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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.

Air Force Fiscal Year 2019 budget addresses great power competition
February 13, 2018 — The Air Force budget request of $156.3 billion for fiscal year 2019 builds on the progress made in 2018 to restore the readiness of the force, increase lethality and cost-effectively modernize... MORE

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.

SeaPerch a huge hit at University of the Incarnate Word STEM Camp
June 13, 2017 — More than 30 middle-school girls from the San Antonio and Judson Independent School Districts participated in the SeaPerch Day, which is part of the 10-day STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics ) camp... MORE

Lt. Diana Tran-Yu, Navy City Outreach Southwest Region officer, speaks with middle school girls during SeaPerch Day held at the Ann Barshop Natatorium on the campus of the University of the Incarnate Word as a part of the miniGEMS (Girls in Engineering, Math and Sciences) Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Camp. SeaPerch is an innovative underwater robotics program that equips teachers and students with the resources they need to build an underwater ROV in an in-school or out-of-school setting.

Navy Medicine instructors conduct STEM tour for high school students
March 9, 2017 — Students from a local high school toured several parts of the Medical Education and Training Campus, or METC, on Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston March 2 as part of an ongoing partnership with Navy Medicine Training Support Center, or NMTSC... MORE

Petty Officer1st Class Elizabeth Sifuentes, a medical laboratory technician instructor at the Medical Education and Training Campus, talks to students from John Marshall High School while they look through microscopes during a tour of METC at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston. The tour was conducted by METC's Navy service component, Navy Medicine Training Support Center, as part of their Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, or STEM, efforts.