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Alcohol Awareness Month 5K: ADAPT raises awareness on alcohol misuse
April 29, 2024
1st Lt. Zizi Zemeheret, 59th Medical Operations Squadron social work fellow, assists a participant in registering for an Alcohol Awareness Month 5K at Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, April 27, 2024. The event, organized by the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention and Treatment program, featured an interactive activity where they could wear drunk goggles and ride quadcycles simulating the effects of inebriation while driving to promote awareness and understanding of alcohol misuse. (Air Force photo by Senior Airman Melody Bordeaux)

Ground-breaking risk management initiative seeks to reduce aircraft maintenance mishaps
March 4, 2024
Preventable aircraft maintenance mishaps, such as the damage to this MQ-9 Reaper during a towing incident, have cost AETC tens of millions of dollars over the past five years. The damage to this MQ-9 alone cost more than $3 million. Command leadership hopes new, innovative aircraft maintenance ORM initiatives will reverse this negative trend.

DOD establishes prevention, assistance and response coordinator support at Joint Base San Antonio
September 12, 2023
DOD establishes prevention, assistance and response coordinator support at Joint Base San Antonio

DOD releases actions to transform climate, enhance prevention of harmful behaviors at military service academies
August 21, 2023
DoD Seal Graphic

Eleven fatalities cause for concern heading into Fourth of July weekend
June 29, 2023
With the Fourth of July holiday, fireworks safety becomes a focus area.

Old nemesis claims lives of four Airmen since start of summer safety focus
June 16, 2023
Vehicle mishaps and fatalities historically top the list of preventable mishaps during the summer season.

DOD issues flexible instructions on response to Coronavirus
March 10, 2020
One hundred forty-seven passengers traveling from China’s Hubei province arrived at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland Feb. 7. They evacuated China to avoid infection by the 2019 Novel Coronavirus, spreading from the city of Wuhan, the epicenter of the global epidemic.

Insider Threat Prevention class aims to deactivate potential shooters
September 10, 2019
Nick Blancaflor teaches an insider threat prevention class on Sept. 5 at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph. The 502nd Security Forces Group class teaches students how to recognize signs of a potential active shooter and how to report.

Focus on fall prevention can reduce serious injuries
May 8, 2017