 2021
Members of the 555th Forward Surgical Team rush a simulated trauma patient to surgery during training with the Strategic Trauma Readiness Center of San Antonio, or STaRC, at Brooke Army Medical Center at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, May 28, 2020.

BAMC provides COVID-19 vaccine program update
January 4, 2021
Medical tech administers COVID-19 vaccine.

‘Game-changing’ program enables COVID-19 patients to safely recover at home
December 22, 2020
Kathlyn Chassey uses a home healthcare kit Dec. 18 as part of the COVID-19 Remote Monitoring Program, a joint effort of the Virtual Medical Center and Brooke Army Medical Center. The program equips COVID-19 patients needing additional monitoring with a home kit and 24/7 oversight to ensure a higher level of post-hospital care.

BAMC ICU nurse receives first COVID-19 vaccine at BAMC
December 17, 2020
Senior Airman Marisol Salgado (right), medical technician, administers a Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to Army Capt. Rebecca Parrish, a COVID-19 intensive care unit nurse Dec. 17 at Brooke Army Medical Center at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston. Parrish was the first BAMC staff member to receive a COVID-19 vaccine.

Winter is coming: COVID surge spurs readiness efforts at BAMC
December 7, 2020
April Pace, a registered nurse, enters a patient room in a COVID-19 intensive care unit at Brooke Army Medical Center at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston July 17, 2020.

COVID-19 vaccine delivery dry runs taking place across U.S.
November 30, 2020
Operation Warp Speed screening